Qatar Airways. Nary a day goes by when the airline doesn’t win an award. On board and online, it trumpets its eight consecutive win as the ‘World’s Best Airline’ from Skytrax. .....

Qatar Airways. Nary a day goes by when the airline doesn’t win an award. On board and online, it .....

8 Mar 20258 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 229 comments

What are the British Airways rules for unaccompanied children flying with the airline? Two years ago, we almost came a cropper when we sent our 15 year old to a summer camp in Switzerland. And if we .....

What are the British Airways rules for unaccompanied children flying with the airline? Two years ago, we .....

8 Mar 20258 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Emirates has been surprisingly successful with its long haul services from London Stansted, tapping into demand from the life sciences sector and Cambridge overseas students. The airline now has two .....

Emirates has been surprisingly successful with its long haul services from London Stansted, tapping into .....

8 Mar 20258 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 15 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 .....

8 Mar 20258 March 2025 by Rob Burgess

Indian low cost airline IndiGo is making a foray into long haul flying, with Manchester and Amsterdam as its first European routes. IndiGo is the largest airline in India and already codeshares with .....

Indian low cost airline IndiGo is making a foray into long haul flying, with Manchester and Amsterdam as its .....

7 Mar 20257 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 33 comments

Whilst I wasn’t hugely impressed by Kimpton Aysla Mallorca (review here), the chain is pushing on with its Spanish expansion. Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella (website here) opened last week. IHG .....

Whilst I wasn’t hugely impressed by Kimpton Aysla Mallorca (review here), the chain is pushing on with .....

7 Mar 20257 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

If you are looking for an example of the unnecessary complexities that airlines and loyalty schemes can impose, you will struggle to beat the lounge access rules for short haul Aer Lingus flights if .....

If you are looking for an example of the unnecessary complexities that airlines and loyalty schemes can .....

7 Mar 20257 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

EDIT: This article is now out of date. The missing Club World seats appeared around 10.30pm on Thursday night. If you are reading this on Friday morning then some Avios seats in business class should .....

EDIT: This article is now out of date. The missing Club World seats appeared around 10.30pm on Thursday night. .....

6 Mar 20256 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points?  This article looks at the British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus peak and off-peak Avios calendars for 2025 and, for BA, 2026. .....

What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points?  This article looks at the British .....

6 Mar 20256 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 35 comments

As we mentioned last year, big changes are coming to the independent lounges in Heathrow Terminal 3. No1 Lounge is losing part of its space, including what used to be the spa and nap rooms, to create .....

As we mentioned last year, big changes are coming to the independent lounges in Heathrow Terminal 3. No1 .....

6 Mar 20256 March 2025 by Rob Burgess

Accor (Novotel, ibis, Mercure, Fairmont, Sofitel etc) is currently running a spring sale. The headline discount is 20% but this increases to 30% for members of Accor Live Limitless, which is the .....

Accor (Novotel, ibis, Mercure, Fairmont, Sofitel etc) is currently running a spring sale. The headline .....

6 Mar 20256 March 2025 by Rob Burgess

Whilst citizenM hotels don’t offer a loyalty programme or miles in any airline scheme, they are popular with our readers due to their mix of low price and modern design. We’ve been able to .....

Whilst citizenM hotels don’t offer a loyalty programme or miles in any airline scheme, they are popular .....

6 Mar 20256 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

6 Mar 20256 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Back in September 2024, Hilton Honors launched two new Mastercard payment cards. Very interestingly, they were DEBIT cards and not credit cards. As well as earning points, the cards come with Hilton .....

Back in September 2024, Hilton Honors launched two new Mastercard payment cards. Very interestingly, they were .....

5 Mar 20255 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments