Earlier this month we published a review of the Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Wing, the private drive-through check-in area at Heathrow Terminal 3. The official line from Virgin Atlantic was that it was .....

Earlier this month we published a review of the Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Wing, the private drive-through .....

30 Apr 202330 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

How can you earn Virgin Points when buying petrol? The dedicted Virgin Atlantic partnership with Texaco ended some years ago. You can earn Virgin Points by transferring Tesco Clubcard points, of .....

How can you earn Virgin Points when buying petrol? The dedicted Virgin Atlantic partnership with Texaco ended .....

30 Apr 202330 April 2023 by Rob Burgess

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

30 Apr 202330 April 2023 by HfP team

For just the second time in Head for Points history, we are giving away one million points to one lucky reader! We have teamed up with Virgin Red to run an exclusive competition for HfP readers. .....

For just the second time in Head for Points history, we are giving away one million points to one lucky .....

29 Apr 202329 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 7 comments

Virgin Flying Club has launched a new sale on flight redemptions. The good news is that this is not a flash offer. You have until 1st June to book. The bad news is that the number of routes are .....

Virgin Flying Club has launched a new sale on flight redemptions. The good news is that this is not a flash .....

29 Apr 202329 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

If you’re looking for a low cost way to get to Dubai, Lufthansa’s Eurowings subsidiary is launching flights in November. Flights will operate from Stuttgart and Berlin. There will be two .....

If you’re looking for a low cost way to get to Dubai, Lufthansa’s Eurowings subsidiary is .....

29 Apr 202329 April 2023 by Rob Burgess

Vietnam Airlines is increasing its services from London Heathrow. This will begin from the start of the Winter timetable in late October. For the Winter season, there will be: As an interim step, .....

Vietnam Airlines is increasing its services from London Heathrow. This will begin from the start of the Winter .....

29 Apr 202329 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

29 Apr 202329 April 2023 by Rhys Jones

In a surprise announcement this morning, Hyatt Hotels has announced the acquisition of the Mr & Mrs Smith hotel booking platform. The cost is £53 million, reflecting the ‘asset light’ .....

In a surprise announcement this morning, Hyatt Hotels has announced the acquisition of the Mr & Mrs Smith .....

28 Apr 202328 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

This week we were at Airline Information Mega Event 2023 in London – a big industry conference for the airline loyalty and ancillary industry. Historically IAG Loyalty staff have rarely spoken .....

This week we were at Airline Information Mega Event 2023 in London – a big industry conference for the .....

28 Apr 202328 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

Lana Del Rey is a late addition to the BST Hyde Park concert line up this year. She will headline a show on Sunday 9th July. Accor Live Limitless – the hotel loyalty programme for Novotel, ibis, .....

Lana Del Rey is a late addition to the BST Hyde Park concert line up this year. She will headline a show on .....

28 Apr 202328 April 2023 by Rhys Jones

Virgin Atlantic is offering an extra £100 off Upper Class bookings to the US this Bank Holiday weekend. For bookings made by 1st May you can save £100 with code ‘US100’ when booking on .....

Virgin Atlantic is offering an extra £100 off Upper Class bookings to the US this Bank Holiday weekend. For .....

28 Apr 202328 April 2023 by Rhys Jones

Bored of its old, cursive logo, London Gatwick airport has decided it needs to rebrand with something equally …. dull. According to the press release, the new logo “acknowledges the .....

Bored of its old, cursive logo, London Gatwick airport has decided it needs to rebrand with something equally .....

28 Apr 202328 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 24 comments

If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios balance.  You should never take airline miles by default, as it is normally better .....

If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios .....

28 Apr 202328 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments