Yesterday I mentioned the 30% transfer bonus currently available to holders of the American Express International Dollar Card if they move their Membership Rewards points to Avios. I said that I would .....

Yesterday I mentioned the 30% transfer bonus currently available to holders of the American Express .....

16 Jul 201316 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

If you have ever sat in your overseas hotel room watching BBC World News, you might have seen Fast Track, their travel programme.  This weeks edition included a six-minute piece on frequent flyer .....

If you have ever sat in your overseas hotel room watching BBC World News, you might have seen Fast Track, .....

16 Jul 201316 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win 5,000 Avios last week, to celebrate Head for Points making the list of the top 5,000 websites in the UK by visitor numbers! I’m sorry .....

Thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win 5,000 Avios last week, to celebrate Head for Points .....

15 Jul 201315 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I wrote a long piece last week about the avios.com and British Airways ‘cash passport’ products. These are reloadable cards which can be used instead of credit cards for making payments .....

I wrote a long piece last week about the avios.com and British Airways ‘cash passport’ products. .....

15 Jul 201315 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

This is, admittedly, a minority post since not many readers will have an American Express International Dollar Card or International Euro Card. These cards are issued in the UK to people who would .....

This is, admittedly, a minority post since not many readers will have an American Express International Dollar .....

15 Jul 201315 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

I wrote a piece over the weekend listing every hotel chain globally that issues Avios, whether into British Airways, avios.com or Iberia Plus. There are still some hotel chains which do not give .....

I wrote a piece over the weekend listing every hotel chain globally that issues Avios, whether into British .....

15 Jul 201315 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

July is shaping up to be ‘InterContinental month’ for me.  We have 3 nights at the InterContinental Dusseldorf, followed by two nights at the InterContinental in Boston and two nights .....

July is shaping up to be ‘InterContinental month’ for me.  We have 3 nights at the .....

14 Jul 201314 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Anyone who is familiar with the pricing on Heathrow Express will not be surprised to know that passenger numbers across Heathrow Express and the much smaller Heathrow Connect service fell by 2.9% in .....

Anyone who is familiar with the pricing on Heathrow Express will not be surprised to know that passenger .....

14 Jul 201314 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Back in June, I ran a long reference article entitled “Which Airlines Can I Use Avios Points On?“.  This was my attempt to cover all 33 airlines which let you use Avios points for .....

Back in June, I ran a long reference article entitled “Which Airlines Can I Use Avios Points .....

13 Jul 201313 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

I always enjoy reading interesting tales of the exploits of Head for Points readers.  I was therefore very intrigued to read this story from HfP reader Will. Diamond is the highest level offered by .....

I always enjoy reading interesting tales of the exploits of Head for Points readers.  I was therefore very .....

13 Jul 201313 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

This promotion has been running since the start of June, but I have only just picked it up – apologies! Accor is the hotel group behind Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure, Ibis and M Gallery, amongst .....

This promotion has been running since the start of June, but I have only just picked it up – apologies! .....

13 Jul 201313 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Two months ago I wrote about a special offer from East Midlands Trains, offering vouchers worth £10 off any journey to or from London.  They have now brought it back. (East Midlands Trains runs from .....

Two months ago I wrote about a special offer from East Midlands Trains, offering vouchers worth £10 off any .....

12 Jul 201312 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Uber launched in London last year as a luxury car service, offering you the chance to be transported around in a Mercedes or similar. Yesterday, Uber launched UberX.  UberX is a lower cost version .....

Uber launched in London last year as a luxury car service, offering you the chance to be transported around in .....

12 Jul 201312 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Today, Friday 12th, is the last chance to enter the Head for Points competition to win 5,000 Avios points! If you haven’t entered yet, you need to go to this article from Tuesday and leave a .....

Today, Friday 12th, is the last chance to enter the Head for Points competition to win 5,000 Avios points! .....

12 Jul 201312 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments