This is our review of the Capital on Tap Pro Visa credit card. Capital on Tap – a small UK payments card company which I admit you may never have heard of – runs the only small business .....

This is our review of the Capital on Tap Pro Visa credit card. Capital on Tap – a small UK payments card .....

1 Sep 20241 September 2024 by Rob Burgess

Over the last week we have published updated versions of our ‘What is a hotel point worth?’ series. You can see the individual articles here: Now that we have a valuation per point for .....

Over the last week we have published updated versions of our ‘What is a hotel point worth?’ .....

1 Sep 20241 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

One of the Starwood features that was adopted by Marriott after it bought the company was the ability to redeem your hotel points for a flight ticket. Two facts make this offer sound quite attractive. .....

One of the Starwood features that was adopted by Marriott after it bought the company was the ability to .....

1 Sep 20241 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

It turns out that it has been five years since we wrote about the American Express lounge at The O2 arena in London. I got to visit it for the first time recently (I’m normally hiding away in .....

It turns out that it has been five years since we wrote about the American Express lounge at The O2 arena in .....

1 Sep 20241 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in August 2024.  Click through to read them in full: How I turned my expiring Etihad Guest miles into cash with the Etihad Guest Reward Card Hotel .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in August 2024.  Click through to read them in full: How .....

31 Aug 202431 August 2024 by HfP team

When Etihad Guest overhauled its programme this year (for the worst), it brought in a nasty rule regarding points expiry. You now need to take a cash flight on Etihad or one of its airline partners .....

When Etihad Guest overhauled its programme this year (for the worst), it brought in a nasty rule regarding .....

31 Aug 202431 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Hotel news in brief: The Randolph Oxford is now bookable via Hilton Back in March, Hilton made a rare acquisition – the first major one since it bought Embassy Suites, DoubleTree and Hampton in 1999 .....

Hotel news in brief: The Randolph Oxford is now bookable via Hilton Back in March, Hilton made a rare .....

31 Aug 202431 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

The inability to guarantee connecting hotel rooms has been a MASSIVE bug bear of mine. It is no longer such a big issue as our children get older and can look after themselves, but we struggled with .....

The inability to guarantee connecting hotel rooms has been a MASSIVE bug bear of mine. It is no longer such a .....

31 Aug 202431 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 36 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 .....

31 Aug 202431 August 2024 by Rhys Jones

It’s back! British Airways and American Express have relaunched the British Airways credit card for SMEs – the British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card (‘Accelerating .....

It’s back! British Airways and American Express have relaunched the British Airways credit card for SMEs .....

30 Aug 202430 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Plaza Premium has just opened another new UK lounge, hot off the heels of the opening of its new Plaza Express lounge at Gatwick. This time round it is a new, larger ‘full service’ Plaza .....

Plaza Premium has just opened another new UK lounge, hot off the heels of the opening of its new Plaza Express .....

30 Aug 202430 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 49 comments

Did you know that both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic offer a cooling off period for new bookings? Whilst it is not widely publicised, both airlines let you refund your booking – in full .....

Did you know that both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic offer a cooling off period for new bookings? Whilst .....

30 Aug 202430 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 56 comments

How many British Airways Avios points do you need to fly to a particular city? It is surprisingly tricky to find out how many Avios are required for a particular route.  The ‘Avios Spendjng .....

How many British Airways Avios points do you need to fly to a particular city? It is surprisingly tricky to .....

29 Aug 202429 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

We’ve talked a lot about airline status matches recently. Many airlines have become a lot more aggressive in their attempts to poach the best customers of their rivals. If you have elite status .....

We’ve talked a lot about airline status matches recently. Many airlines have become a lot more .....

29 Aug 202429 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 157 comments