News in brief: American Airlines launches a transatlantic bonus American Airlines has launched a bonus for flying between the UK and the USA, Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo on either AA or BA. Until .....

News in brief: American Airlines launches a transatlantic bonus American Airlines has launched a bonus for .....

11 Mar 201511 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

British Airways Executive Club is a partner with Bicester Village, the designer shopping outlet mecca in the Chilterns. The link to the BA earning deal is here (click on Chic Outlet Shopping).  You .....

British Airways Executive Club is a partner with Bicester Village, the designer shopping outlet mecca in the .....

11 Mar 201511 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

I have slotted this in as an additional article for the benefit of anyone who only reads the site in the evenings and would otherwise miss this. Between 4pm today and 4pm on Wednesday, IHG Rewards .....

I have slotted this in as an additional article for the benefit of anyone who only reads the site in the .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

I have been threatening to put together a full list of flights from UK regional airports which can be booked with Avios points for some weeks.  The job has proved messier than I imagined. I have .....

I have been threatening to put together a full list of flights from UK regional airports which can be booked .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways business and economy class savings Qatar has launched a big new 5-day promotion which can be found here. You must book by March 13th for travel between April 14th and July .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways business and economy class savings Qatar has launched a big new 5-day promotion .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when he called to cancel his Platinum charge card.  This is the first time in two years that I .....

A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Today I am launching a special 3 day promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head for Points readers. I have written before about the current Kaligo.com and British Airways .....

Today I am launching a special 3 day promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

The British Airways premium leisure sale, focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First, ends tomorrow (Tuesday).  On many routes you can book until 9th February 2016 so you could potentially secure .....

The British Airways premium leisure sale, focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First, ends tomorrow .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

When I ran my recent reader survey on which hotel chains you used, Best Western performed surprisingly strongly.  I thought it was worth doing an introductory article on Best Western Rewards, .....

When I ran my recent reader survey on which hotel chains you used, Best Western performed surprisingly .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

As part of the campaign to save train loyalty scheme East Coast Rewards (a campaign which was partially successful, to the extent that Virgin East Coast ended up making a generous conversion deal), a .....

As part of the campaign to save train loyalty scheme East Coast Rewards (a campaign which was partially .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near Heathrow Airport in March. The Mercure London Heathrow Hotel is shown here on the Accor website. .....

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country.  Whilst the cards look the same wherever you go (unless you turn them over) you receive different benefits .....

The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country.  Whilst the cards look .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

News in brief: Earn 1,000 free Club Carlson points Club Carlson is running a special promotion on Twitter on March 19th called #hashtaghotelpromo In order to take part you will need to be following .....

News in brief: Earn 1,000 free Club Carlson points Club Carlson is running a special promotion on Twitter on .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is my review of my stay at the Jumeirah At Etihad Towers hotel in Abu Dhabi.  This hotel is, since late 2020, trading as the Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers hotel – the new website is here. .....

This is my review of my stay at the Jumeirah At Etihad Towers hotel in Abu Dhabi.  This hotel is, since late .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments