I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app.  This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, impressively quickly, reward flight availability on British Airways flights. This app is not .....

I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app.  This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, .....

2 Jul 20142 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

I wrote on Monday about the imminent joining of Star Alliance by Air India.  After seven years of delays, the final decision has been taken with a surprising degree of speed and the airline will .....

I wrote on Monday about the imminent joining of Star Alliance by Air India.  After seven years of delays, the .....

2 Jul 20142 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Blinkbox, the Tesco-owned streaming media company, has extended its current ebooks promotion until 31st July.  It was meant to finish on Monday. This is how the promotion works: You receive 100 Tesco .....

Blinkbox, the Tesco-owned streaming media company, has extended its current ebooks promotion until 31st July. .....

2 Jul 20142 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I’m delighted to launch another exclusive Head for Points competition today.  One lucky reader is going to walk away with 20,000 IHG Rewards Club points! 20,000 IHG Rewards Club points will .....

I’m delighted to launch another exclusive Head for Points competition today.  One lucky reader is going .....

1 Jul 20141 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1333 comments

As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their ‘50% off’ Avios redemptions sale yesterday. This will only apply to World Traveller .....

As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their .....

1 Jul 20141 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced the first routes to feature the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Virgin is the first European airline to receive the larger 787-9 version of the aircraft.  The first one is due to .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced the first routes to feature the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Virgin is the first .....

1 Jul 20141 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

A quick heads up that I am running a special competition on Head for Points tomorrow. The winner will receive 20,000 IHG Rewards Club points, courtesy of IHG. Don’t forget to visit the site .....

A quick heads up that I am running a special competition on Head for Points tomorrow. The winner will receive .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios points on all of your duty free electrical purchases in Heathrow Terminal 5. Coupled with the .....

Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

After an incredibly long and painful process, Air India has finally been cleared to join Star Alliance.  It has only taken seven years from their initial application …. During that seven years, .....

After an incredibly long and painful process, Air India has finally been cleared to join Star Alliance.  It .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

A lot of Head for Points readers now have a Shangri-La Golden Circle account following their ‘free points’ promotion last Autumn. I know that most readers are waiting to redeem them for a .....

A lot of Head for Points readers now have a Shangri-La Golden Circle account following their ‘free .....

30 Jun 201430 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport.  Flights will start on October 26th – the same day that the Dublin service from Heathrow moves .....

British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport.  Flights .....

29 Jun 201429 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

A quick reminder that TOMORROW (Monday) is your last chance to apply for the American Airlines credit cards to benefit from the current 15,000 miles sign-up bonus. Whilst a far cry from the amazing .....

A quick reminder that TOMORROW (Monday) is your last chance to apply for the American Airlines credit cards to .....

29 Jun 201429 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Head for Points is partially funded through the commission we receive from readers who use the links to our affiliates. Our main affiliate partners – whose logos you will see on the site in the .....

Head for Points is partially funded through the commission we receive from readers who use the links to our .....

29 Jun 201429 June 2014 by Rob Burgess

If you have an iPhone or iPad there is a new (beta) Avios travel app now available in the App Store – Avios Flight Finder.  It is not available on Android at the moment unfortunately. It does .....

If you have an iPhone or iPad there is a new (beta) Avios travel app now available in the App Store – .....

28 Jun 201428 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments