Last year, Hilton ran two special bonus promotions for its luxury Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria brands.  The two offers seem to have rolled over into 2015, so if you missed out last year you can still .....

Last year, Hilton ran two special bonus promotions for its luxury Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria brands.  The two .....

12 Mar 201512 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Just a quick reminder that the EXCLUSIVE Head for Points promotion with Kaligo.com ends at midnight tonight (Wednesday). (EDIT: Extended to Friday) You will earn 1,000 additional Avios points on every .....

Just a quick reminder that the EXCLUSIVE Head for Points promotion with Kaligo.com ends at midnight tonight .....

11 Mar 201511 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible deal.  The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but .....

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible .....

11 Mar 201511 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

News in brief: American Airlines launches a transatlantic bonus American Airlines has launched a bonus for flying between the UK and the USA, Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo on either AA or BA. Until .....

News in brief: American Airlines launches a transatlantic bonus American Airlines has launched a bonus for .....

11 Mar 201511 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

British Airways Executive Club is a partner with Bicester Village, the designer shopping outlet mecca in the Chilterns. The link to the BA earning deal is here (click on Chic Outlet Shopping).  You .....

British Airways Executive Club is a partner with Bicester Village, the designer shopping outlet mecca in the .....

11 Mar 201511 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

I have slotted this in as an additional article for the benefit of anyone who only reads the site in the evenings and would otherwise miss this. Between 4pm today and 4pm on Wednesday, IHG Rewards .....

I have slotted this in as an additional article for the benefit of anyone who only reads the site in the .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

I have been threatening to put together a full list of flights from UK regional airports which can be booked with Avios points for some weeks.  The job has proved messier than I imagined. I have .....

I have been threatening to put together a full list of flights from UK regional airports which can be booked .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways business and economy class savings Qatar has launched a big new 5-day promotion which can be found here. You must book by March 13th for travel between April 14th and July .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways business and economy class savings Qatar has launched a big new 5-day promotion .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when he called to cancel his Platinum charge card.  This is the first time in two years that I .....

A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Today I am launching a special 3 day promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head for Points readers. I have written before about the current Kaligo.com and British Airways .....

Today I am launching a special 3 day promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

The British Airways premium leisure sale, focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First, ends tomorrow (Tuesday).  On many routes you can book until 9th February 2016 so you could potentially secure .....

The British Airways premium leisure sale, focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First, ends tomorrow .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

When I ran my recent reader survey on which hotel chains you used, Best Western performed surprisingly strongly.  I thought it was worth doing an introductory article on Best Western Rewards, .....

When I ran my recent reader survey on which hotel chains you used, Best Western performed surprisingly .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

As part of the campaign to save train loyalty scheme East Coast Rewards (a campaign which was partially successful, to the extent that Virgin East Coast ended up making a generous conversion deal), a .....

As part of the campaign to save train loyalty scheme East Coast Rewards (a campaign which was partially .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near Heathrow Airport in March. The Mercure London Heathrow Hotel is shown here on the Accor website. .....

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments