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

A lot of Head for Points readers now have a Shangri-La Golden Circle account following their ‘free points’ promotion last Autumn. I know that most readers are waiting to redeem them for a .....

A lot of Head for Points readers now have a Shangri-La Golden Circle account following their ‘free .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport.  Flights will start on October 26th – the same day that the Dublin service from Heathrow moves .....

British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport.  Flights .....

29 Jun 201429 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

A quick reminder that TOMORROW (Monday) is your last chance to apply for the American Airlines credit cards to benefit from the current 15,000 miles sign-up bonus. Whilst a far cry from the amazing .....

A quick reminder that TOMORROW (Monday) is your last chance to apply for the American Airlines credit cards to .....

29 Jun 201429 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Head for Points is partially funded through the commission we receive from readers who use the links to our affiliates. Our main affiliate partners – whose logos you will see on the site in the .....

Head for Points is partially funded through the commission we receive from readers who use the links to our .....

29 Jun 201429 June 2014 by Rob Burgess

If you have an iPhone or iPad there is a new (beta) Avios travel app now available in the App Store – Avios Flight Finder.  It is not available on Android at the moment unfortunately. It does .....

If you have an iPhone or iPad there is a new (beta) Avios travel app now available in the App Store – .....

28 Jun 201428 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

This is my review of the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. Last weekend we did something totally different – a beach holiday in the Netherlands.  This is not .....

This is my review of the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. Last weekend we did .....

28 Jun 201428 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

An extra 4th article today to let you know that I have it on good authority from a source in Sussex that British Airways will be launching a ‘50% off’ Avios redemption sale on Monday. This .....

An extra 4th article today to let you know that I have it on good authority from a source in Sussex that .....

27 Jun 201427 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

Last month I published a £10 sign-up code for new downloaders of London taxi app GetTaxi.  That offer closed pretty quickly. GetTaxi has now launched a referral programme.  This allows me to be .....

Last month I published a £10 sign-up code for new downloaders of London taxi app GetTaxi.  That offer .....

27 Jun 201427 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

To be honest, I have always been happy with the idea of not letting the Heathrow Airport hotels run their own shuttle buses.  We all know from experience at other airports how chaotic arrival .....

To be honest, I have always been happy with the idea of not letting the Heathrow Airport hotels run their own .....

27 Jun 201427 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

The group stage of the World Cup ended last night.  The first batch of knock-out quarter final games will begin on Saturday. If you are playing the redspottedhanky Fantasy Football game, it is time .....

The group stage of the World Cup ended last night.  The first batch of knock-out quarter final games will .....

27 Jun 201427 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

‘Huzar v Jet2.com’ is the rather unprepossessing name for a legal case which wound its way through the Court of Appeal earlier this month.  The result may have a significant impact on the .....

‘Huzar v Jet2.com’ is the rather unprepossessing name for a legal case which wound its way through .....

26 Jun 201426 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

This is a final call for anyone who has yet to use the current Tesco Grocery bonus code to earn an easy 3,600 Avios or 3,750 Virgin Flying Club miles. Using code XXPJPY, you will receive 1,500 bonus .....

This is a final call for anyone who has yet to use the current Tesco Grocery bonus code to earn an easy 3,600 .....

26 Jun 201426 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments