Gold is the mid-tier status in Marriott Rewards.  It usually requires 50 nights per year in Marriott-group properties to earn it, but there are some half-decent benefits if you are spending your own .....

Gold is the mid-tier status in Marriott Rewards.  It usually requires 50 nights per year in Marriott-group .....

15 Jul 201215 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

If you’ve never seen “Frequent Flyer – The Video”, then you really must.  It has been a couple of years since Gabriel Leigh made it, I think as a graduation project in the .....

If you’ve never seen “Frequent Flyer – The Video”, then you really must.  It has .....

15 Jul 201215 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

British Airways Executive Club has a slightly odd approach to earning Avios points for childrens flights.  In order to open an account for a child, an adult has to turn their BAEC account into a .....

British Airways Executive Club has a slightly odd approach to earning Avios points for childrens flights.  In .....

14 Jul 201214 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

I was very surprised, when BA’s takeover of BMI was completed, that there was not a formal status match announced by the Star Alliance airlines.  After all, because of BMI’s exceedingly .....

I was very surprised, when BA’s takeover of BMI was completed, that there was not a formal status match .....

12 Jul 201212 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I’m not sure what took them so long, since BAA (owner of Heathrow) also owns the Heathrow Express train company, but you can now earn BAA WorldPoints when you book Heathrow Express tickets .....

I’m not sure what took them so long, since BAA (owner of Heathrow) also owns the Heathrow Express train .....

12 Jul 201212 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

American Airlines has halved the sign-up bonus on its American Express and Visa credit card double-pack.  The cards, issued by MBNA, now offer only 5,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for .....

American Airlines has halved the sign-up bonus on its American Express and Visa credit card double-pack.  The .....

11 Jul 201211 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Two good promotions are ending on Sunday, but there is still time to take advantage. First up is the 100% bonus on transfers from BAA WorldPoints to Avios, which I outlined here.  This is a .....

Two good promotions are ending on Sunday, but there is still time to take advantage. First up is the 100% .....

11 Jul 201211 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

Well, sadly not quite Goodbye.  But near enough. The good – frankly, great – news is that my last set of bonus Avios points from this promotion have just posted, covering the first two .....

Well, sadly not quite Goodbye.  But near enough. The good – frankly, great – news is that my last .....

10 Jul 201210 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

The Avios partnership most people didn’t know even existed, coupled with the charge card that most people have never even seen yet alone used, is coming to an end on August 31st.  That will be .....

The Avios partnership most people didn’t know even existed, coupled with the charge card that most .....

10 Jul 201210 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

There is a new bonus for signing up to BAA WorldPoints, Heathrow’s (amongst other airports) frequent shopping scheme.  Join via this link, which should put 703 in the Promo Code box, and you .....

There is a new bonus for signing up to BAA WorldPoints, Heathrow’s (amongst other airports) frequent .....

9 Jul 20129 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that you could both benefit from referral bonuses, I forgot to mention one additional benefit .....

When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that .....

8 Jul 20128 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the .....

This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....

7 Jul 20127 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for applying personally for the various loyalty credit cards.  These are, at present, the .....

The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for .....

6 Jul 20126 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Breaking news.  American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving them on its charge cards.  The net result is to make the bonuses harder for existing customers .....

Breaking news.  American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving them .....

5 Jul 20125 July 2012 by Rob Burgess