British Airways is celebrating its sponsorship of the Taste of London 2013 restaurant festival in Regents Park (see my Taste of London article here on why you may or may not want to visit!) with a .....

British Airways is celebrating its sponsorship of the Taste of London 2013 restaurant festival in Regents Park .....

17 May 201317 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

MeliaRewards – the loyalty scheme for Melia Hotels – has launched an interesting promotion based around your birthday.  Melia has over 350 hotels in Spain and other (mainly Spanish .....

MeliaRewards – the loyalty scheme for Melia Hotels – has launched an interesting promotion based .....

17 May 201317 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Two Head for Points readers both contacted me separately in recent weeks to point out the excellent deals being offered by avios.com when you use them to book a package holiday. The first thing to .....

Two Head for Points readers both contacted me separately in recent weeks to point out the excellent deals .....

16 May 201316 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

I don’t usually cover general aviation news on Head for Points, but this story will have an impact on a lot of readers who may be planning to head to Dubai next year. As per this website, one of .....

I don’t usually cover general aviation news on Head for Points, but this story will have an impact on a .....

16 May 201316 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

It’s time for our monthly round-up of discounted redemption routes available via the Lufthansa Miles & More programme. The May list of discounted Miles & More redemptions from the .....

It’s time for our monthly round-up of discounted redemption routes available via the Lufthansa Miles .....

16 May 201316 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

If you hold one of the old BMI credit cards, you probably had a text message recently telling you that MBNA was writing to you with details of enhanced benefits on the cards. You probably thought that .....

If you hold one of the old BMI credit cards, you probably had a text message recently telling you that MBNA .....

15 May 201315 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

It is quite a long time now – back in September – that I originally wrote that the two Priority Club credit cards now come with free status. Holders of the free card receive Gold status at .....

It is quite a long time now – back in September – that I originally wrote that the two Priority .....

15 May 201315 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Yesterday I introduced Clubcard Perks, a new Tesco initiative that has launched with a special British Airways promotional code. There is another Clubcard Perk that is worth a look – a £5 .....

Yesterday I introduced Clubcard Perks, a new Tesco initiative that has launched with a special British Airways .....

15 May 201315 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Clubcard Perks is a new Tesco initiative to bring extra benefits to Clubcard holders, however often (or not) they actually shop in Tesco! British Airways is providing one of the six initial offers. .....

Clubcard Perks is a new Tesco initiative to bring extra benefits to Clubcard holders, however often (or not) .....

14 May 201314 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza hotel group, has announced its new promotion, ‘Two Nights, 10000 Points’. You won’t be surprised to know how it works. Simply stay .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza hotel group, has announced its new promotion, ‘Two .....

14 May 201314 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

British Airways has launched a tiny bribe to encourage people to convert their Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Avios points this quarter. If you convert £5 or more of Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Avios (via .....

British Airways has launched a tiny bribe to encourage people to convert their Tesco Clubcard vouchers to .....

14 May 201314 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

Now here is a slightly odd one. British Airways (note, BA and not AA) is offering 10,000 or 20,000 bonus Avios when you book yourself on the American Airlines new service between Dublin and New York .....

Now here is a slightly odd one. British Airways (note, BA and not AA) is offering 10,000 or 20,000 bonus Avios .....

13 May 201313 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

BAA WorldPoints, the Heathrow Airport frequent shopping scheme, sent out an email to all its members last week saying that the website would be down from May 17th to May 21st for .....

BAA WorldPoints, the Heathrow Airport frequent shopping scheme, sent out an email to all its members last week .....

13 May 201313 May 2013 by Rob Burgess

Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely presented and well written although (as with most hotel guide books) they never tell you that .....

Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely .....

13 May 201313 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment