Thank you to everyone who came to the Head for Points Christmas party at the Dry Martini bar at the Melia White House hotel on Tuesday night. It was another great event and definitely needs to be .....

Thank you to everyone who came to the Head for Points Christmas party at the Dry Martini bar at the Melia .....

14 Dec 201714 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 33 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launching its winter sale today Virgin Atlantic is launching its Winter sale today across its network, across all classes. I don’t have a detailed list of prices .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launching its winter sale today Virgin Atlantic is launching its Winter sale .....

14 Dec 201714 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

We recently covered the problems that Virgin Atlantic is having with its fleet of new Boeing 787 aircraft due to faulty Rolls-Royce engines. This problem is not going to be solved in a hurry.  As a .....

We recently covered the problems that Virgin Atlantic is having with its fleet of new Boeing 787 aircraft due .....

14 Dec 201714 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

There will be a full article on the HfP Christmas party tomorrow, if the photographer gets the pictures across to me in time! This is the only one I actually took: Thank you to everyone who came, and .....

There will be a full article on the HfP Christmas party tomorrow, if the photographer gets the pictures across .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at random, perhaps because they were on promotion or because they didn’t know any better. .....

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 144 comments

News in brief: Priority Pass unveils its lounges of the year Airport lounge access card Priority Pass has unveiled its annual Lounge of the Year winners. Based on votes cast by 72,000 Priority Pass .....

News in brief: Priority Pass unveils its lounges of the year Airport lounge access card Priority Pass has .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

In order to complete our collection of reviews of airport lounges across the UK, we asked for the help of our readers. Reader Stephenie kindly sent us a review of the Escape Lounge at Manchester .....

In order to complete our collection of reviews of airport lounges across the UK, we asked for the help of our .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a credit or charge card – including American Express cards. You can probably imagine how .....

Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a .....

12 Dec 201712 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 63 comments

Last week we published details of the new 2018 weekend flight schedules that British Airways will be operating from Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. BA has now announced three new summer routes .....

Last week we published details of the new 2018 weekend flight schedules that British Airways will be operating .....

12 Dec 201712 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

News in brief: British Airways lounge guesting rules relaxed over Christmas Whilst there has been no official announcement, British Airways seems to have relaxed its Gatwick and Heathrow lounge .....

News in brief: British Airways lounge guesting rules relaxed over Christmas Whilst there has been no official .....

12 Dec 201712 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 74 comments

This week we are running a great competition in association with Eurostar to celebrate the launch of Club Eurostar. You can win enough Club Eurostar points for two Anytime return tickets in Standard .....

This week we are running a great competition in association with Eurostar to celebrate the launch of Club .....

11 Dec 201711 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 72 comments

Here is a little Head for Points exclusive. To spread a bit of Christmas cheer – and get that Net Promoter Score up a bit – British Airways is planning to give all customers over the .....

Here is a little Head for Points exclusive. To spread a bit of Christmas cheer – and get that Net .....

11 Dec 201711 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 113 comments

Wealth management group Nutmeg is currently repeating its generous Avios offer for opening a pension or ISA. If you didn’t get around to opening an account back in April when this offer last .....

Wealth management group Nutmeg is currently repeating its generous Avios offer for opening a pension or ISA. .....

11 Dec 201711 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 3 comments

News in brief: We’re back in business …. …. after a day off to finalise our IT server move.  Everything has gone to plan, I’m pleased to say.  Page load times have fallen .....

News in brief: We’re back in business …. …. after a day off to finalise our IT server .....

10 Dec 201710 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments