Head for Points is moving offices in two weeks, as WeWork closes at our current home of 1 Poultry. We won’t be heading far – just down the road to Eastcheap. I mention this because we were .....

Head for Points is moving offices in two weeks, as WeWork closes at our current home of 1 Poultry. We .....

27 Jul 202527 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

27 Jul 202527 July 2025 by HfP team • 3 comments

American Express has launched a special offer for anyone who holds the free British Airways American Express Credit Card and who has never added a free supplementary cardholder. Until 25th August, the .....

American Express has launched a special offer for anyone who holds the free British Airways American Express .....

26 Jul 202526 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

BA Cityflyer, the subsidiary which operates Embraer 190 services from London City Airport, is trialling a new route from London Stansted. (As a reminder, BA needs to find a use for its Embraer 190 .....

BA Cityflyer, the subsidiary which operates Embraer 190 services from London City Airport, is trialling a new .....

26 Jul 202526 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is our review of The University Arms hotel in Cambridge. I last reviewed this hotel in 2020, during the pandemic, and I wasn’t totally won over. Whilst I never wrote about it, I went back .....

This is our review of The University Arms hotel in Cambridge. I last reviewed this hotel in 2020, during the .....

26 Jul 202526 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

26 Jul 202526 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

Qatar Airways has launched a new version of its award flight finder tool. This sits on its website (click here, log in required) and is meant to make the job of finding Avios reward seats on Qatar .....

Qatar Airways has launched a new version of its award flight finder tool. This sits on its website (click .....

25 Jul 202525 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Not many people know that a) Accor is the largest hotel group in Europe and b) it has virtually no presence in the United States outside the luxury / upscale sector, with only 41 hotels in total. Do .....

Not many people know that a) Accor is the largest hotel group in Europe and b) it has virtually no presence in .....

25 Jul 202525 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

Marriott’s acquisition of citizenM hotels for $355 million has reached legal completion. It’s a complex structure. Marriott is only buying the brand itself. The selling shareholders will .....

Marriott’s acquisition of citizenM hotels for $355 million has reached legal completion. It’s a .....

25 Jul 202525 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This is our review of the DoubleTree Perth Waterfront hotel – not to be confused with the DoubleTree Perth Northbridge. For my first visit to Perth – as part of my big Qantas tour – .....

This is our review of the DoubleTree Perth Waterfront hotel – not to be confused with the DoubleTree .....

25 Jul 202525 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

I was in two minds about whether we should write about this, given that it will just cause a gnashing of teeth from those who missed out, but I thought we probably should. If it makes you feel any .....

I was in two minds about whether we should write about this, given that it will just cause a gnashing of teeth .....

24 Jul 202524 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Two interesting new or extended cashback offers have appeared on American Express cards. Virgin Atlantic Holidays Virgin Atlantic Holidays has extended its current deal, it seems. You will receive .....

Two interesting new or extended cashback offers have appeared on American Express cards. Virgin Atlantic .....

24 Jul 202524 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Back in May, I attended the Paris Saint Germain vs Arsenal Champions League semi-final in Paris as the guest of ALL – Accor Live Limitless. My article is here. This was not your normal ticket. I .....

Back in May, I attended the Paris Saint Germain vs Arsenal Champions League semi-final in Paris as the guest .....

23 Jul 202523 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

This is our review of Qantas’ non-stop London to Perth flight on a Boeing 787-9. It is the first (and so far only) non-stop service between the UK and Australia, and a far cry from the days of .....

This is our review of Qantas’ non-stop London to Perth flight on a Boeing 787-9. It is the first (and so .....

23 Jul 202523 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 73 comments