This is our review of The American Express Rewards Credit Card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is our review of The American Express Rewards Credit Card. It is part of our series of articles looking .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 3 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 .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel, we arrived by train in Granada for the second leg of our .....

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 18 comments

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will sometimes refer to as Amex Platinum. Is The Platinum Card worth the £650 fee? We look at the .....

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. (Quick summary: there aren’t any!) All of the information in this article can also be found on our .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. (Quick summary: there .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Most people are aware that – if you need airport parking whilst you are on holiday – it is often cheaper to book a nearby hotel which offers a ‘free parking’ package and stay .....

Most people are aware that – if you need airport parking whilst you are on holiday – it is often .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by train, starting in Gibraltar (there is a station just over the border) then on to Granada .....

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 50 comments

Until 2022, The British Airways Club would run regular (every 18 months or so) transfer bonuses from hotel loyalty schemes into Avios. We haven’t seen one for the last three years. However, .....

Until 2022, The British Airways Club would run regular (every 18 months or so) transfer bonuses from hotel .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) Credit Card. This review is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing .....

This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) Credit Card. This review is part .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 33 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 .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Hilton has launched its latest sale for hotels in the UK and Ireland. You can get up to 20% off participating properties for weekend stays between 2nd May and 7th September 2025.  You must book by .....

Hilton has launched its latest sale for hotels in the UK and Ireland. You can get up to 20% off participating .....

2 May 20252 May 2025 by Katie Ridgers • 21 comments

Hilton Honors has just launched its new spring / summer promotion which is now open for registration – click here. To give Hilton credit, it is very straightforward with minimal small .....

Hilton Honors has just launched its new spring / summer promotion which is now open for registration .....

2 May 20252 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Dutch airline KLM is relaunching flights to Bridgetown, Barbados, for Winter 2025. It previously served the route in 2021 and 2022. From 26th October 2025 to 26th March 2026, flights will operate .....

Dutch airline KLM is relaunching flights to Bridgetown, Barbados, for Winter 2025. It previously served the .....

2 May 20252 May 2025 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has launched some decent First Class flight deals to the US East Coast for autumn travel. The fares are widely available from October onwards, but this still requires a significant .....

British Airways has launched some decent First Class flight deals to the US East Coast for autumn travel. The .....

2 May 20252 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments