The Tesco Clubcard coverage on Head for Points is, obviously, focussed towards Avios and Virgin Flying Club redemptions. I am certainly not blinded into thinking that those are the best ways to redeem .....

The Tesco Clubcard coverage on Head for Points is, obviously, focussed towards Avios and Virgin Flying Club .....

5 Aug 20155 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Back in June I wrote an introduction to using your Avios on South American airline LAN.  As LAN is a fellow airline member of oneworld, alongside BA, you can use your points to redeem for flights to .....

Back in June I wrote an introduction to using your Avios on South American airline LAN.  As LAN is a fellow .....

5 Aug 20155 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Back in May, I wrote about a competition that Hilton HHonors was running to win 1 million Hilton points. This was only available to UK residents so I thought it was worth promoting. I’m .....

Back in May, I wrote about a competition that Hilton HHonors was running to win 1 million Hilton points. This .....

5 Aug 20155 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Today is the official opening of the Aspire lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5.  Yesterday evening I was sent some official photographs by Priority Pass which you can see below.  I have also reproduced .....

Today is the official opening of the Aspire lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5.  Yesterday evening I was sent some .....

4 Aug 20154 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is repeating its offer to get a Priority Pass for half price. The timing is excellent, given that the new Aspire lounge .....

Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is repeating its offer to get a .....

4 Aug 20154 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

On Sunday, I ran a review of the Hotel Reichshof in Hamburg, the first European member of Hilton’s new ‘Curio Collection’ of independent hotels. The Hotel Reichshof itself, as you .....

On Sunday, I ran a review of the Hotel Reichshof in Hamburg, the first European member of Hilton’s new .....

4 Aug 20154 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

Amazon is running a ‘one day only’ special offer for today, Monday.  You will receive £10 off a £50 spend. Full details can be found here on the Amazon website – click the banner .....

Amazon is running a ‘one day only’ special offer for today, Monday.  You will receive £10 off a .....

3 Aug 20153 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

When I published my list of all British Airways destinations and their cost in Avios, there were requests for a consolidated list of peak and off-peak redemption dates. I’m happy to oblige. The .....

When I published my list of all British Airways destinations and their cost in Avios, there were requests for .....

3 Aug 20153 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to articles on their charge cards.  It has been a while since I looked at the programme in .....

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to .....

3 Aug 20153 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

If you have a bit of capacity for a part-time job, how about this from ‘Small Luxury Hotels of the World’? “It’s no secret that we’re all about service…so how about going .....

If you have a bit of capacity for a part-time job, how about this from ‘Small Luxury Hotels of the .....

3 Aug 20153 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

The Virgin Group has launched a new iOS app, Virgin Red.  You can download it for free from the App Store.  It is NOT available Android phones at the moment and no launch is expected until the end .....

The Virgin Group has launched a new iOS app, Virgin Red.  You can download it for free from the App Store. .....

2 Aug 20152 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

This is my review of the relaunched art deco Hotel Reichshof in Hamburg, part of the Curio Collection by Hilton. I wrote about Hilton’s new Curio Collection back in May.  They are copying .....

This is my review of the relaunched art deco Hotel Reichshof in Hamburg, part of the Curio Collection by .....

2 Aug 20152 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

2 Aug 20152 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

News in brief: First photographs of the Aspire lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5 Thanks to reader Neil, I can share a couple of photographs of the new Aspire airport lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5.  This .....

News in brief: First photographs of the Aspire lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5 Thanks to reader Neil, I can .....

1 Aug 20151 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments