Whilst it has never made a big song and dance of it, Mastercard ranks its credit cards into different tiers. The free Barclaycard Avios card, for example, has a ‘World’ logo on it, whilst .....

Whilst it has never made a big song and dance of it, Mastercard ranks its credit cards into different tiers. .....

22 Jul 202522 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

IHG, the group behind Kimpton, Regent, InterContinental etc, launched a new programme for luxury travel agents last year to encourage them to book for their clients. ‘IHG Destined’, as it .....

IHG, the group behind Kimpton, Regent, InterContinental etc, launched a new programme for luxury travel agents .....

21 Jul 202521 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

This is our review of the Qantas London Lounge at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews .....

This is our review of the Qantas London Lounge at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3. This is part of .....

21 Jul 202521 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 98 comments

Loganair is now an Avios earn and burn partner (see our guide here) which means that we will be paying extra attention to changes to its network. The airline opened a base in Southampton this year and .....

Loganair is now an Avios earn and burn partner (see our guide here) which means that we will be paying extra .....

21 Jul 202521 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

On Sunday afternoon I was in Portsmouth at SailGP, as the guest of Accor Live Limitless. We wrote about this a month ago. SailGP – the Formula 1 of sailing – was coming back to the UK for the .....

On Sunday afternoon I was in Portsmouth at SailGP, as the guest of Accor Live Limitless. We wrote about this a .....

21 Jul 202521 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

21 Jul 202521 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

Uber has found (yet another) way of making more money from you. To be fair, some readers may find this valuable. For others, it will be a poor deal. The company has added ‘dynamic currency .....

Uber has found (yet another) way of making more money from you. To be fair, some readers may find this .....

20 Jul 202520 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways announced that it was adopting Avios as its loyalty currency. You can link your British Airways Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club accounts via the method we .....

Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways announced that it was adopting Avios as its loyalty currency. You can link .....

20 Jul 202520 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

For the very first time, Hilton is running a special offer on the Hilton Honors Plus Debit Card. This card has proved popular with Head for Points readers because it comes with Gold Elite status in .....

For the very first time, Hilton is running a special offer on the Hilton Honors Plus Debit Card. This card has .....

20 Jul 202520 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

On Friday, No1 Lounges opened its first lounge at Jersey Airport, hot on the heels of the new My Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3. The lounge opened ahead of its expected date in “late .....

On Friday, No1 Lounges opened its first lounge at Jersey Airport, hot on the heels of the new My Lounge at .....

19 Jul 202519 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 15 comments

Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of course.  But there are actually 36 airlines which let you earn Avios for some or all of .....

Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of .....

19 Jul 202519 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

This is our review of the Conrad Dublin hotel, part of the Hilton Honors portfolio. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. .....

This is our review of the Conrad Dublin hotel, part of the Hilton Honors portfolio. Hilton is currently .....

19 Jul 202519 July 2025 by Sinead Archer • 42 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

19 Jul 202519 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

In our article on the Avios sale yesterday, we discussed some of the weird patterns that we had seen in Avios availability since an IT update on 1st July. This initially led to no First Class seats .....

In our article on the Avios sale yesterday, we discussed some of the weird patterns that we had seen in Avios .....

18 Jul 202518 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments