If you’ve ever travelled from Porto on a British Airways flight you might have been in the awkward situation of being turned away from the only lounge at the airport. That is because at some .....

If you’ve ever travelled from Porto on a British Airways flight you might have been in the awkward .....

23 Sep 201723 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 49 comments

Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has brought back its potentially generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Avios or €120. You will earn €120 of .....

Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has brought back its .....

22 Sep 201722 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest has released a nice batch of O2 concerts.  All of these are for the SPG Suite, and includes all you can drink and a very decent hot buffet. Here is the list of tickets .....

Starwood Preferred Guest has released a nice batch of O2 concerts.  All of these are for the SPG Suite, and .....

22 Sep 201722 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 67 comments

I am spending this week shuttling between Vienna, Brussels and Mallorca as part of an organised trip for aviation enthusiasts who want to get a closer look at the workings of an airline. On .....

I am spending this week shuttling between Vienna, Brussels and Mallorca as part of an organised trip for .....

22 Sep 201722 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

SuperValu has launched a competition giving away 1 million Avios As a reminder, our coverage of Avios Ireland (AerClub) is exclusively on the Head for Points website.  You will not receive these .....

SuperValu has launched a competition giving away 1 million Avios As a reminder, our coverage of Avios Ireland .....

22 Sep 201722 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 6 comments

This is my review of the Qatar Airways business class Qsuite …. sort of. We covered the launch of the brand new ‘closing doors’ Qatar Airways business class Qsuite product at the ITB .....

This is my review of the Qatar Airways business class Qsuite …. sort of. We covered the launch of the .....

21 Sep 201721 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

If you are a member of Eurostar Frequent Traveller or Eurostar Plus Points, you will have had news yesterday about the new Eurostar loyalty programme. The name is Club Eurostar. We have analysed the .....

If you are a member of Eurostar Frequent Traveller or Eurostar Plus Points, you will have had news yesterday .....

21 Sep 201721 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 29 comments

News in brief: Pre-order food and drinks at Heathrow If you are fed up with large queues at Heathrow’s restaurants, help is at hand. Literally. Using your smartphone, you can now pre order food .....

News in brief: Pre-order food and drinks at Heathrow If you are fed up with large queues at Heathrow’s .....

21 Sep 201721 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 10 comments

This is my review of the NH Vienna Airport Conference Center hotel. I wasn’t actually planning to review the two nights I spent at the NH Vienna Airport Conference Center hotel this week. .....

This is my review of the NH Vienna Airport Conference Center hotel. I wasn’t actually planning to review .....

21 Sep 201721 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

British Airways has confirmed the rumours we discussed yesterday about a possible (re)launch of a direct flight from London Heathrow to the Seychelles. It was lucky that we were able to post the .....

British Airways has confirmed the rumours we discussed yesterday about a possible (re)launch of a direct .....

20 Sep 201720 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 58 comments

News in brief: avid hotels confirmed as the new IHG hotel brand Back in June IHG announced plans for a new midscale brand.  It has now confirmed the name and concept, although it doesn’t .....

News in brief: avid hotels confirmed as the new IHG hotel brand Back in June IHG announced plans for a new .....

20 Sep 201720 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels launches new INVITED loyalty scheme I mentioned back in May that hotel marketing consortium Small Luxury Hotels of the World was scrapping its loyalty scheme, The .....

News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels launches new INVITED loyalty scheme I mentioned back in May that hotel .....

20 Sep 201720 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I relaunched this eight months ago with Emyr Thomas of Bon Vivant, the feedback from Head for Points readers has .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I relaunched this eight .....

20 Sep 201720 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand.  My honest answer is – don’t bother.  Use cash. There are three reasons for .....

I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand.  My .....

19 Sep 201719 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments