News in brief: BA extends Gatwick ‘hand baggage only’ fares Last month, as I wrote here, BA launched a trial of ‘hand baggage only’ fares on its routes from Gatwick, in an .....

News in brief: BA extends Gatwick ‘hand baggage only’ fares Last month, as I wrote here, BA .....

14 Mar 201314 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Esso and Tesco have had a joint venture for some years now, with Tesco supplying the convenience stores attached to 198 Esso garages across the UK. You have always been able to collect Tesco Clubcard .....

Esso and Tesco have had a joint venture for some years now, with Tesco supplying the convenience stores .....

13 Mar 201313 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Last week in Berlin was Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB), the biggest travel show in Europe with 110,000 visitors. Starwood, the Westin / W / Sheraton / aloft etc hotel group, was running a .....

Last week in Berlin was Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB), the biggest travel show in Europe with 110,000 .....

13 Mar 201313 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

For the last few months – possibly as a response to those who complain that their taxes and fuel surcharges are crazy – Lufthansa has been running a monthly list of discounted routes for .....

For the last few months – possibly as a response to those who complain that their taxes and fuel .....

13 Mar 201313 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Lloyds TSB has launched a referral bonus for the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit card pack. This comprises an American Express card (earning 1 Avios per £1) and a MasterCard (earning a shocking 0.2 Avios .....

Lloyds TSB has launched a referral bonus for the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit card pack. This comprises an .....

12 Mar 201312 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

News in brief: Earn almost 50,000 Avios with a new kitchen! 20,000 bonus Clubcard points is an offer that you don’t see very often! That would be 48,000 Avios, or over 70,000 during a decent .....

News in brief: Earn almost 50,000 Avios with a new kitchen! 20,000 bonus Clubcard points is an offer that you .....

12 Mar 201312 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Regular readers will know that I like to highlight interesting new hotels being opened by Priority Club chains such as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and InterContinental. The last deal I wrote about was .....

Regular readers will know that I like to highlight interesting new hotels being opened by Priority Club chains .....

12 Mar 201312 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is the 6th and final part of a series of airline and hotel reviews covering my trip to New York. To recap (since it is almost two weeks since the previous part of this trip report!), I have just .....

This is the 6th and final part of a series of airline and hotel reviews covering my trip to New York. To recap .....

11 Mar 201311 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

A few weeks ago I wrote about the disastrously messy status match that Flying Blue (the Air France / KLM frequent flyer programme) launched in Scandinavia. That status match was just meant for .....

A few weeks ago I wrote about the disastrously messy status match that Flying Blue (the Air France / KLM .....

11 Mar 201311 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Yesterday, a few people found a leaflet on their doormat from American Express entitled “Introducing The Perfect Companion To Your Platinum Card“. Basically – and for reasons which .....

Yesterday, a few people found a leaflet on their doormat from American Express entitled “Introducing .....

10 Mar 201310 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, with a range of promotions. One of these is a 20% bonus when you buy Miles & More miles during March.  .....

Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, with a range of .....

10 Mar 201310 March 2013 by Rob Burgess

Bales Worldwide, part of the Virgin Holidays group, offers luxury tailor-made and escorted group holidays to over 50 countries, primarily in the more ‘interesting’ parts of the world. .....

Bales Worldwide, part of the Virgin Holidays group, offers luxury tailor-made and escorted group holidays to .....

10 Mar 201310 March 2013 by Rob Burgess

An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which may be useful to some of you. Given that the miles and points earned on Amex cards are .....

An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which .....

9 Mar 20139 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

It is now just over a week since I launched the new-look Head for Points.  And, given the scale of the task, the move and the new style seem to have gone down well. Page views on the old site are now .....

It is now just over a week since I launched the new-look Head for Points.  And, given the scale of the task, .....

9 Mar 20139 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments