News in brief: Gatwick staff to strike for eight days As you have probably seen in mainstream media, Gatwick Airport staff will walk out for eight days in a dispute over pay. 950 staff can take part, .....

News in brief: Gatwick staff to strike for eight days As you have probably seen in mainstream media, Gatwick .....

15 Jul 202315 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

American Express Business Platinum is currently running a new promotion but it ends on Tuesday 18th July. It isn’t life changing but if you were on the fence about applying then it should be .....

American Express Business Platinum is currently running a new promotion but it ends on Tuesday 18th July. It .....

15 Jul 202315 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....

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

15 Jul 202315 July 2023 by Rhys Jones

An email arrived from reader Bill. He asked the question “Is British Airways Gold status worth it?”. He was having a crisis of faith. Bill wrote: “I don’t know if many other .....

An email arrived from reader Bill. He asked the question “Is British Airways Gold status worth .....

14 Jul 202314 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 252 comments

Qatar Airways has returned to Birmingham Airport with a new daily service. The first flight touched down last Thursday, and I was lucky enough to literally be standing on the tarmac as the aircraft .....

Qatar Airways has returned to Birmingham Airport with a new daily service. The first flight touched down last .....

14 Jul 202314 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Mandarin Oriental has been revealed as the operator of the luxury hotel which is being built as part of a major redevelopment on London’s South Bank. Opening in 2028, Mandarin Oriental Bankside .....

Mandarin Oriental has been revealed as the operator of the luxury hotel which is being built as part of a .....

14 Jul 202314 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Trains Ticketing is a smartphone rail booking app which allows you to earn 3 Virgin Points for every £1 you spend. I tried it last weekend (there is a 9% cashback offer on my Virgin Atlantic .....

Virgin Trains Ticketing is a smartphone rail booking app which allows you to earn 3 Virgin Points for every .....

14 Jul 202314 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Accor Live Limitless has an interesting perk for its top-tier Diamond members. You can get a free 72-hour weekend car rental from Europcar, plus a decent discount on other rentals. Since Europcar .....

Accor Live Limitless has an interesting perk for its top-tier Diamond members. You can get a free 72-hour .....

14 Jul 202314 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

American Express has started to notify people about the changes to the T&C on their cards which are coming in from 2nd October. Whilst lengthy, there is nothing to concern most people apart from .....

American Express has started to notify people about the changes to the T&C on their cards which are coming .....

13 Jul 202313 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

This is our review of the Neptuno VIP Lounge in Terminal 4S at Madrid Barajas Airport. It is one of the just two lounges in the terminal, the other one being the Iberia flagship Velásquez lounge .....

This is our review of the Neptuno VIP Lounge in Terminal 4S at Madrid Barajas Airport. It is one of the just .....

13 Jul 202313 July 2023 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

We’ve run a number of articles over the last few months about Accor Live Limitless points redemptions for the BST Hyde Park concerts, which concluded last weekend. We even gave away some tickets .....

We’ve run a number of articles over the last few months about Accor Live Limitless points redemptions .....

13 Jul 202313 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

One of the most interesting Virgin Red redemptions, at least from our point of view, is the ability to books seats in the Virgin Red Room at the AO Arena in Manchester. The Virgin Red Room – .....

One of the most interesting Virgin Red redemptions, at least from our point of view, is the ability to books .....

12 Jul 202312 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Over the weekend, Sean Doyle, CEO of British Airways, reconfirmed via The Sunday Times that the airline would be launching a new First Class cabin and that its existing fleet of 12 A380 aircraft would .....

Over the weekend, Sean Doyle, CEO of British Airways, reconfirmed via The Sunday Times that the airline would .....

12 Jul 202312 July 2023 by Rhys Jones • 92 comments

Many people believe that the general principle of collecting miles and points should be ‘earn and burn’. By ‘earn and burn’ I mean don’t let your balances build up too .....

Many people believe that the general principle of collecting miles and points should be ‘earn and .....

12 Jul 202312 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments