Two days ago I looked at the various ways of booking UK train tickets.  My conclusion is that the cheapest option – assuming that your train company does not offer an exclusive discount on its .....

Two days ago I looked at the various ways of booking UK train tickets.  My conclusion is that the cheapest .....

15 Dec 201215 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

As I posted a few weeks ago, Virgin Atlantic is gearing up to launch services from Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen to Heathrow. Virgin will be paying Aer Lingus to operate these flights under a .....

As I posted a few weeks ago, Virgin Atlantic is gearing up to launch services from Manchester, Edinburgh and .....

14 Dec 201214 December 2012 by Rob Burgess

Club Carlson has extended the list of hotels included in its current 50% off reward night sale.  These hotels represent really good value for your Club Carlson points. This is the new list.  You .....

Club Carlson has extended the list of hotels included in its current 50% off reward night sale.  These hotels .....

14 Dec 201214 December 2012 by Rob Burgess

Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points. However, most of us probably spend some time on trains as well so I thought it was worth a run through of the .....

Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points. However, most of us .....

13 Dec 201213 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Well, that’s a word I never thought I would be typing on this site. However, Tesco is currently offering 300 bonus Clubcard points (720 Avis or 750 Virgin Flying Club miles) if you buy any toy .....

Well, that’s a word I never thought I would be typing on this site. However, Tesco is currently offering .....

13 Dec 201213 December 2012 by Rob Burgess

The good people of Flyertalk spotted something yesterday morning – the ba.com reward search engine has been improved.  Genuinely improved! Before, if you wanted to book a reward flight, it .....

The good people of Flyertalk spotted something yesterday morning – the ba.com reward search engine has .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Many people forget that Iberia also has Avios as its reward currency (since BA and Iberia have the same parent) and that you can transfer your Avios into Iberia Plus. (Transfers of Avios to Iberia .....

Many people forget that Iberia also has Avios as its reward currency (since BA and Iberia have the same .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

As you will presumably have read elsewhere by the time you see this, Delta has agreed to acquire the 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic owned by Singapore Airlines. The price of £244m means that Singapore .....

As you will presumably have read elsewhere by the time you see this, Delta has agreed to acquire the 49% stake .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I have written quite a bit about Hilton recently, and for good reason: They launched a decent sale which lets you book now for any weekend in 2013 They are running an average (although better than a .....

I have written quite a bit about Hilton recently, and for good reason: They launched a decent sale which lets .....

11 Dec 201211 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

For anyone with a stash of miles with a Star Alliance airline, I wanted to flag up this very informative post from US site Points Miles and Martinis. Lufthansa First Class is one of the best First .....

For anyone with a stash of miles with a Star Alliance airline, I wanted to flag up this very informative post .....

11 Dec 201211 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I ran this article yesterday about Alitalia’s MilleMiglia programme.  In particular, I wrote about how they will close the programme down on 31st December and relaunch it on January 1st, with .....

I ran this article yesterday about Alitalia’s MilleMiglia programme.  In particular, I wrote about how .....

11 Dec 201211 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

November on Head for Points was Tesco month, with a new promotion to earn bonus Tesco Clubcard points appearing every couple of days. There was so much going on that it was impossible to keep up. So, .....

November on Head for Points was Tesco month, with a new promotion to earn bonus Tesco Clubcard points .....

10 Dec 201210 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is an excellent offer … almost as good as the £777 deal to Seoul that British Airways ran recently. Finnair is promoting its services to Chongqing with this very good offer. You can fly, .....

This is an excellent offer … almost as good as the £777 deal to Seoul that British Airways ran .....

10 Dec 201210 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

We may moan and groan about Avios / British Airways Executive Club at times, but we don’t always realise how good we have it. Take the email I have just received from Alitalia’s .....

We may moan and groan about Avios / British Airways Executive Club at times, but we don’t always realise .....

10 Dec 201210 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment