It is a couple of months since there has been a decent promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping.  There used to be a steady flow of them which made it an easy way of picking up Avios points. .....

It is a couple of months since there has been a decent promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping.  There .....

24 May 201424 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Don’t ask me, because I honestly don’t know. See: …. which comes from this website here. Please post below if you know. Otherwise it looks as if we will have to wait until Wednesday .....

Don’t ask me, because I honestly don’t know. See: …. which comes from this website here. .....

24 May 201424 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is my review of the United Airlines MileagePlus credit cards issued in the UK. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they .....

This is my review of the United Airlines MileagePlus credit cards issued in the UK. It is part of my series .....

24 May 201424 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I mentioned in passing yesterday that we taking our 3-year old to Thomas Land in July.  Whilst not the nearest hotel, we are going to stay at the Hilton at St George’s Park (ie the National .....

I mentioned in passing yesterday that we taking our 3-year old to Thomas Land in July.  Whilst not the .....

23 May 201423 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

As well as launching their ‘20% off Economy and Premium Economy redemptions’ sale yesterday, Virgin Flying Club also announced a 20% bonus when you buy, transfer or gift Virgin Flying Club .....

As well as launching their ‘20% off Economy and Premium Economy redemptions’ sale yesterday, .....

23 May 201423 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

We are now getting very close to the grand opening on Heathrow Terminal 2 on June 4th. You will hardly notice it at the time because – learning lessons from Terminal 5 – the airport is .....

We are now getting very close to the grand opening on Heathrow Terminal 2 on June 4th. You will hardly notice .....

23 May 201423 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

I have written a couple of pieces on Head for Points over the last year about people getting their Tesco Clubcard points stolen.  It is becoming an increasing problem. Is it Royal Mail?  Is it .....

I have written a couple of pieces on Head for Points over the last year about people getting their Tesco .....

22 May 201422 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 109 comments

For the second time this year, Virgin Atlantic has launched a seat sale for reward seats. And this time Premium Economy is included as well. Virgin taxes on economy redemptions are already lower (by .....

For the second time this year, Virgin Atlantic has launched a seat sale for reward seats. And this time .....

22 May 201422 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Heathrow Airport has announced the opening of the new walkway between the two Terminal 5 satellite terminals – 5B and 5C – and the main 5A building. There is a separate arrivals and .....

Heathrow Airport has announced the opening of the new walkway between the two Terminal 5 satellite terminals .....

22 May 201422 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

The general mantra about using airline miles goes like this – ‘redeeming for Economy flights is a waste of miles’. In general, of course, this is true. I was looking at a Lufthansa .....

The general mantra about using airline miles goes like this – ‘redeeming for Economy flights is a .....

21 May 201421 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

This isn’t an article you can take advantage of, unless you live in Germany or Austria, but it is another example of how the credit card industry is shaping the loyalty business. airberlin is .....

This isn’t an article you can take advantage of, unless you live in Germany or Austria, but it is .....

21 May 201421 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. These rewards have been poorer value this year and the last list had no business class deals .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. .....

21 May 201421 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Most people know that – if you redeem your Avios points via avios.com and not ba.com – you can redeem for flights on Air Malta.  Aurigny, the Channel Islands airline, Flybe and Monarch .....

Most people know that – if you redeem your Avios points via avios.com and not ba.com – you can .....

20 May 201420 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

IHG’s PointBreaks, which let you book over 100 different hotels every two months for just 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night, is possibly the most generous deal in the hotel loyalty game. .....

IHG’s PointBreaks, which let you book over 100 different hotels every two months for just 5,000 IHG .....

20 May 201420 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments