Some (bad) news in brief: Lloyds to buy MBNA UK? According to reports yesterday, Bank of America has put the UK operations of MBNA back up for sale following a failed process five years ago. The .....

Some (bad) news in brief: Lloyds to buy MBNA UK? According to reports yesterday, Bank of America has put the .....

28 May 201628 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

Yesterday I ran an updated version of one of the more mind-boggling posts I have ever run on Head for Points which discusses how to maximise your Avios points when buying petrol. This is fine for .....

Yesterday I ran an updated version of one of the more mind-boggling posts I have ever run on Head for .....

28 May 201628 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

If anyone ever tells you that they know a lot about Avios, ask them how you should maximise your Avios earning when buying petrol. It is such a painfully complex calculation that most people will .....

If anyone ever tells you that they know a lot about Avios, ask them how you should maximise your Avios earning .....

27 May 201627 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income requirements to apply for its cards. To be honest, I assumed that they were going to go up. .....

I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income .....

27 May 201627 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

News in brief: Flying Blue becomes a PointsHound partner I get occasional criticism for not covering Flying Blue, the KLM / Air France scheme, more on Head for Points.  For readers outside London, .....

News in brief: Flying Blue becomes a PointsHound partner I get occasional criticism for not covering Flying .....

27 May 201627 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

News in brief: Hilton cutting Diamond benefits in UK hotels? A couple of years ago I wrote about Hilton allowing UK hotels to downgrade the offerings in their executive lounges.  It seems that the .....

News in brief: Hilton cutting Diamond benefits in UK hotels? A couple of years ago I wrote about Hilton .....

26 May 201626 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

The repercussions from the EU changes to interchange fees on credit and charge cards continue to filter through the market. One way a card issuer can circumvent the 0.3% cap on fees is to issue .....

The repercussions from the EU changes to interchange fees on credit and charge cards continue to filter .....

26 May 201626 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Heathrow Airport has launched its very own Heathrow Airport Guide app aimed at helping you find your way to and around the airport and to maximise your use of its facilities. It is available for .....

Heathrow Airport has launched its very own Heathrow Airport Guide app aimed at helping you find your way to .....

26 May 201626 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Unless you only read Head for Points via email, you presumably saw my extra article yesterday about the decision of American Express to stop working with Curve card. I won’t go back into how .....

Unless you only read Head for Points via email, you presumably saw my extra article yesterday about the .....

25 May 201625 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 239 comments

If two sightings of something are enough to be called a trend, we have a new trend in loyalty credit cards – the premium-priced Visa or Mastercard. Last week I broke the news about the HSBC .....

If two sightings of something are enough to be called a trend, we have a new trend in loyalty credit cards .....

25 May 201625 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC customers. You need to: use promo code UKHSBC6 at the Emirates website fly from the UK book .....

This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC .....

25 May 201625 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Let’s keep Curve discussion here, please, to stop other threads getting clogged up. I will do an analysis on this tomorrow.  My gut feeling in the short term is that – assuming you can .....

Let’s keep Curve discussion here, please, to stop other threads getting clogged up. I will do an .....

24 May 201624 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 435 comments

I normally do not recommend buying Avios unless you need to ‘top up’ an account for an immediate redemption. With a few exceptions, buying a large proportion of the miles you need is .....

I normally do not recommend buying Avios unless you need to ‘top up’ an account for an immediate .....

24 May 201624 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

There will be a blitz of New York coverage on Head for Points over the next two months.  Both Anika and myself will be out there on separate trips, and we hope to cover Virgin’s Boeing 787 .....

There will be a blitz of New York coverage on Head for Points over the next two months.  Both Anika and .....

24 May 201624 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments