News in brief: Watch HfP on CNN I was featured in a frequent flyer article on cnn.com last week.  You can find it here. Most Head for Points readers won’t learn much new from it, but it did .....

News in brief: Watch HfP on CNN I was featured in a frequent flyer article on cnn.com last week.  You can .....

15 Aug 201515 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

15 Aug 201515 August 2015 by Rob Burgess

It has been a long time since I have seen a special sign-up bonus on an American Express card aimed at a specific group of people. For one month only, though, you can receive 40,000 American Express .....

It has been a long time since I have seen a special sign-up bonus on an American Express card aimed at a .....

14 Aug 201514 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

I was originally going to discuss this as part of my Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf review yesterday, but I thought it deserved a wider audience. Few people know that Cathay Pacific flies from Dusseldorf to .....

I was originally going to discuss this as part of my Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf review yesterday, but I thought .....

14 Aug 201514 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza scheme, is running a 72 hour flash sale for buying points. The bonus is an impressive 50%. The link to buy is here.  You need to log in to see the .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza scheme, is running a 72 hour flash sale for buying points. .....

14 Aug 201514 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

British Airways announced yesterday that it is launching a year-round service to Porto from Gatwick, starting in February 2016. This is a massive boost for the city.  At present, Porto has a .....

British Airways announced yesterday that it is launching a year-round service to Porto from Gatwick, starting .....

13 Aug 201513 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is my review of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dusseldorf. I had to spend a night in Dusseldorf last week.  My ‘go to’ hotel is the InterContinental Dusseldorf which is on Konigsallee, .....

This is my review of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dusseldorf. I had to spend a night in Dusseldorf last week. .....

13 Aug 201513 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

American Airlines has extended its promotion with Starwood Preferred Guest by another three weeks. Until August 31st, you will receive a 20% bonus on conversions of Starwood Preferred Guest (Sheraton, .....

American Airlines has extended its promotion with Starwood Preferred Guest by another three weeks. Until .....

13 Aug 201513 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which originally ran last year, offering £50 statement credit on a purchase of £500 or more. I was .....

News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which .....

12 Aug 201512 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

In late July I wrote about an ‘open to all’ promotion that Hilton HHonors was running with airberlin. My original article is here – I won’t repeat all of the details again. You .....

In late July I wrote about an ‘open to all’ promotion that Hilton HHonors was running with .....

12 Aug 201512 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

This is my review of the Embassy Suites, Niagara Falls hotel on the Canadian side of the falls. It is a little odd in Niagara Falls that the tallest hotel, the nearest hotel to the Canadian falls and .....

This is my review of the Embassy Suites, Niagara Falls hotel on the Canadian side of the falls. It is a little .....

12 Aug 201512 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points. However, most of us probably spend some time on trains as well so I thought it was worth a run through of the .....

Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points. However, most of us .....

11 Aug 201511 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Wyndham – even though you may never have heard of it – is actually the largest hotel group in the world with over 7,000 properties. The majority of these are low-cost hotels in the USA, .....

Wyndham – even though you may never have heard of it – is actually the largest hotel group in the .....

11 Aug 201511 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

This article is a quick review of the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Terminal 3 of Toronto Pearson International Airport, where I spent Sunday evening. My Mum and I are in Canada this week, where I am .....

This article is a quick review of the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Terminal 3 of Toronto Pearson International .....

11 Aug 201511 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments