Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, will today launch a 50% bonus on transfers to Avios. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 spent in Heathrow (1 per £10 on .....

Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, will today launch a 50% bonus on transfers to .....

24 Aug 201724 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

News in brief: New Qatar Airways and Hilton offers from Amex American Express appears to have launched two decent new offers with Qatar Airways and Hilton.  I say ‘appears’ because they .....

News in brief: New Qatar Airways and Hilton offers from Amex American Express appears to have launched two .....

24 Aug 201724 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

A reader sent me a link to a Flickr album (yes, it still exists) he created featuring some photographs of the new Club World food service found on Instagram. For copyright reasons I have not published .....

A reader sent me a link to a Flickr album (yes, it still exists) he created featuring some photographs of the .....

23 Aug 201723 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

I’ve been running a few reference articles this month as news is thin on the ground, sharing some tips which new readers might not know about. One of those ‘things you didn’t know .....

I’ve been running a few reference articles this month as news is thin on the ground, sharing some tips .....

23 Aug 201723 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

News in brief: Virgin East Coast flash sale launched Virgins Trains (East Coast) has launched a flash sale with a full 50% off Advance Standard and Advance First tickets. You need to book by Monday .....

News in brief: Virgin East Coast flash sale launched Virgins Trains (East Coast) has launched a flash sale .....

23 Aug 201723 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to .....

22 Aug 201722 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

News in brief: Get 1,000 free Marriott Rewards points Marriott Rewards is giving another push to its promotion which tries to get to you to follow Marriott on social media. You can earn: 250 points .....

News in brief: Get 1,000 free Marriott Rewards points Marriott Rewards is giving another push to its promotion .....

22 Aug 201722 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

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

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

22 Aug 201722 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

I’ve written before about the generous deal between AerClub, the new Aer Lingus Avios-based frequent flyer scheme, and Ireland’s Irish Independent / Sunday Independent newspapers. The .....

I’ve written before about the generous deal between AerClub, the new Aer Lingus Avios-based frequent .....

21 Aug 201721 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 164 comments

Back in January, I wrote about the Al Wadi desert resort in Ral Al-Khaimah, a short drive from Dubai.  This is now a luxury The Ritz-Carlton resort, having been taken over from Banyan Tree. The .....

Back in January, I wrote about the Al Wadi desert resort in Ral Al-Khaimah, a short drive from Dubai.  This .....

21 Aug 201721 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

News in brief: Etihad closes the Six Senses Spa in its Heathrow lounge Etihad has announced that the Six Senses Spa in its lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4 will close on 31st August.  This is very short .....

News in brief: Etihad closes the Six Senses Spa in its Heathrow lounge Etihad has announced that the Six .....

21 Aug 201721 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

No1 Lounges runs an excellent network of premium, ‘pay to enter’ airport lounges across the UK – see here for details. They were the pioneers in proving that passengers would pay if .....

No1 Lounges runs an excellent network of premium, ‘pay to enter’ airport lounges across the UK .....

20 Aug 201720 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Last year I wrote an article on the different ways of finding a Heathrow Express discount.  Quite a few things have changed since then, though, so I thought it was worth an update. .....

Last year I wrote an article on the different ways of finding a Heathrow Express discount.  Quite a .....

20 Aug 201720 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Back in June, the free American Airlines ‘Amex and Visa double-pack’ was withdrawn from the market.  It was replaced by a new card.  Take a look: This happened because American Express .....

Back in June, the free American Airlines ‘Amex and Visa double-pack’ was withdrawn from the .....

20 Aug 201720 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments