2024 was a record-breaking year for Heathrow when it welcomed 83.9 million people – three million more than its previous record, set in 2019. By 2031, it wants to be able to accommodate up to .....

2024 was a record-breaking year for Heathrow when it welcomed 83.9 million people – three million more .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 107 comments

Rob and I were both a bit perplexed this week when Edinburgh Airport sent us a press release saying that “passengers are now able to take liquids in containers of up to two litres through .....

Rob and I were both a bit perplexed this week when Edinburgh Airport sent us a press release saying that .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 71 comments

Club Avolta is the loyalty programme for the Avolta duty free empire. We explained how Club Avolta works in this article. One key point is that you earn Avios when making purchases at Club Avolta-run .....

Club Avolta is the loyalty programme for the Avolta duty free empire. We explained how Club Avolta works in .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rhys Jones

Whilst we wait for Virgin Atlantic to start its rollout of Starlink high speed wi-fi in late 2026, Qatar Airways has announced that its entire Boeing 777 fleet of 54 aircraft is now equipped. This is .....

Whilst we wait for Virgin Atlantic to start its rollout of Starlink high speed wi-fi in late 2026, Qatar .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 14 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss announced that the airline would be retiring its onboard bars from 2028, with the last going in 2030. Virgin Atlantic says it was the first airline to .....

Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss announced that the airline would be retiring its onboard .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

The UK is slowly relaxing liquids restrictions at airports thanks to next generation scanners, and the US has finally updated its own airport security procedures. You will no longer need to remove .....

The UK is slowly relaxing liquids restrictions at airports thanks to next generation scanners, and the US has .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rhys Jones

News in brief: Save £15 on a £150 Wizz Air spend with American Express As we mentioned last week, Wizz Air is now accepting American Express cards, both for flight bookings and in-flight purchases. .....

News in brief: Save £15 on a £150 Wizz Air spend with American Express As we mentioned last week, Wizz Air .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 60 comments

The current Virgin Atlantic 'buy points' bonus, which will get you a bonus of up to 60%, ends soon. If you are short of points for your next redemption, then now is a good time to top up. This bonus .....

The current Virgin Atlantic 'buy points' bonus, which will get you a bonus of up to 60%, ends soon. If you are .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Katie Ridgers • 2 comments

Accor Live Limitless has launched a new promotion with Sixt. This could be quite valuable. Remember that Accor points are worth 2 Eurocents each towards a hotel stay, or convert at 1:1 into Iberia .....

Accor Live Limitless has launched a new promotion with Sixt. This could be quite valuable. Remember that Accor .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

All good things must come to an end and after 41 years Virgin Atlantic has decided to call time on its onboard bars. The move was announced on Tuesday as part of a suite of updates by CEO Shai Weiss .....

All good things must come to an end and after 41 years Virgin Atlantic has decided to call time on its onboard .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 65 comments

Back in 2022, we posted a link to a handy tool. Whilst it keeps getting flagged in our forum we haven’t mentioned it for three years in an article. Via this link you can see the current .....

Back in 2022, we posted a link to a handy tool. Whilst it keeps getting flagged in our forum we haven’t .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

British Airways announced three new routes to Europe yesterday. Because flights have only just been loaded to ba.com, Avios availability should be wide open, even at peak periods. The first new route .....

British Airways announced three new routes to Europe yesterday. Because flights have only just been loaded to .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Marseille Provence Airport opened a new terminal extension designed by Foster + Partners last year. The extension almost doubled the size of the airport and allowed it to refurbish the existing .....

Marseille Provence Airport opened a new terminal extension designed by Foster + Partners last year. The .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rob Burgess