I like redeeming Avios points on airberlin. True, their sloping business class seat is not the greatest, but their taxes are! A one-way flight from New York to Germany will set you back a grand total .....

I like redeeming Avios points on airberlin. True, their sloping business class seat is not the greatest, but .....

4 Jul 20134 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

There has been much knashing of teeth in the US in the last couple of weeks following the announcement that United Airlines is introducing ‘minimum spend’ requirements to achieve elite .....

There has been much knashing of teeth in the US in the last couple of weeks following the announcement that .....

4 Jul 20134 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

If you live in London or another large metropolitan area, you are probably familiar with Zipcar or City Car Club. These schemes allow you to rent a car for £6-£7 per hour, from on-street car parking .....

If you live in London or another large metropolitan area, you are probably familiar with Zipcar or City Car .....

4 Jul 20134 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is the third is my series of articles this week looking at maximising your points when booking your Summer holiday.  I have already looked at airport car parking and using credit cards abroad. .....

This is the third is my series of articles this week looking at maximising your points when booking your .....

3 Jul 20133 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

The Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit cards have often been painful cards to own, entirely due to Lloyds TSB and their lax customer service. We had the cards for a period last year (during which, .....

The Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit cards have often been painful cards to own, entirely due to Lloyds TSB and .....

3 Jul 20133 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Mercure, one of the Le Club Accorhotels brands, is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. As part of this promotion, they are offering discounts of up to 40% PLUS either a £40 Accor voucher or .....

Mercure, one of the Le Club Accorhotels brands, is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. As part of this .....

3 Jul 20133 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a relatively quiet month, although a number of excellent promotions are still running. You .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a .....

2 Jul 20132 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

It was exactly a year ago that I launched Head for Points.   I had actually started writing it at the end of May, but no-one actually knew it existed at that point!  I wanted to run it for a few .....

It was exactly a year ago that I launched Head for Points.   I had actually started writing it at the end of .....

2 Jul 20132 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

Naughty, naughty, naughty.  And very disappointing, too. For the last couple of years, Club Carlson has been making a special effort to force itself into the top tier of hotel loyalty programmes.  .....

Naughty, naughty, naughty.  And very disappointing, too. For the last couple of years, Club Carlson has been .....

2 Jul 20132 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

The Starwood American Express card is currently one of my recommended choices, due to the excellent 20,000 SPG points that you receive as a sign-up bonus. This is my original article on the 20,000 .....

The Starwood American Express card is currently one of my recommended choices, due to the excellent 20,000 SPG .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

The BBC News website ran an interesting piece of research recently into airline pricing – in particular, how it jumps around.  This was linked to a BBC programme “Flights and Fights: .....

The BBC News website ran an interesting piece of research recently into airline pricing – in particular, .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

I was reminded recently of the Le Club Accorhotels (the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery etc) Facebook app. I have not written about this before, so it is worth running .....

I was reminded recently of the Le Club Accorhotels (the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, M .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

We had a grand total of 133 teams enter the Head for Points league as part of the redspottedhanky.com Wimbledon competition! The reason for running this – apart from it being a bit of fun .....

We had a grand total of 133 teams enter the Head for Points league as part of the redspottedhanky.com .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when booking airport car parking.  Today I want to recap the best ways to earn points when using .....

In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when .....

30 Jun 201330 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments