The HfP chat thread – Saturday 7th November

We have decided to run this daily chat thread on Head for Points during the coronavirus outbreak. Historically, the daily ‘Bits’ articles were the de facto repository for random .....

We have decided to run this daily chat thread on Head for Points during the coronavirus outbreak. .....

7 Nov 20207 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 210 comments

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

7 Nov 20207 November 2020 by Rhys Jones • 2 comments

Virgin Atlantic publishes its lockdown flight schedule

Virgin Atlantic has just announced its lockdown flight schedule, which begins on Sunday. It is relatively intact, mainly because Virgin Atlantic has been razor sharp over recent months in only running .....

Virgin Atlantic has just announced its lockdown flight schedule, which begins on Sunday. It is relatively .....

6 Nov 20206 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Denmark added to the quarantine list overnight, with no grace period

With just three hours notice, the Government announced at 1am this morning that anyone returning to England from Denmark will have to self isolate for fourteen days. The quarantine period kicked in at .....

With just three hours notice, the Government announced at 1am this morning that anyone returning to England .....

6 Nov 20206 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Interesting anomalies in Avios flight reward pricing you can exploit

Some Avios redemptions are ‘disproportionately’ cheap because they fall right on the edge of an Avios pricing band. If you know how to use this knowledge to your advantage, you make .....

Some Avios redemptions are ‘disproportionately’ cheap because they fall right on the edge of .....

6 Nov 20206 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

BA shakes-up how you earn Avios from Avis – and launches a 50% bonus

British Airways and Avis, its dedicated car hire partner, have launched a shake-up of the way you earn Avios with your rentals. If you want a one word answer to the question ‘Am I going to be .....

British Airways and Avis, its dedicated car hire partner, have launched a shake-up of the way you earn Avios .....

6 Nov 20206 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

How to earn Avios points from Budget car rentals

In another article today, I looked at changes in the way you earn Avios from Avis car rentals. Whilst Avis and Budget are sister companies (the parent company is called Avis Budget Group), nothing has .....

In another article today, I looked at changes in the way you earn Avios from Avis car rentals. Whilst Avis and .....

6 Nov 20206 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Germany and Sweden added to the quarantine list, no countries removed

From 4am on Saturday 7th November, anyone returning to England from Germany or Sweden will have to self isolate for fourteen days. (Note that the cut-off has gone back to 4am Saturday, after being .....

From 4am on Saturday 7th November, anyone returning to England from Germany or Sweden will have to self .....

5 Nov 20205 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

How much of the BA schedule is going to be cut in November?

Over the last 48 hours, there have been a lot of rumours swirling around about the extent of the British Airways service cuts for November and early December. Suffice it to say, it won’t look .....

Over the last 48 hours, there have been a lot of rumours swirling around about the extent of the British .....

5 Nov 20205 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 143 comments