British Airways has announced a second extension of elite status for some Executive Club members by a full year. British Airways last extended elite status in June 2020. With travel not resuming .....

British Airways has announced a second extension of elite status for some Executive Club members by a full .....

9 Mar 20219 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 132 comments

A Head for Points reader has won his case with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) against Virgin Money, and the way they applied the annual fee on his Reward+ credit card. For background …. .....

A Head for Points reader has won his case with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) against Virgin Money, and .....

9 Mar 20219 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

Qatar Airways has its own Student Club, aimed at people aged 18-30 who are currently in higher education. Membership is free and benefits include: To encourage more UK residents to sign up, Qatar .....

Qatar Airways has its own Student Club, aimed at people aged 18-30 who are currently in higher education. .....

9 Mar 20219 March 2021 by Rob Burgess

A few years ago, Lufthansa moved all short-haul flights which did not use its Frankfurt or Munich hubs to its low cost subsidiary Eurowings. The logic was that these flights would not have any .....

A few years ago, Lufthansa moved all short-haul flights which did not use its Frankfurt or Munich hubs to its .....

9 Mar 20219 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. It has been 18 months since we last mentioned Midpoint on HfP and, as feedback about .....

This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. .....

9 Mar 20219 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

I spent 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. I had to use a variety of techniques to get the cost of this trip down, since we booked at short notice and hotel costs were not far .....

I spent 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. I had to use a variety of techniques to get .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 farewell event before Christmas, the airline was hoping to be back .....

The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and electricity supply over to their 2 year Fix & Reward tariff. You will collect 10,000 bonus Nectar .....

Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 22 comments

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at SITA, an IT provider to the airline industry. If you didn’t get it, it said: .....

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at .....

7 Mar 20217 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments