Head for Points is hitting the beach today for a few days. This beach, to be precise, which may look unlike any other beach you have ever visited: There will still be new posts to read each day, so .....

Head for Points is hitting the beach today for a few days. This beach, to be precise, which may look unlike .....

24 Aug 201224 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Whilst the Maldives is a very popular high-end holiday destination, it has always been a tricky one to score with airline miles. A lot of people were delighted when British Airways began flying the .....

Whilst the Maldives is a very popular high-end holiday destination, it has always been a tricky one to score .....

23 Aug 201223 August 2012 by Rob Burgess

With my wife’s first Priority Club Black credit card statement this month was a leaflet promoting Priority Club Shopping.  This is Priority Club’s version of the Avios e-store, where .....

With my wife’s first Priority Club Black credit card statement this month was a leaflet promoting .....

23 Aug 201223 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

I posted recently about Tesco’s low-key “earn 150 Clubcard points when you spend £50 on gift cards” promotion. It is an easy way to earn 600 Avios or 625 Virgin Flying Club .....

I posted recently about Tesco’s low-key “earn 150 Clubcard points when you spend £50 on gift .....

22 Aug 201222 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

I posted a couple of weeks ago about my successful status match from my BA Gold card to Turkish Airlines. As Turkish Airlines is a member of Star Alliance, I now have lounge access across ALL 27 Star .....

I posted a couple of weeks ago about my successful status match from my BA Gold card to Turkish Airlines. As .....

22 Aug 201222 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

A couple of weeks ago I abandoned my wife and children and headed down to the Cote d’Azur with a friend for a night.  (And why not?!) This is not a trip report post, but I do want to flag up .....

A couple of weeks ago I abandoned my wife and children and headed down to the Cote d’Azur with a friend .....

21 Aug 201221 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Two days ago I wrote an introductory piece on points.com, an online exchange for unwanted points and miles.  Please read that post before trying to action the contents of this post. Here is a good .....

Two days ago I wrote an introductory piece on points.com, an online exchange for unwanted points and miles.  .....

20 Aug 201220 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

I posted a few weeks about this targetted offer for the Priority Club Black Visa card.  The last day to apply is tomorrow, Monday August 20th. This was an attractive deal – the normal £99 fee .....

I posted a few weeks about this targetted offer for the Priority Club Black Visa card.  The last day to apply .....

19 Aug 201219 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I’m not sure how many Head for Points readers are Monarch travellers, but the airline is offering £5 to £20 off return flights with travel dates before March 2013. You need to use promo code .....

I’m not sure how many Head for Points readers are Monarch travellers, but the airline is offering £5 to .....

19 Aug 201219 August 2012 by Rob Burgess

…. because Amex has just taken an axe to the sign-up bonus. The deal for getting the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is now 10,000 Membership Rewards points (was 20,000).  These .....

…. because Amex has just taken an axe to the sign-up bonus. The deal for getting the American Express .....

19 Aug 201219 August 2012 by Rob Burgess

A recent post on exchanging Miles & More miles for Heathrow shopping vouchers triggered a question about exchanging United MileagePlus points. The answer I gave was to use points.com and I .....

A recent post on exchanging Miles & More miles for Heathrow shopping vouchers triggered a question about .....

18 Aug 201218 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Thanks to reader Phil, who e-mailed me with details of this new Tesco Clubcard promotion for online grocery shoppers. Take a look here.  You earn 300 points (which converts to 720 Avios or 750 Flying .....

Thanks to reader Phil, who e-mailed me with details of this new Tesco Clubcard promotion for online grocery .....

18 Aug 201218 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Tesco Entertainment is offering 250 bonus Clubcard points when you pre-order “Now That’s What I Call Chill”.  The price is £11.97 – see here. The CD is released on 20th .....

Tesco Entertainment is offering 250 bonus Clubcard points when you pre-order “Now That’s What I .....

18 Aug 201218 August 2012 by Rob Burgess

If you have an active avios.com account, you may have received an e-mail this week with a personalised coupon offering you (and however many other people you want to take with you) £100 off a British .....

If you have an active avios.com account, you may have received an e-mail this week with a personalised coupon .....

17 Aug 201217 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments