One of the joys that greeted me on our return from Dubai was our council tax bill for 2013/2014. Earning Avios or other points by paying your day-to-day bills is something which a lot of people .....

One of the joys that greeted me on our return from Dubai was our council tax bill for 2013/2014. Earning Avios .....

11 Apr 201311 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

The group of No1 Traveller lounges have teamed up with Travelzoo to offer lounge passes for £20 each. Whilst I’ve never yet had the chance to visit one, the No1 lounges have a good reputation .....

The group of No1 Traveller lounges have teamed up with Travelzoo to offer lounge passes for £20 each. Whilst .....

11 Apr 201311 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Finnair has launched another of its periodic sales on Economy and Business Class tickets to India and Asia. You can see full details here. Some of the Business Class deals look very attractive. .....

Finnair has launched another of its periodic sales on Economy and Business Class tickets to India and Asia. .....

11 Apr 201311 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

A couple of week ago, I wrote this article about the refer a friend scheme for the Tesco MasterCard. As a result of that post, I referred a couple of Head for Points readers who had recently taken out .....

A couple of week ago, I wrote this article about the refer a friend scheme for the Tesco MasterCard. As a .....

10 Apr 201310 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

The British Airways Executive Club e-store is offering a 50% bonus when you use it for your shopping over the next 12 days. Full details can be found here. John Lewis and Apple Store jump out as being .....

The British Airways Executive Club e-store is offering a 50% bonus when you use it for your shopping over the .....

10 Apr 201310 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

The first British Airways A380 has just left the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg and BA has released a few pictures. The plane is due to be handed over to BA in July, with Los Angeles being the first .....

The first British Airways A380 has just left the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg and BA has released a few .....

10 Apr 201310 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

One of my criticisms about Little Red, the new Virgin Atlantic domestic airline I outline here, was that redemption flights via Virgin Flying Club were likely to be very uncompetitive due to the taxes .....

One of my criticisms about Little Red, the new Virgin Atlantic domestic airline I outline here, was that .....

9 Apr 20139 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

A quick heads up that Tesco Direct has brought back bonus Clubcard points on DVD and Blu-Ray pre-orders. These deals are certainly getting less generous, but they still offer decent value if you were .....

A quick heads up that Tesco Direct has brought back bonus Clubcard points on DVD and Blu-Ray pre-orders. These .....

9 Apr 20139 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This promotion seems to have crept out quietly a couple of weeks ago, but is still running for a while yet.  And it’s not a bad deal if you’ve got a stay planned. Via this link, .....

This promotion seems to have crept out quietly a couple of weeks ago, but is still running for a while .....

8 Apr 20138 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is the 16th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for.  These articles will be linked to the relevant .....

This is the 16th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

8 Apr 20138 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

A couple of days ago I flagged up Google Flights, the so-far unexciting new flight pricing search engine that is now available in the UK. Over in the US, yet another new flight price comparison site .....

A couple of days ago I flagged up Google Flights, the so-far unexciting new flight pricing search engine that .....

8 Apr 20138 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is the 15th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These articles will be linked to the relevant sections .....

This is the 15th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

7 Apr 20137 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Quite a few Head for Points readers will collect Marriott Rewards. Very few Head for Points readers will know much about baseball! I was therefore in two minds about posting this, but I am sure that .....

Quite a few Head for Points readers will collect Marriott Rewards. Very few Head for Points readers will know .....

7 Apr 20137 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Over Easter, I will be answering a number of the reader questions that were submitted via this article. If you didn’t take part this time, don’t worry as I will be re-running this feature .....

Over Easter, I will be answering a number of the reader questions that were submitted via this article. If you .....

7 Apr 20137 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments