If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios (and this is an article aimed at newcomers), I generally recommend that you try Club Europe business class on short-haul redemptions from Heathrow .....

If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios (and this is an article aimed at newcomers), I generally .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This is our review of The American Express Rewards Credit Card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is our review of The American Express Rewards Credit Card. It is part of our series of articles looking .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel, we arrived by train in Granada for the second leg of our .....

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 18 comments

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will sometimes refer to as Amex Platinum. Is The Platinum Card worth the £650 fee? We look at the .....

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. (Quick summary: there aren’t any!) All of the information in this article can also be found on our .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. (Quick summary: there .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Most people are aware that – if you need airport parking whilst you are on holiday – it is often cheaper to book a nearby hotel which offers a ‘free parking’ package and stay .....

Most people are aware that – if you need airport parking whilst you are on holiday – it is often .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by train, starting in Gibraltar (there is a station just over the border) then on to Granada .....

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 50 comments

Until 2022, The British Airways Club would run regular (every 18 months or so) transfer bonuses from hotel loyalty schemes into Avios. We haven’t seen one for the last three years. However, .....

Until 2022, The British Airways Club would run regular (every 18 months or so) transfer bonuses from hotel .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment