Back in May, Virgin Red took over a box at The O2 in London with seats to be made available to members for points. This will replace the box at the AO Arena in Manchester which will close after the .....

Back in May, Virgin Red took over a box at The O2 in London with seats to be made available to members for .....

29 Jun 202429 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

The American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2024 tournament which starts on Monday. There will also be a new ‘Amex Pavilion’ on the Hill. If you are wondering what .....

The American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2024 tournament which starts on Monday. There will .....

29 Jun 202429 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

This is our review of the Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place, part of Marriott Bonvoy. The Marriott Bonvoy® American Express Credit Card® is currently offering .....

This is our review of the Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place, part of Marriott Bonvoy. .....

29 Jun 202429 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points – see here. The offer runs until 7th July. To put this in perspective, before 2020 Virgin Atlantic had never even run a .....

Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points – see here. The offer runs until .....

29 Jun 202429 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 27 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 .....

29 Jun 202429 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 1 comment

On Tuesday I headed down to Stratford to take a pre-opening tour of YOTELPAD, Europe’s first outpost of YOTEL’s ‘extended stay’ brand. YOTEL’s long term (10 years) CEO, .....

On Tuesday I headed down to Stratford to take a pre-opening tour of YOTELPAD, Europe’s first outpost of .....

28 Jun 202428 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

City of Derry Airport in Northern Ireland doesn’t have a lot of activity, but I have a soft spot for any airport which lists ‘Lourdes’ as one of its handful of destinations. .....

City of Derry Airport in Northern Ireland doesn’t have a lot of activity, but I have a soft spot for any .....

28 Jun 202428 June 2024 by Rob Burgess

Air India is currently in the middle of a huge transformation under the new ownership of Tata Group, with a brand new long haul fleet due to be in place by the end of 2026. The catchphrase is .....

Air India is currently in the middle of a huge transformation under the new ownership of Tata Group, with a .....

28 Jun 202428 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 21 comments

British Airways Holidays has launched some additional discounts for their current sale – but only if you book this weekend. The extra savings are available now and will last until Tuesday 2nd .....

British Airways Holidays has launched some additional discounts for their current sale – but only if you .....

28 Jun 202428 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

As we have been covering on HfP, the (virtually) ‘all suite’ Conrad New York Midtown hotel left Hilton earlier this month and is now part of Marriott’s The Luxury Collection. In .....

As we have been covering on HfP, the (virtually) ‘all suite’ Conrad New York Midtown hotel left .....

27 Jun 202427 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

One of the lesser known British Airways Executive Club partners is market research group ‘Avios for Thoughts‘. It turns out that we haven’t covered this for (ahem) five years, when .....

One of the lesser known British Airways Executive Club partners is market research group ‘Avios for .....

27 Jun 202427 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. We covered these deals a few weeks and now they are back. For £1,126 from London this is an exceptionally good deal for a .....

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. We covered these deals a few .....

27 Jun 202427 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....

This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....

26 Jun 202426 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Finnair Plus adopted Avios as its loyalty currency in March, and last month it launched the ability to transfer Avios back and forth from British Airways Executive Club. Because Finnair reward flights .....

Finnair Plus adopted Avios as its loyalty currency in March, and last month it launched the ability to .....

26 Jun 202426 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments