Poor old British Airways.  Sometimes they just back the wrong horse. Back in September 2012, they moved their currency partnership away from Travelex and across to American Express Currency .....

Poor old British Airways.  Sometimes they just back the wrong horse. Back in September 2012, they moved their .....

13 Aug 201313 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This is not strictly a ‘miles and points’ piece of news. However, it does include Tesco and it does touch on issues such as ‘should I use a credit card?’ so it is worth a .....

This is not strictly a ‘miles and points’ piece of news. However, it does include Tesco and it .....

13 Aug 201313 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for August. It has been a relatively quiet month. The negatives outweighed the positive – no new bonuses were .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for August. It has been a .....

7 Aug 20137 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

East Coast Rewards is my preferred train travel reward scheme. As per this old article, I believe that it offers genuinely good value for money. You only need to spend £300 on First Class tickets to .....

East Coast Rewards is my preferred train travel reward scheme. As per this old article, I believe that it .....

6 Aug 20136 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

During Wimbledon, regular readers will know that train ticket booking company redspottedhanky.com ran a fantasy tennis league. The better your players did, the more money you made – paid to you .....

During Wimbledon, regular readers will know that train ticket booking company redspottedhanky.com ran a .....

4 Aug 20134 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

If you live in London, you will presumably have seen advertising for the MasterCard ‘Priceless London’ events programme over the past couple of years. If you don’t live in London, .....

If you live in London, you will presumably have seen advertising for the MasterCard ‘Priceless .....

2 Aug 20132 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

A couple of months ago I met a Head for Points reader who worked for a major mobile phone company who told me about an exciting new security product he was working on for the credit card industry.  .....

A couple of months ago I met a Head for Points reader who worked for a major mobile phone company who told .....

31 Jul 201331 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is a guest post, written by Andrew Seftel (although the sensationalist headline is mine!) to whom I am grateful.  You may recognise his name from the comments pages of Head for Points.  His .....

This is a guest post, written by Andrew Seftel (although the sensationalist headline is mine!) to whom I am .....

27 Jul 201327 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Today, if all goes well, I will be experiencing a unique triple whammy: The Lufhansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt The Swiss First Class lounge in Zurich Swiss First Class flight to Boston (oh, .....

Today, if all goes well, I will be experiencing a unique triple whammy: The Lufhansa First Class Terminal in .....

22 Jul 201322 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

American Express has launched a very limited Foursquare promotion, valid from tomorrow until Sunday and only at the mega Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush. The deals are: Debenhams .....

American Express has launched a very limited Foursquare promotion, valid from tomorrow until Sunday and only .....

17 Jul 201317 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

I wrote a long piece last week about the avios.com and British Airways ‘cash passport’ products. These are reloadable cards which can be used instead of credit cards for making payments .....

I wrote a long piece last week about the avios.com and British Airways ‘cash passport’ products. .....

15 Jul 201315 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Anyone who is familiar with the pricing on Heathrow Express will not be surprised to know that passenger numbers across Heathrow Express and the much smaller Heathrow Connect service fell by 2.9% in .....

Anyone who is familiar with the pricing on Heathrow Express will not be surprised to know that passenger .....

14 Jul 201314 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Two months ago I wrote about a special offer from East Midlands Trains, offering vouchers worth £10 off any journey to or from London.  They have now brought it back. (East Midlands Trains runs from .....

Two months ago I wrote about a special offer from East Midlands Trains, offering vouchers worth £10 off any .....

12 Jul 201312 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Uber launched in London last year as a luxury car service, offering you the chance to be transported around in a Mercedes or similar. Yesterday, Uber launched UberX.  UberX is a lower cost version .....

Uber launched in London last year as a luxury car service, offering you the chance to be transported around in .....

12 Jul 201312 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments