US airline United Airlines recently raised $5 billion secured against the assets of its United MileagePlus frequent flyer programme.  As part of this process, it was obliged to put full details of .....

8 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

It appears that United Airlines may be permanently dropping its flights between Manchester Airport and New York Newark. United had already suspended the service for the Summer timetable, which runs .....

22 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

London City Airport reopened last night, with the first flight being the British Airways service to the Isle of Man. Here is a shot of the aircraft arriving: It is ironic that it emerged yesterday .....

22 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

As there are four separate Avios airline schemes – British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub and Vueling Club – which each have their own partners, you would expect .....

21 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has brought back its EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios, Virgin Flying Club or other airline miles from just one night. .....

11 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

I thought you might be interested to see this list, which is the list of cancellations which United Airlines will put in place from 20th March between the United States and the European Schengen Area. .....

15 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Even though it is a year since Marriott Bonvoy launched, it turns out that we haven’t looked at the interesting Marriott and United Airlines partnership since the SPG merger. This was always a .....

25 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

We’ve covered the United Airlines Polaris business class seat quite a bit in recent weeks. First, United added a 5th daily flight between Heathrow and New York Newark, with a guarantee that all .....

27 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

United Airlines has confirmed that its Polaris business class seats will be guaranteed on the Heathrow to Chicago route from 15th November. All three daily flights will have the new seat, as well as .....

24 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out! This article was updated on 1st September 2020. Who are the members of Star .....

14 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

This is our overview of the United Airlines Polaris business class seat on a Boeing 767. With Rob in Doha, Rhys in Vietnam, and Anika about to give birth, I (Caroline) was asked if I could do another .....

11 October 2019 by HfP team • 2 comments

This is the second half of our overview of the United Airlines Polaris business class seat on a Boeing 767. Part 1 of our United Airlines Polaris review can be found here. In terms of seat choice in .....

11 October 2019 by HfP team • 27 comments

Anyone who is impatient to try out the new British Airways Club Suite should hope that it doesn’t go the way of United’s Polaris. Back in 2016, the American carrier announced a completely .....

12 August 2019 by Rhys Jones • 32 comments

Last week we ran a market research survey on Head for Points, dressed up as a competition. As I didn’t think of the original idea, I am free to say that the concept was very clever. An airline .....

28 February 2019 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments