A quick reminder that MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (Friday) is your last chance to enter our competition to win 20,000 IHG Rewards Club points. (The site will still accept entries after midnight but they will not .....

A quick reminder that MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (Friday) is your last chance to enter our competition to win 20,000 IHG .....

4 Jul 20144 July 2014 by Rob Burgess

If you have a Shangri-La Golden Circle account, you probably got an email on Thursday offering you 1,000 bonus Golden Circle points. This offer is surprisingly generous.  1,000 Golden Circle points .....

If you have a Shangri-La Golden Circle account, you probably got an email on Thursday offering you 1,000 bonus .....

4 Jul 20144 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Following on from the current Avios 50% offer redemption sale – which still runs for another 10 days – Iberia has launched a sale of its own.  This offers 35% off on selected routes. For .....

Following on from the current Avios 50% offer redemption sale – which still runs for another 10 days .....

3 Jul 20143 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

For some reasons we don’t know about, Starwood Preferred Guest was not included in the current 25% bonus for transferring your hotel loyalty scheme points into Avios. American Airlines and its .....

For some reasons we don’t know about, Starwood Preferred Guest was not included in the current 25% bonus .....

3 Jul 20143 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Head for Points has been sharing news of some excellent promotions in recent weeks.  To ensure you don’t miss out on future offers, here is a quick reminder of the different ways you can follow .....

Head for Points has been sharing news of some excellent promotions in recent weeks.  To ensure you don’t .....

3 Jul 20143 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app.  This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, impressively quickly, reward flight availability on British Airways flights. This app is not .....

I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app.  This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, .....

2 Jul 20142 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

I wrote on Monday about the imminent joining of Star Alliance by Air India.  After seven years of delays, the final decision has been taken with a surprising degree of speed and the airline will .....

I wrote on Monday about the imminent joining of Star Alliance by Air India.  After seven years of delays, the .....

2 Jul 20142 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Blinkbox, the Tesco-owned streaming media company, has extended its current ebooks promotion until 31st July.  It was meant to finish on Monday. This is how the promotion works: You receive 100 Tesco .....

Blinkbox, the Tesco-owned streaming media company, has extended its current ebooks promotion until 31st July. .....

2 Jul 20142 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I’m delighted to launch another exclusive Head for Points competition today.  One lucky reader is going to walk away with 20,000 IHG Rewards Club points! 20,000 IHG Rewards Club points will .....

I’m delighted to launch another exclusive Head for Points competition today.  One lucky reader is going .....

1 Jul 20141 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1333 comments

As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their ‘50% off’ Avios redemptions sale yesterday. This will only apply to World Traveller .....

As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their .....

1 Jul 20141 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced the first routes to feature the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Virgin is the first European airline to receive the larger 787-9 version of the aircraft.  The first one is due to .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced the first routes to feature the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Virgin is the first .....

1 Jul 20141 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

A quick heads up that I am running a special competition on Head for Points tomorrow. The winner will receive 20,000 IHG Rewards Club points, courtesy of IHG. Don’t forget to visit the site .....

A quick heads up that I am running a special competition on Head for Points tomorrow. The winner will receive .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios points on all of your duty free electrical purchases in Heathrow Terminal 5. Coupled with the .....

Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

After an incredibly long and painful process, Air India has finally been cleared to join Star Alliance.  It has only taken seven years from their initial application …. During that seven years, .....

After an incredibly long and painful process, Air India has finally been cleared to join Star Alliance.  It .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments