Head for Points has been sharing news of some excellent promotions in recent weeks, including the exclusive details of what was to appear in the six Avios January sales. To ensure you don’t miss out .....

Head for Points has been sharing news of some excellent promotions in recent weeks, including the exclusive .....

15 Mar 201415 March 2014 by Rob Burgess

I had an email this week from a reader who had faced problems getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open jaw’ flight using a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 .....

I had an email this week from a reader who had faced problems getting British Airways telephone agents to book .....

14 Mar 201414 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

I don’t write an article about Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme for a while and then three mileage things come along at once. Deal 1 – 1,000 free Miles & More miles from .....

I don’t write an article about Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme for a while and then three .....

14 Mar 201414 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Today is the last day to book Club Carlson redemptions at Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn hotels before the new redemption chart comes into effect tomorrow, March 15th. The full list of changes to .....

Today is the last day to book Club Carlson redemptions at Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn hotels before the .....

14 Mar 201414 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

British Airways is making a big push for the leisure £ at the moment.  In the last few days I have covered the relaunch of ‘Hello Weekend’ as well as the very cheap last-minute day trip .....

British Airways is making a big push for the leisure £ at the moment.  In the last few days I have covered .....

13 Mar 201413 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Hilton is currently running two resort promotions which are worth a look.  One covers Europe / Middle East / Africa and the other South East Asia. What is interesting about these deals is that .....

Hilton is currently running two resort promotions which are worth a look.  One covers Europe / Middle East .....

13 Mar 201413 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Lufthansa has released a new promotional code worth £20 or €20 off your next flight. These tend to emerge a few times a year – this one is linked to Lufthansa’s recent overhaul of .....

Lufthansa has released a new promotional code worth £20 or €20 off your next flight. These tend to emerge .....

13 Mar 201413 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I have never looked at ‘seat plan’ websites before, so I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the three main alternatives.   If you are looking for the best British Airways .....

I have never looked at ‘seat plan’ websites before, so I thought it would be interesting to take a .....

12 Mar 201412 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

I promise I won’t mention this again after today.  Honestly. However, if you were sitting on the fence about whether to apply for American Express Platinum before the free Cathay Pacific Gold .....

I promise I won’t mention this again after today.  Honestly. However, if you were sitting on the fence .....

12 Mar 201412 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 127 comments

British Airways is currently running a shopping promotion aimed at overseas visitors called “The Big British Invite”. One of the promotions is an interesting range of shopping discounts: .....

British Airways is currently running a shopping promotion aimed at overseas visitors called “The Big .....

12 Mar 201412 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Rather quietly, British Airways has launched a trial of a new – and potentially very interesting – leisure product. Called BAwayday (hmmm ….), these are cheap, last minute, .....

Rather quietly, British Airways has launched a trial of a new – and potentially very interesting – .....

11 Mar 201411 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. It is even less known today .....

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....

11 Mar 201411 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

PartnerPlusBenefit – the Star Alliance equivalent of the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at companies in the UK and Ireland – has launched a decent ‘double points’ .....

PartnerPlusBenefit – the Star Alliance equivalent of the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at .....

11 Mar 201411 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

SriLankan Airlines has confirmed that it will officially join the oneworld airline alliance on 1st May.  This will allow you to earn and spend Avios points (and earn British Airways tier points) when .....

SriLankan Airlines has confirmed that it will officially join the oneworld airline alliance on 1st May.  This .....

10 Mar 201410 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments