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In a positive move for passengers, although a less positive one for airlines, the European Union has blocked plans to force customers to take a voucher instead of cash when a flight is cancelled. The .....
In a positive move for passengers, although a less positive one for airlines, the European Union has blocked .....
4 Apr 20204 April 2020 • 149 comments
IHG One Rewards has brought back its ‘fast track’ promotion for elite status. It is, on the face of it, very generous but you need to remember that IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite status .....
IHG One Rewards has brought back its ‘fast track’ promotion for elite status. It is, on the face .....
2 Feb 20232 February 2023 • 21 comments
Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘. British Airways claims that, if you find the identical flight cheaper on a competing website .....
Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘. .....
24 Jun 202324 June 2023 • 43 comments
Virgin Atlantic has been having a good year. The airline is once again growing its route network, with more destinations added this year than we have seen for some time including Dubai, the Maldives .....
Virgin Atlantic has been having a good year. The airline is once again growing its route network, with more .....
4 Dec 20234 December 2023 • 61 comments
German car rental group SIXT and Marriott Bonvoy have been partners for 24 years, and the two have just announced a deepening of the relationship. Two things have been improved: In my admittedly .....
German car rental group SIXT and Marriott Bonvoy have been partners for 24 years, and the two have just .....
25 Feb 202425 February 2024 • 21 comments
I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park figure, and it is the value I use myself, but the real world is more complicated. We .....
I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park .....
25 Mar 202425 March 2024 • 52 comments
The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon. Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....
The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon. Everything .....
25 Jun 202325 June 2023
It is very rare that we see as many credit and charge cards running ‘special’ sign-up bonuses at once as we see at the moment. Whilst this is great news for you, it is also easy to get .....
It is very rare that we see as many credit and charge cards running ‘special’ sign-up bonuses at .....
11 May 202311 May 2023 • 17 comments
The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon. Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....
The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon. Everything .....
25 Feb 202425 February 2024 • 9 comments
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....
27 Jan 202427 January 2024
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....
25 Nov 202325 November 2023
Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has, at some point recently, dropped British Airways as an earning partner. This is a shame, as it was often a way of picking up a good chunk of Avios from bookings at .....
Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has, at some point recently, dropped British Airways as an earning partner. .....
15 Nov 202215 November 2022 • 36 comments
Transport Secretary (at least until next week) Anne-Marie Trevelyan has indicated that Government plans to scrap the EU compensation scheme for cancelled or delayed domestic flights will themselves .....
Transport Secretary (at least until next week) Anne-Marie Trevelyan has indicated that Government plans to .....
22 Oct 202222 October 2022 • 79 comments
A question I am often asked is how many British Airways points you can earn from a particular flight. We have our own British Airways tier point calculator in the form of this article (click). .....
A question I am often asked is how many British Airways points you can earn from a particular flight. We have .....
1 Feb 20241 February 2024
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