Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be.  I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Not many people know that Tesco bought the Dobbies chain of garden centres back in 2007. Since then, it has been run separately with very little integration. Whatever plan Tesco had for the business .....

Not many people know that Tesco bought the Dobbies chain of garden centres back in 2007. Since then, it has .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Qatar Airways announced a major expansion of services to South Africa this week.  As you can book Qatar services with your Avios points, this opens up some new options. This is what Qatar Airways .....

Qatar Airways announced a major expansion of services to South Africa this week.  As you can book Qatar .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is second of my reviews following my recent trip to Abu Dhabi.  Other articles cover the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel, the Business Class Studio on the new Etihad A380, the .....

This is second of my reviews following my recent trip to Abu Dhabi.  Other articles cover the Hilton .....

19 Feb 201519 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

19 Feb 201519 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Tesco promotions for bonus Clubcard points – and therefore bonus Avios points or Virgin miles – are very thin on the ground at the moment. It is a rather poor state of affairs when the .....

Tesco promotions for bonus Clubcard points – and therefore bonus Avios points or Virgin miles .....

19 Feb 201519 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This article is my review of the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel. This is the first part of my series on my recent trip to Abu Dhabi.  Other articles cover the Etihad lounge in Heathrow .....

This article is my review of the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel. This is the first part of my series .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

I’d like to give a very big ‘thank you’ to everyone who entered our Qatar Airways competition. Running for almost a month, it attracted a mammoth 6,786 entries. There can only be one .....

I’d like to give a very big ‘thank you’ to everyone who entered our Qatar Airways .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

There are some phrases you never expect to be writing and that is one of them.  However, confirmation arrived yesterday that British Airways franchisee SUN-AIR of Scandinavia is launching a service .....

There are some phrases you never expect to be writing and that is one of them.  However, confirmation arrived .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

A little surprisingly, to put it mildly, Head for Points has just hit 1 million ‘unique visitors’ for the past 365 days: (The little dip last August is when I accidentally deleted the .....

A little surprisingly, to put it mildly, Head for Points has just hit 1 million ‘unique .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

News in brief: British Airways to return to Birmingham According to press reports – although the flights are not timetabled yet – Sun-Air of Scandinavia, the small airline which operates .....

News in brief: British Airways to return to Birmingham According to press reports – although the flights .....

17 Feb 201517 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

In December I told you that Hilton had been dropping hints that ‘Lifetime Diamond’ status would soon be available.  Hyatt, Marriott and Starwood already have lifetime status schemes .....

In December I told you that Hilton had been dropping hints that ‘Lifetime Diamond’ status would .....

17 Feb 201517 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Tesco has brought back its promotion offering bonus Tesco Clubcard points if you fill in a very short form telling them when your various insurance products were up for renewal. The number of points .....

Tesco has brought back its promotion offering bonus Tesco Clubcard points if you fill in a very short form .....

17 Feb 201517 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

On Business is the British Airways loyalty scheme for small businesses (PartnerPlusBenefit is the Star Alliance equivalent if you are based in the UK and Ireland.) I wrote two long explanatory .....

On Business is the British Airways loyalty scheme for small businesses (PartnerPlusBenefit is the Star .....

16 Feb 201516 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments