In January and March we ran two market research surveys on Head for Points, dressed up as competitions.  As I didn’t think of the original idea, I am free to say that the concept was very .....

In January and March we ran two market research surveys on Head for Points, dressed up as competitions.  As I .....

3 May 20183 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 129 comments

A reader has generously given us FIVE United Club lounge passes that he does not need.  This is good news for anyone flying out of Heathrow Terminal 2 before 30th June. The United Club lounge is .....

A reader has generously given us FIVE United Club lounge passes that he does not need.  This is good news for .....

14 Mar 201814 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

News in brief: New ‘Miles and More’ meilenschnaeppchen announced It has been a while since we covered these on Head for Points, but for the benefit those who don’t know about .....

News in brief: New ‘Miles and More’ meilenschnaeppchen announced It has been a while since we .....

10 Dec 201710 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

A couple of weeks ago I looked at the best Star Alliance frequent flyer programme.  I thought today that I would take a look at what is left in the way of Star Alliance credit cards, since .....

A couple of weeks ago I looked at the best Star Alliance frequent flyer programme.  I thought today that .....

14 Nov 201714 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the MBNA airline credit cards. It was good advice. All eight MBNA airline credit cards were .....

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 155 comments

One of the key reasons that there is no obvious reason to ditch Avios for another oneworld, SkyTeam or Star Alliance frequent flyer programme is the good value redemptions available in Europe. 9,000 .....

One of the key reasons that there is no obvious reason to ditch Avios for another oneworld, SkyTeam or Star .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

The end appears to be coming sooner rather than later for the MBNA-issued airline credit cards which come as an American Express plus Visa or Mastercard double pack. If you had been thinking about .....

The end appears to be coming sooner rather than later for the MBNA-issued airline credit cards which come as .....

1 Nov 20171 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

News in brief: Changes to Head for Points posting for August As is now traditional, Head for Points will be dropping the ‘three posts per day’ schedule for August. History shows that there .....

News in brief: Changes to Head for Points posting for August As is now traditional, Head for Points will be .....

31 Jul 201731 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

News in brief: British Airways to make remaining US ground staff redundant According to reports from BA sources on Flyertalk, it was announced internally on Friday that remaining British Airways .....

News in brief: British Airways to make remaining US ground staff redundant According to reports from BA .....

16 Jul 201716 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added Avios and Virgin Flying Club as partners?“. I didn’t, because I had never heard of .....

A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added .....

15 Mar 201715 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

News in brief: Starwood launches more concert tickets for The O2 Starwood Preferred Guest launched a new batch of concert tickets for The O2 yesterday. For just 15,000 SPG points (or 45,000 Marriott .....

News in brief: Starwood launches more concert tickets for The O2 Starwood Preferred Guest launched a new batch .....

9 Mar 20179 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: Hilton Honors ‘points and money’ update We covered the forthcoming changes to the Hilton Honors programme in this article.  A few people asked me what the exact .....

News in brief: Hilton Honors ‘points and money’ update We covered the forthcoming changes to the .....

23 Feb 201723 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

If you are interested in UK travel hacking, Head for Points is, realistically, your only good daily source of news and information.  If you sign up for our daily newsletter or visit the site .....

If you are interested in UK travel hacking, Head for Points is, realistically, your only good daily source of .....

2 Jan 20172 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit card group MBNA from Bank of America.  It paid £1.9bn as well as taking over MBNA’s .....

Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit .....

21 Dec 201621 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments