The last few months have seen a number of, in some cases, underhand moves to change – for the worse – the cancellation policies for flexible hotel bookings. These moves have generally been .....

The last few months have seen a number of, in some cases, underhand moves to change – for the worse .....

14 Aug 201714 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

News in brief: Get 50% off mytaxi in London The Hailo taxi network has recently been rebranded as mytaxi following its acquisition by Daimler. In theory mytaxi will be relaunching as an Avios .....

News in brief: Get 50% off mytaxi in London The Hailo taxi network has recently been rebranded as mytaxi .....

14 Aug 201714 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

You may remember reading about JustPark.com when it launched.  The original premise of the site is that, if you live near a station or shopping area, you could use the site to rent out your driveway .....

You may remember reading about JustPark.com when it launched.  The original premise of the site is that, if .....

14 Aug 201714 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

We write a lot on Head for Points about ways to minimise the 2.99% foreign exchange fee added to most credit and debit card transactions outside the UK. For personal travel you might want to .....

We write a lot on Head for Points about ways to minimise the 2.99% foreign exchange fee added to most .....

13 Aug 201713 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 113 comments

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express Gold, .....

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass .....

13 Aug 201713 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

It is a few months since I last mentioned this, so I thought it was worth another plug today as I wouldn’t want readers to miss out.  This is a match that I did myself earlier in the .....

It is a few months since I last mentioned this, so I thought it was worth another plug today as I .....

13 Aug 201713 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

News in brief: Lloyds Avios Rewards refer a friend bonus dropped Avios has dropped the 4,500 Avios ‘refer a friend’ bonus that it has offered on the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card for .....

News in brief: Lloyds Avios Rewards refer a friend bonus dropped Avios has dropped the 4,500 Avios .....

12 Aug 201712 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes.   I wrote about this yesterday when I showed you how this is the only easy way left to earn .....

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes.   I .....

12 Aug 201712 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Reader Janne asked us if we were interested in a review of the IAM Jet Center private jet terminal lounge in Barbados.  As it’s summer and most people are either away on holiday or dreaming of .....

Reader Janne asked us if we were interested in a review of the IAM Jet Center private jet terminal lounge in .....

12 Aug 201712 August 2017 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

I like car share club Zipcar.  We have a membership in London and there are about 15 cars within a 15-minute walk of our house. The nearest, which is available 80% of the time, is literally 30 .....

I like car share club Zipcar.  We have a membership in London and there are about 15 cars within a 15-minute .....

11 Aug 201711 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Not everyone knows that you can transfer Virgin Flying Club miles into Hilton Honors points (details are here on the Virgin site) and IHG Rewards Club (Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza .....

Not everyone knows that you can transfer Virgin Flying Club miles into Hilton Honors points (details are here .....

11 Aug 201711 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments

As you only have a few days left to take advantage of their generous introductory deal, I wanted to give another mention today to a new avios.com partner – insurance broker Alan .....

As you only have a few days left to take advantage of their generous introductory deal, I wanted to give .....

11 Aug 201711 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has launched a website for its Autumn 2017 promotion – IHG Accelerate. Yes, it is repeating .....

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has launched .....

10 Aug 201710 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 124 comments

The closest I’ve come to flying a plane was a computer game my brother had when we were kids. Though most of the time he wouldn’t let me fly the plane and I’m pretty sure whenever he .....

The closest I’ve come to flying a plane was a computer game my brother had when we were kids. Though .....

10 Aug 201710 August 2017 by Anika Burnett • 24 comments