There is a fascinating interview in The Sunday Times today with Sean Doyle, Chairman and CEO of British Airways. We can’t show you it because it is behind a paywall (the link is here). To put it .....

There is a fascinating interview in The Sunday Times today with Sean Doyle, Chairman and CEO of British .....

9 Jul 20239 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 261 comments

The InterContinental brand returned to Edinburgh in August 2019 as a result of IHG’s May 2018 acquisition of Principal Hotels. Principal’s Edinburgh hotel was previously an .....

The InterContinental brand returned to Edinburgh in August 2019 as a result of IHG’s May 2018 .....

9 Jul 20239 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Today (Sunday) is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. For Practice Day on Friday 7th July, Hilton threw a rooftop party at the hotel. We wrote about it back in May – you could redeem 110,000 .....

Today (Sunday) is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. For Practice Day on Friday 7th July, Hilton threw a .....

9 Jul 20239 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

9 Jul 20239 July 2023 by HfP team

Three years ago, British Airways brought in a new pricing chart for Avios bookings on partner airlines. As we have barely mentioned it since, I thought we’d take another look. This article is .....

Three years ago, British Airways brought in a new pricing chart for Avios bookings on partner airlines. As we .....

8 Jul 20238 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Emirates is offering VIP packages for the BMW PGA tournament at Virginia Water in Surrey. The dates are Friday 15th to Sunday 17th September. The cost, which won’t surprise anyone who tracks .....

Emirates is offering VIP packages for the BMW PGA tournament at Virginia Water in Surrey. The dates are Friday .....

8 Jul 20238 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Two special football related discounts have popped up: Save £45 on United flights to the United States with a Wrexham membership! As we covered recently, United Airlines has become the official .....

Two special football related discounts have popped up: Save £45 on United flights to the United States with a .....

8 Jul 20238 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Car rental group SIXT has opened a new site in Heathrow Terminal 2. This is, apparently, the first car rental office to have cars available directly at the terminal. The office, in the arrivals hall, .....

Car rental group SIXT has opened a new site in Heathrow Terminal 2. This is, apparently, the first car rental .....

8 Jul 20238 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Norwegian has announced the acquisition of fellow Norwegian airline Widerøe. Norwegian CEO Geir Karlsen called it a “milestone in Norwegian aviation history”. Widerøe has historically been .....

Norwegian has announced the acquisition of fellow Norwegian airline Widerøe. Norwegian CEO Geir Karlsen .....

8 Jul 20238 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

8 Jul 20238 July 2023 by Rhys Jones • 1 comment

EDIT: As a lot of people signed up for Award Wallet on Friday, I have 5 new codes to give away. These were listed at 2.30pm Saturday. See below. As I previewed earlier today, here are the 80 .....

EDIT: As a lot of people signed up for Award Wallet on Friday, I have 5 new codes to give away. These were .....

7 Jul 20237 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Two titbits of British Airways news emerged yesterday, tucked away in a press release about ice cream. (Ice cream is being introduced on all long haul flights departing London before 5pm. This is for .....

Two titbits of British Airways news emerged yesterday, tucked away in a press release about ice cream. (Ice .....

7 Jul 20237 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Just before Christmas I ran an article discussing AwardWallet, which is the only miles and points tool that I use every day – and have done for a number of years. AwardWallet allows you to .....

Just before Christmas I ran an article discussing AwardWallet, which is the only miles and points tool that I .....

7 Jul 20237 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: IHG launches a one week summer hotel sale IHG has launched a one week sale on its hotels in the UK and Ireland. See here for details. Participating brands including Holiday Inn, Holiday .....

News in brief: IHG launches a one week summer hotel sale IHG has launched a one week sale on its hotels in the .....

7 Jul 20237 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments