The inability to guarantee connecting hotel rooms has been a MASSIVE bug bear of mine. It is no longer such a big issue as our children get older and can look after themselves, but we struggled with .....

The inability to guarantee connecting hotel rooms has been a MASSIVE bug bear of mine. It is no longer such a .....

11 Feb 202311 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

News in brief: The Aspire lounge at Humberside Airport reopens There are still airport lounges across the UK which remain closed after the pandemic, but most are now back in business. On Monday 13th .....

News in brief: The Aspire lounge at Humberside Airport reopens There are still airport lounges across the UK .....

11 Feb 202311 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

11 Feb 202311 February 2023 by Rhys Jones

British Airways and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. This is the first offer we’ve seen since October. As you can see at this link, you can earn .....

British Airways and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. This is .....

10 Feb 202310 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 75 comments

This is my review of the Plaza Premium departure lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 4. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. .....

This is my review of the Plaza Premium departure lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 4. This is part of our .....

10 Feb 202310 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

The Tesco Clubcard Pay+ debit card is a product which appears to have no real purpose. Unless, that is, you collect miles and points and have HMRC tax bills to pay …. Clubcard Pay+ is a prepaid .....

The Tesco Clubcard Pay+ debit card is a product which appears to have no real purpose. Unless, that is, you .....

10 Feb 202310 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. This brought many benefits to UK-based Avios collectors, including the ability to earn and spend Avios on the new airline, .....

Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. This brought many benefits to .....

9 Feb 20239 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 130 comments

In 2021, Nectar and eBay ran a very generous Black Friday offer. For one hour – between noon and 1pm on Black Friday – you received a crazy 50 Nectar points per £1 you spent. The offer is .....

In 2021, Nectar and eBay ran a very generous Black Friday offer. For one hour – between noon and 1pm on .....

9 Feb 20239 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

The final collapse of Comair, back in 2022, left a bit of a gap in the British Airways South Africa network. Previously, British Airways offered a number of onward connections from Johannesburg and .....

The final collapse of Comair, back in 2022, left a bit of a gap in the British Airways South Africa network. .....

9 Feb 20239 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments

This is our review of the new Extime lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2B. Extime is a new hospitality brand created by Aeroports de Paris that extends from lounges to duty free shopping as .....

This is our review of the new Extime lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2B. Extime is a new .....

8 Feb 20238 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 73 comments

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Fairmont, Ibis, Mercure etc, has launched a Spring sale. What is interesting is sale rooms seem to be fully cancellable and do not require .....

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Fairmont, Ibis, Mercure etc, has launched a Spring sale. .....

8 Feb 20238 February 2023 by Rob Burgess

The Star Alliance lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol has joined the increasing list of Star Alliance lounges globally to offer cash entry. A similar deal is already in place at Star Alliances lounges in .....

The Star Alliance lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol has joined the increasing list of Star Alliance lounges .....

8 Feb 20238 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

One of the Starwood features that was adopted by Marriott after it bought the company was the ability to redeem your hotel points for a flight ticket. Two facts make this offer sound quite attractive. .....

One of the Starwood features that was adopted by Marriott after it bought the company was the ability to .....

8 Feb 20238 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

We have launched a fantastic competition – exclusive to Head for Points readers – in conjunction with Barclaycard. We have FOUR MILLION AVIOS to give away! There are four prizes of 1 .....

We have launched a fantastic competition – exclusive to Head for Points readers – in conjunction .....

7 Feb 20237 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments