points.com is a facilitator for the purchase and exchange of miles. If you have ever bought Avios, you may have noticed that your credit card statement showed ‘points.com’ as the merchant. .....

points.com is a facilitator for the purchase and exchange of miles. If you have ever bought Avios, you may .....

13 Jan 201513 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Hotel booking site PointsHound is similar to Kaligo and Rocketmiles.  In return for booking your hotel through their site, you are rewarded with a chunk of airline miles. British Airways Executive .....

Hotel booking site PointsHound is similar to Kaligo and Rocketmiles.  In return for booking your hotel .....

12 Jan 201512 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

If you are self-employed or pay tax outside PAYE for other reasons, 31st January is the day that you will need to make your final tax payment for the 2013-2014 tax year. HMRC accepts credit cards for .....

If you are self-employed or pay tax outside PAYE for other reasons, 31st January is the day that you will need .....

12 Jan 201512 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is repeating the offer it ran last May to get a Priority Pass for half price. Priority Pass is a network of 700 airport .....

Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is repeating the offer it ran .....

12 Jan 201512 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Finnair announced on Thursday that it was removing fuel surcharges on redemption flights for travel in Europe, to Dubai and to Tel Aviv. Why is this interesting?  Because Finnair is a member of the .....

Finnair announced on Thursday that it was removing fuel surcharges on redemption flights for travel in Europe, .....

11 Jan 201511 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

It is time for our monthly round up of what is new, what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. What’s new? Not much, to be honest.  I was .....

It is time for our monthly round up of what is new, what is coming and what is going in the world of UK .....

11 Jan 201511 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

I have written before about the points-earning Facebook app run by Le Club Accorhotels (the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery etc). It offers bonus points on every stay .....

I have written before about the points-earning Facebook app run by Le Club Accorhotels (the loyalty scheme for .....

11 Jan 201511 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

A quick heads up that IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc hotel group, is running its third and final ‘flash sale’ next week. It .....

A quick heads up that IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express / Crowne Plaza / .....

10 Jan 201510 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Here is one of those odd little facts which may have passed you by.  I was reminded of it when writing my article on the Thistle Hotels ‘Signature’ loyalty scheme on Wednesday. The .....

Here is one of those odd little facts which may have passed you by.  I was reminded of it when writing my .....

10 Jan 201510 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I don’t need to hype this up at all. The prize speaks for itself. The good people at Qatar Airways have given me two business class flights to (just about) anywhere in the world to give away to .....

I don’t need to hype this up at all. The prize speaks for itself. The good people at Qatar Airways have .....

10 Jan 201510 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Don’t forget that midnight tonight is the closing time for our fantastic competition in association with hotel booking website Kaligo. One lucky Head for Points reader is going to win 100,000 .....

Don’t forget that midnight tonight is the closing time for our fantastic competition in association with .....

9 Jan 20159 January 2015 by Rob Burgess

I said that I would write about Virgin Miles Booster today.  However, some more interesting news has popped up as Virgin Atlantic has boosted the sign-up bonus on its credit cards again. Here is .....

I said that I would write about Virgin Miles Booster today.  However, some more interesting news has .....

9 Jan 20159 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

In 2013 the Starwood hotel group and Delta Airways announced a unique tie-up. This gave Starwood Preferred Guest elite members certain privileges when flying on Delta, and gave Delta top tier .....

In 2013 the Starwood hotel group and Delta Airways announced a unique tie-up. This gave Starwood .....

9 Jan 20159 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

On New Years Day I ran an open forum where you could post suggestions for ways of improving Head for Points.  I am grateful to everyone who took the time to comment or send me an email, especially .....

On New Years Day I ran an open forum where you could post suggestions for ways of improving Head for .....

9 Jan 20159 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments