The group of ‘No1 Traveller’ lounges have teamed up with Tastecard, the discount dining group, to offer 2-4-1 entry to cardmembers. Whilst I’ve never yet found the chance to visit .....

The group of ‘No1 Traveller’ lounges have teamed up with Tastecard, the discount dining group, to .....

22 Oct 201222 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

American Express has launched a new promotion in association with Opodo, offering a £20 saving. You need to register your Amex card (must be an Amex-issued Amex card, eg BA, Platinum, Gold, Green, .....

American Express has launched a new promotion in association with Opodo, offering a £20 saving. You need to .....

16 Oct 201216 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

The Independent newspaper is running a very nice little promotion in association with 35 Ramada hotels across Britain. You can book a room for just £20 all-in, for a stay between 8 November 2012 and .....

The Independent newspaper is running a very nice little promotion in association with 35 Ramada hotels across .....

14 Oct 201214 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

If you haven’t heard of Uber, it is the new ‘luxury taxi’ service available in London, having already been operating in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Paris, amongst other .....

If you haven’t heard of Uber, it is the new ‘luxury taxi’ service available in London, .....

12 Oct 201212 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Here is a decent freebie worth grabbing if you can. moneysavingexpert.com is giving away 30,000 £10 vouchers for train booking website redspottedhanky.com on Thursday 11 October (ie today!). There .....

Here is a decent freebie worth grabbing if you can. moneysavingexpert.com is giving away 30,000 £10 vouchers .....

11 Oct 201211 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

JustBook is a new hotel booking app, available from your local app store (App Store, Android Market, Blackberry).  It is a very niche product – every day, at noon, it lists 3 (and only 3) .....

JustBook is a new hotel booking app, available from your local app store (App Store, Android Market, .....

4 Oct 20124 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for October to reflect changes over the past month. (Click here to see it if you are an e-mail or RSS reader.) Here .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for October to reflect .....

2 Oct 20122 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Just a quick note to say that Head for Points officially passed 100,000 page views yesterday, since we launched in July. (The actual number of pages read is nearer 125,000, since the 100,000 figure .....

Just a quick note to say that Head for Points officially passed 100,000 page views yesterday, since we .....

28 Sep 201228 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Once you have got a certain number of loyalty accounts, it is very easy to lose track of what you have in each. This is especially true if you also control accounts for family members. There are a .....

Once you have got a certain number of loyalty accounts, it is very easy to lose track of what you have in .....

22 Sep 201222 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

The Luxury Travel Fair takes place at Olympia in London, running from 1st to 4th November this year.  Full details here. To be frank, this is not the greatest travel show you will ever visit.  I was .....

The Luxury Travel Fair takes place at Olympia in London, running from 1st to 4th November this year.  Full .....

9 Sep 20129 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 70 countries.  These are primarily independent properties, many of which are well known in their respective markets. SLH has .....

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 70 countries.  These are primarily .....

4 Sep 20124 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

For most people, today marks the end of Summer and, if you’ve got them, probably the return of the kids to school. Your office may be at 100% capacity for the first time in six weeks! Since most .....

For most people, today marks the end of Summer and, if you’ve got them, probably the return of the kids .....

3 Sep 20123 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Newsstand was introduced to the iPhone and iPad with iOS5, as a depository for downloaded magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Over the last year, a number of airlines have added their inflight .....

Newsstand was introduced to the iPhone and iPad with iOS5, as a depository for downloaded magazine and .....

2 Sep 20122 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is the sixth of my series series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the .....

This is the sixth of my series series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and .....

25 Aug 201225 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments