What are Club Eurostar points worth? 18 months ago Club Eurostar had a relaunch which doubled the cost of free trips – albeit with a higher earning rate going forward and a status bonus for .....

What are Club Eurostar points worth? 18 months ago Club Eurostar had a relaunch which doubled the cost of free .....

22 Apr 202522 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

A regular question I get asked by readers is how The American Express Business Platinum Card differs from (personal) The Platinum Card. We have a similar articles on how The Platinum Card differs from .....

A regular question I get asked by readers is how The American Express Business Platinum Card differs from .....

22 Apr 202522 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park figure, and it is the value I use myself, but the real world is more complicated. I thought it .....

I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get around to reviewing hotels on our doorstep. And let’s face it: in London, we are .....

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders (click for our review) extra benefits when renting a car. We cover the car .....

American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 15 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

Until 27th May, American Express is running a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points, which converts to 50,000 Avios, was already good. .....

Until 27th May, American Express is running a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus .....

20 Apr 202520 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

This is our review of the Courtyard Hamburg City hotel, part of Marriott Bonvoy. After two failed attempts (one due to a flight cancellation and the other after being invited to an Airbus factory tour .....

This is our review of the Courtyard Hamburg City hotel, part of Marriott Bonvoy. After two failed attempts .....

20 Apr 202520 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 14 comments

We don’t cover Travelodge much on Head for Points, but you never know when you might find that it is convenient to stay in one. The chain is expanding with the acquisition of nine three-star .....

We don’t cover Travelodge much on Head for Points, but you never know when you might find that it is .....

20 Apr 202520 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

There are two global mega projects in aviation right now. There’s the transformation of Air India, which we covered last week, and then there is Riyadh Air. As its name suggests, Riyadh Air is .....

There are two global mega projects in aviation right now. There’s the transformation of Air India, which .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 94 comments

We haven’t mentioned it for a month, but American Express is still offering an increased sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card, .....

We haven’t mentioned it for a month, but American Express is still offering an increased sign-up bonus .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

A long-awaited improvement to Marriott Bonvoy in 2022 was the ability to top up ‘fixed value’ free night vouchers. In the US, multiple Marriott credit cards come with automatic free night .....

A long-awaited improvement to Marriott Bonvoy in 2022 was the ability to top up ‘fixed value’ free .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

In 2023, London Gatwick airport announced its 50th long haul destination as Ethiopian Airlines returned with direct flights to Addis Ababa. Two years on, that figure hasn’t moved although the .....

In 2023, London Gatwick airport announced its 50th long haul destination as Ethiopian Airlines returned with .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

This is our review of Japan Airlines’ Sakura business class lounge in Okinawa Airport. My recent trip to Japan to review JAL also took me to the small southern island of Okinawa, where I stayed .....

This is our review of Japan Airlines’ Sakura business class lounge in Okinawa Airport. My recent trip to .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 7 comments