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When IHG announced the forthcoming changes to IHG Rewards Club last week, I was broadly neutral. IHG is adding a new elite level after 75 nights or 75,000 base points. This currently unnamed level, .....
When IHG announced the forthcoming changes to IHG Rewards Club last week, I was broadly neutral. IHG is adding .....
21 Apr 201521 April 2015 • 54 comments
You may remember that, over Easter, Heathrow Express experimented with offering £10 one-way tickets. They are repeating the deal next Saturday, April 25th. As long as you buy your ticket at a ticket .....
You may remember that, over Easter, Heathrow Express experimented with offering £10 one-way tickets. They are .....
21 Apr 201521 April 2015 • 7 comments
One of the participants at the Gold Guest List lunch in London last week, held for British Airways most valued customers, sent me over a summary of the speech that was given. It has some .....
One of the participants at the Gold Guest List lunch in London last week, held for British Airways most .....
20 Apr 201520 April 2015 • 82 comments
When IHG Rewards Club – the Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – announced changes to its programme last week, most people focussed on July 1st as the key date. This .....
When IHG Rewards Club – the Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – announced .....
20 Apr 201520 April 2015 • 15 comments
A few years ago, Tesco launched a business called Tesco Tyres. This has now been closed down, but the company which ran it – Scottish group blackcircles.com – continues to offer Clubcard .....
A few years ago, Tesco launched a business called Tesco Tyres. This has now been closed down, but the .....
20 Apr 201520 April 2015 • 9 comments
On Thursday night I was invited to the O2 Arena in Greenwich as the guest of Starwood Preferred Guest. Starwood Preferred Guest is the loyalty programme for Sheraton, Westin, W, St Regis, Le .....
On Thursday night I was invited to the O2 Arena in Greenwich as the guest of Starwood Preferred Guest. .....
19 Apr 201519 April 2015 • 13 comments
There are only nine days to go to book your flights before the big Avios devaluation kicks in. I wrote a series of ten articles starting here which explain, in worrying levels of detail, exactly what .....
There are only nine days to go to book your flights before the big Avios devaluation kicks in. I wrote a .....
19 Apr 201519 April 2015 • 58 comments
Strangely enough, hostelling is not something that I usually cover on Head for Points. That didn’t stop a PR company sending me a pile of information on Generator Hostels. To be honest, it .....
Strangely enough, hostelling is not something that I usually cover on Head for Points. That didn’t .....
19 Apr 201519 April 2015 • 35 comments
The oft-repeated story of ‘the £1m per year door’ at Terminal 5 may or may not be an urban myth. The door in question is the one on your right-hand side when you pass through South .....
The oft-repeated story of ‘the £1m per year door’ at Terminal 5 may or may not be an urban myth. .....
18 Apr 201518 April 2015 • 38 comments
It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you stay. I ran a sister article to this in January which listed hotel chains which do NOT .....
It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you .....
18 Apr 201518 April 2015 • 4 comments
Dining discount group The Gourmet Society – which offers discounts on meals in thousands of restaurants across the UK – has moved into the airport lounge business. Through a link with a .....
Dining discount group The Gourmet Society – which offers discounts on meals in thousands of restaurants .....
18 Apr 201518 April 2015 • 4 comments
Heathrow Airport confirmed the story yesterday that I originally ran on Head for Points on April 1st – that an independent airport lounge will open in Terminal 5 this Summer, possibly July. It .....
Heathrow Airport confirmed the story yesterday that I originally ran on Head for Points on April 1st – .....
17 Apr 201517 April 2015 • 26 comments
News in brief: Get 5% off all Emirates bookings Until 31st May, Emirates is offering 5% off all of its UK departures – apparently in all classes – with promotional code UKVOUCH. 31st May .....
News in brief: Get 5% off all Emirates bookings Until 31st May, Emirates is offering 5% off all of its UK .....
17 Apr 201517 April 2015 • 18 comments
On 31st March, Global Hotel Alliance dropped all of its airline partnerships except for Lufthansa Miles & More. As I wrote in this article last month, Global Hotel Alliance is currently focussed .....
On 31st March, Global Hotel Alliance dropped all of its airline partnerships except for Lufthansa Miles & .....
17 Apr 201517 April 2015 • 3 comments
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