I wrote last week about the US Government approval for the merger of US Airways and American Airlines.  As part of the merger, US Airways will resign from Star Alliance on 30th March 2014 and join BA .....

I wrote last week about the US Government approval for the merger of US Airways and American Airlines.  As .....

22 Dec 201322 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

We have featured two British Airways promotional codes in recent weeks.  One was for 15% off flights departing from Leeds Bradford (even if connecting to a long-haul) and 15% off long-haul flights .....

We have featured two British Airways promotional codes in recent weeks.  One was for 15% off flights .....

22 Dec 201322 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Two very attractive new offers probably appeared on your American Express account yesterday, although you may not have noticed.  These are a continuation of the special deals that have been running .....

Two very attractive new offers probably appeared on your American Express account yesterday, although you may .....

21 Dec 201321 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

TopCashback is the preferred cashback website for most Head for Points readers, because of the ability to transfer your cash to Tesco Clubcard points.  As I outlined here, £10 cashback (as an .....

TopCashback is the preferred cashback website for most Head for Points readers, because of the ability to .....

21 Dec 201321 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

On Monday, I featured Hilton’s ‘Any Weekend, Anywhere’ sale.  You can book a weekend night at any hotel in the Hilton family, for any Friday, Saturday or Sunday between now and the .....

On Monday, I featured Hilton’s ‘Any Weekend, Anywhere’ sale.  You can book a weekend night .....

21 Dec 201321 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

If you joined in with the recent Shangri-La Golden Circle online game, all of the points should have posted to your Golden Circle account.  That would be 1,200 points if you played for all 6 weeks. .....

If you joined in with the recent Shangri-La Golden Circle online game, all of the points should have posted to .....

20 Dec 201320 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

A quick heads up that Sky appears to be reversing payments that were made on 3V Virtual Visa cards in recent days. As I reported last week, 3V suddenly blocked their cards from being used for paying .....

A quick heads up that Sky appears to be reversing payments that were made on 3V Virtual Visa cards in recent .....

20 Dec 201320 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

This is the final part of the article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that you may .....

This is the final part of the article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ .....

20 Dec 201320 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

American Express has sent an offer to some Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders offering them 15,000 Membership Rewards points if they upgrade to American Express Platinum. Even if you did not receive .....

American Express has sent an offer to some Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders offering them 15,000 Membership .....

19 Dec 201319 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

I posted last week about the new option to cash out small amounts of SAS EuroBonus miles via an iTunes gift card.  It is not the greatest value redemption of all time, but if you’ve got some .....

I posted last week about the new option to cash out small amounts of SAS EuroBonus miles via an iTunes gift .....

19 Dec 201319 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Just a quick heads up that registration is now open for Starwood‘s ‘Bring on the Nights’ promotion. I wrote about the promotion here.  If you think you may be staying in a Sheraton, .....

Just a quick heads up that registration is now open for Starwood‘s ‘Bring on the Nights’ .....

19 Dec 201319 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I wrote a piece recently about earning Avios via Tesco Clubcard by taking your gas and electricity from E.ON.  A few weeks later, I switched our own gas and electricity to E.ON – albeit that .....

I wrote a piece recently about earning Avios via Tesco Clubcard by taking your gas and electricity from .....

18 Dec 201318 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

This is my review of the new British Airways Galleries lounge at Edinburgh airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. The .....

This is my review of the new British Airways Galleries lounge at Edinburgh airport. This is part of our series .....

18 Dec 201318 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Reports in the German media suggest that Lufthansa is considering the sale of its ‘Miles & More’ loyalty programme.  (If you open the link in Chrome, Google will automatically .....

Reports in the German media suggest that Lufthansa is considering the sale of its ‘Miles & .....

18 Dec 201318 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments