Back in 2009, when the hotel business first started dipping down, Priority Club launched a special deal for stays at Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Indigo, InterContinental, .....

Back in 2009, when the hotel business first started dipping down, Priority Club launched a special deal for .....

27 Feb 201327 February 2013 by Rob Burgess

With Head for Points having been out of action for the last two days, this has been my first chance to give you a final warning not to miss out on the current batch of Amex and Foursquare offers. My .....

With Head for Points having been out of action for the last two days, this has been my first chance to give .....

27 Feb 201327 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

OK, it is decorating time. As I outlined last Sunday, there will be no new articles on Monday or Tuesday whilst the site is migrated to its new home and is given its new look. If you try to access the .....

OK, it is decorating time. As I outlined last Sunday, there will be no new articles on Monday or Tuesday .....

24 Feb 201324 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Back in May, we did an ‘out of season’ holiday at Sandy Lane in Barbados. I wrote a review of it here. Now, Sandy Lane is not cheap, even out of season. But at Christmas and New Year, it .....

Back in May, we did an ‘out of season’ holiday at Sandy Lane in Barbados. I wrote a review of it .....

24 Feb 201324 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Scott emailed me to ask what is a very fair question: I didn’t see anything on your website about the Avios and Tesco Clubcard email offer I received the other day. Apparently if you exchange a .....

Scott emailed me to ask what is a very fair question: I didn’t see anything on your website about the .....

23 Feb 201323 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

A couple of months ago, Amex was offering a very generous 40,000 Avios if you signed up for their Business Gold card. Sadly that offer has now ended, and there is currently no sign-up bonus at all. .....

A couple of months ago, Amex was offering a very generous 40,000 Avios if you signed up for their Business .....

23 Feb 201323 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Emirates has added a new elite tier to its Skywards programme – Platinum. Timed to match the launch of its new partnership with Qantas, the new tier will begin on April 1st. The benefits, to be .....

Emirates has added a new elite tier to its Skywards programme – Platinum. Timed to match the launch of .....

23 Feb 201323 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

This article is my review of the new Conrad New York hotel.  It is Part 5 of a series of airline and hotel reviews covering my trip to New York. To recap – I have just arrived, via Lufthansa .....

This article is my review of the new Conrad New York hotel.  It is Part 5 of a series of airline and hotel .....

22 Feb 201322 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

A couple of people have emailed me to ask when I will be writing about the massive Hilton HHonors devaluation. The answer, unfortunately, is not until the end of next week.  I am pretty much without .....

A couple of people have emailed me to ask when I will be writing about the massive Hilton HHonors devaluation. .....

22 Feb 201322 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is my review of Lufthansa First Class on a 747, flying from Frankfurt to Newark.  It is Part 4 of my series of airline and hotel reviews covering my NYC trip this week.  Part 1 is here and .....

This is my review of Lufthansa First Class on a 747, flying from Frankfurt to Newark.  It is Part 4 of my .....

21 Feb 201321 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

For as long as I can remember, there has been a box on the BAEC sign-up page to insert a ‘Promotional Code’. A Head for Points reader emailed me over the weekend to ask if there was .....

For as long as I can remember, there has been a box on the BAEC sign-up page to insert a ‘Promotional .....

21 Feb 201321 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt.  It is part 3 of a trip report covering my trip to New York this week.  Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. When we left .....

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt.  It is part 3 of a trip report .....

20 Feb 201320 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

For some time, there has a been a view that – in a continued attempt to make BA’s Gatwick operation profitable – it would move towards more of an easyJet approach to life. Gatwick .....

For some time, there has a been a view that – in a continued attempt to make BA’s Gatwick .....

20 Feb 201320 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is my review of Lufthansa’s short haul business class on a flight from Hamburg to Frankurt, and my review of the Lufthansa lounge in Hamburg. After checking out of the Radisson, I took the .....

This is my review of Lufthansa’s short haul business class on a flight from Hamburg to Frankurt, and my .....

19 Feb 201319 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments