Airline Monarch has changed over the last few years from a charter carrier into a ‘proper’ scheduled airline.  It now has hubs at Leeds Bradford, Luton, Manchester, Birmingham and Gatwick .....

Airline Monarch has changed over the last few years from a charter carrier into a ‘proper’ .....

7 May 20157 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

News in brief: Uber sign-up credit now £15 If you haven’t tried out the cab app Uber yet, now is an excellent opportunity.  The ‘first ride’ bonus you get when you sign up via HfP .....

News in brief: Uber sign-up credit now £15 If you haven’t tried out the cab app Uber yet, now is an .....

6 May 20156 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Hotels.com relaunched its Welcome Rewards loyalty scheme as Hotels.com Rewards yesterday. You can see the new home page for the programme here. I am a big fan of Hotels.com Rewards / Welcome Rewards .....

Hotels.com relaunched its Welcome Rewards loyalty scheme as Hotels.com Rewards yesterday. You can see the new .....

6 May 20156 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for Points readers. The first bit of news is not hugely surprising. Emirates Skywards has joined .....

Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for .....

6 May 20156 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays to HfP readers in a competition last year. If you haven’t tried their app yet, .....

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays .....

5 May 20155 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza programme, slipped out a list of category changes on its website yesterday.  No announcement has been made to members. The impact is shocking with .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza programme, slipped out a list of category changes on its .....

5 May 20155 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Eurostar Frequent Traveller (not to be confused with Eurostar Plus Points, their leisure-based loyalty scheme) announced on Thursday that it was introducing a ‘part points, part cash’ .....

Eurostar Frequent Traveller (not to be confused with Eurostar Plus Points, their leisure-based loyalty scheme) .....

5 May 20155 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has launched a very generous promotion which could allow you to earn a significant number of .....

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has .....

4 May 20154 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Head for Points readers had a lot of fun before Christmas when Iberia offered 12,000 Avios points with a subscription to ‘The Economist’. The Economist historically let you cancel your .....

Head for Points readers had a lot of fun before Christmas when Iberia offered 12,000 Avios points with a .....

4 May 20154 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

American Airlines is offering 1,000 free American AAdvantage miles for watching six short videos about the wonders of the AA loyalty programme. As well as boosting your balance, it will have the added .....

American Airlines is offering 1,000 free American AAdvantage miles for watching six short videos about the .....

4 May 20154 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

A lot of good hotel promotions ended on April 30th with no obvious replacements.  As we are now into May, I thought it was worth doing a quick recap of the best hotel promotions currently available. .....

A lot of good hotel promotions ended on April 30th with no obvious replacements.  As we are now into May, I .....

3 May 20153 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

On the face of it, the fact that Alaska Airways has cut the credit it gives for BA flights does not seem important. Few people even know that Alaska (which is not a oneworld member) is a BA partner .....

On the face of it, the fact that Alaska Airways has cut the credit it gives for BA flights does not seem .....

3 May 20153 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the ‘Autograph’ collection of hotels promoted by Marriott.  This is a group of independent hotels which have chosen to work with Marriott for marketing .....

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the ‘Autograph’ collection of hotels promoted by Marriott.  .....

3 May 20153 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a 20% bonus on transfers of Tesco Clubcard points to Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club. This means that you will receive 300 miles per £1 of Clubcard vouchers you .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a 20% bonus on transfers of Tesco Clubcard points to Virgin Atlantic’s .....

2 May 20152 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments