Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature of the programme. Whilst upgrades from World Traveller / Economy are restricted to full fare tickets – although .....

Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature of the programme. Whilst .....

23 Jul 201523 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Iberia Plus has launched a Summer competition.  I won’t bore you with the details because it is pretty irrelevant to almost all HfP readers.  Basically, you receive one entry into a prize draw .....

Iberia Plus has launched a Summer competition.  I won’t bore you with the details because it is pretty .....

17 Jul 201517 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

News in brief: Help for using Combine My Avios with Iberia Plus I wrote an article last year on how to do ‘Combine My Avios’ from an Iberia Plus account.  Reader David dropped me a note .....

News in brief: Help for using Combine My Avios with Iberia Plus I wrote an article last year on how to do .....

6 Jul 20156 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I get the feeling that British Airways is worried about the impact of the Avios devaluation on its leisure business.  When you are earning just 125 Avios points each way for a European flight in .....

I get the feeling that British Airways is worried about the impact of the Avios devaluation on its leisure .....

3 Jul 20153 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

News in brief: British Airways subcontracting at Gatwick British Airways has ‘wet leased’ an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 757 to work at Gatwick during July.  These will come from Titan .....

News in brief: British Airways subcontracting at Gatwick British Airways has ‘wet leased’ an .....

14 Jun 201514 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

You may not have heard of WorldHotels, which is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread across 65 countries. These are hotels which do not want to formally join a branded chain .....

You may not have heard of WorldHotels, which is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I have never given LAN much coverage on Head for Points, even though I have written articles covering redemption opportunities with most of the other oneworld partners. I recently helped a friend .....

I have never given LAN much coverage on Head for Points, even though I have written articles covering .....

9 Jun 20159 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Iberia Plus recently adopted Avis as its exclusive car hire partner.  This was a shame.  Iberia used to partner with various car rental groups including Hertz, Euromaster and Sixt.  It meant that .....

Iberia Plus recently adopted Avis as its exclusive car hire partner.  This was a shame.  Iberia used to .....

7 Jun 20157 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

News in brief: Get 10% off Iberia flights to Spain Iberia is offering a 10% discount on cash tickets for flights from the UK and Europe to Spain.  This is an exclusive offer for Iberia Plus members .....

News in brief: Get 10% off Iberia flights to Spain Iberia is offering a 10% discount on cash tickets for .....

5 Jun 20155 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

I receive an email yesterday from a reader who had suddenly found that he was again able to make ‘Combine My Avios’ transactions out of Iberia Plus – using the Iberia website – .....

I receive an email yesterday from a reader who had suddenly found that he was again able to make .....

1 Jun 20151 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has launched a very generous promotion which could allow you to earn a significant number of .....

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has .....

4 May 20154 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Head for Points readers had a lot of fun before Christmas when Iberia offered 12,000 Avios points with a subscription to ‘The Economist’. The Economist historically let you cancel your .....

Head for Points readers had a lot of fun before Christmas when Iberia offered 12,000 Avios points with a .....

4 May 20154 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

News in brief: The Telegraph endorses credit card churning In one of the more interesting personal finance article on travel credit cards, The Daily Telegraph published this on Thursday.  What is .....

News in brief: The Telegraph endorses credit card churning In one of the more interesting personal finance .....

2 May 20152 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

My main article today summarises all of the Avios changes that took place yesterday. Everything is as we expected.  Except one thing. As you will know if you followed my articles on the changes, .....

My main article today summarises all of the Avios changes that took place yesterday. Everything is as we .....

29 Apr 201529 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments