To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Aer Lingus AerClub, the airline is offering 25% off all Avios redemptions. See here for details. It isn’t quite as good as it sounds, unfortunately. Aer .....

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Aer Lingus AerClub, the airline is offering 25% off all Avios .....

4 Nov 20214 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

There are many contenders for the title of ‘most stupid airline policy ever’, but easyJet’s new baggage policy – which launched this February – was in strong contention .....

There are many contenders for the title of ‘most stupid airline policy ever’, but easyJet’s .....

3 Nov 20213 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 149 comments

In September, Expedia announced that all of its reward schemes – including Expedia Rewards, Hotels.com Rewards and eBookers BONUS+ – were to be merged into one programme. Vrbo, Travelocity .....

In September, Expedia announced that all of its reward schemes – including Expedia Rewards, Hotels.com .....

3 Nov 20213 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

If you run your own business, small or large, time is running out. You have just 11 days left to pick up a huge 60,000 Avios sign-up bonus with the relaunched British Airways Accelerating Business .....

If you run your own business, small or large, time is running out. You have just 11 days left to pick up a .....

3 Nov 20213 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

There is a great opportunity this month to get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways Executive Club status. This is due to the launch of ITA Airways, the replacement .....

There is a great opportunity this month to get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British .....

2 Nov 20212 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Two interesting new American Express offers appeared on cards yesterday which I thought were worth flagging, even though they are not directly hotel or airline related. You need to see if you are .....

Two interesting new American Express offers appeared on cards yesterday which I thought were worth flagging, .....

2 Nov 20212 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

When Hyatt Gold Passport relaunched as World of Hyatt, it added an interesting new promotion which generally passes people by.  It is called Hyatt Brand Explorer. The way that Brand Explorer works is .....

When Hyatt Gold Passport relaunched as World of Hyatt, it added an interesting new promotion which generally .....

2 Nov 20212 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

British Airways put out a press release offering an update on the progress of its Club Suite rollout across the fleet. We have used this as the basis for updating this article on the roll-out of the .....

British Airways put out a press release offering an update on the progress of its Club Suite rollout across .....

1 Nov 20211 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 106 comments

Earlier this year we ran an exclusive offer on currency transfers with Midpoint.  The company is a well-established Avios partner and feedback from HfP readers has always been positive. The .....

Earlier this year we ran an exclusive offer on currency transfers with Midpoint.  The company is a .....

1 Nov 20211 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

This is our review of the Heathrow Rewards loyalty programme. Is it worth joining Heathrow Rewards?  What are Heathrow Rewards points worth?  How can you transfer them to Avios or other programmes? .....

This is our review of the Heathrow Rewards loyalty programme. Is it worth joining Heathrow Rewards?  What are .....

1 Nov 20211 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Today is my first day back at work after ten days away, and I’ll be heading somewhere new. From today, Head for Points is based in the iconic 1 Poultry building, directly above Bank station. Our .....

Today is my first day back at work after ten days away, and I’ll be heading somewhere new. From today, .....

1 Nov 20211 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in October 2021.  Click through to read them in full: Which countries will now accept the NHS covid vaccination app? Review: the Waldorf Astoria .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in October 2021.  Click through to read them in full: .....

31 Oct 202131 October 2021 by HfP team

As you may have read in the national press, the NHS covid vaccination certificate was, on Friday, given equal standing with the EU Covid-19 Vaccine Passport scheme. This makes your life far easier .....

As you may have read in the national press, the NHS covid vaccination certificate was, on Friday, given equal .....

31 Oct 202131 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 148 comments

This is our review of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Charlottenburg, Berlin. After visiting my grandparents in Stuttgart I decided to head up to Berlin to visit some friends. Hilton very kindly invited .....

This is our review of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Charlottenburg, Berlin. After visiting my grandparents in .....

31 Oct 202131 October 2021 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments