We published an article yesterday featuring our pick of the Club World deals in the new British Airways Winter sale, which is now live. There are four Avios-based special offers running alongside the .....

We published an article yesterday featuring our pick of the Club World deals in the new British Airways Winter .....

21 Dec 201921 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

IHG’s new ‘conversion brand’, voco, has opened its first hotel in the South of England. The old Millennium Madejski Hotel in Reading, by the Madejski Stadium, has been rebranded as .....

IHG’s new ‘conversion brand’, voco, has opened its first hotel in the South of England. The .....

21 Dec 201921 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 135 comments

Heathrow has pushed back its construction plans for the third runway following a move by the Civil Aviation Authority. It is a complex discussion, but in simple terms: Like most regulated utilities, .....

Heathrow has pushed back its construction plans for the third runway following a move by the Civil Aviation .....

21 Dec 201921 December 2019 by Rob Burgess

Loganair has announced that it is moving its London Stansted to Dundee service to London City. The route operates 11 times per week, with two flights per day during the week and one on Sunday.  The .....

Loganair has announced that it is moving its London Stansted to Dundee service to London City. The route .....

21 Dec 201921 December 2019 by Rob Burgess

Sometimes there are long running offers which we don’t mention because they have been around, unchanged, forever.  Now and then I like to dust one off.  A good example is this .....

Sometimes there are long running offers which we don’t mention because they have been around, unchanged, .....

21 Dec 201921 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

British Airways has just launched its ‘January’ sale. This is the big sale event in the BA calendar and you can usually find some good fares. The best way to see what is available is via .....

British Airways has just launched its ‘January’ sale. This is the big sale event in the BA .....

20 Dec 201920 December 2019 by Rhys Jones • 125 comments

Better late than never, we can finally announce the details of the 2019 (2020?!) Head for Points Winter Party. Traditionally we have held a party in early December. This year we thought we’d .....

Better late than never, we can finally announce the details of the 2019 (2020?!) Head for Points Winter Party. .....

20 Dec 201920 December 2019 by Rhys Jones • 85 comments

Slightly closer to home after the big news that British Airways is launching Portland, Oregon is the announcement that BA is also launching San Sebastián next year. The flights are set to take place .....

Slightly closer to home after the big news that British Airways is launching Portland, Oregon is the .....

19 Dec 201919 December 2019 by Rhys Jones • 51 comments

Hilton Honors has launched another promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 10,000+ points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here. Regular readers of Head for Points will know that I .....

Hilton Honors has launched another promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 10,000+ points. The .....

19 Dec 201919 December 2019 by Rob Burgess

Qatar Airways has announced that it will increase services to Edinburgh to 14 per week during next Summer. The current total of 10 flights per week will be increased to double-daily between July and .....

Qatar Airways has announced that it will increase services to Edinburgh to 14 per week during next Summer. The .....

19 Dec 201919 December 2019 by Rob Burgess

We very rarely write about new hotels which are just announced, as opposed to just about to open.  Experience shows that a large percentage never happen, or open years late, or open with a different .....

We very rarely write about new hotels which are just announced, as opposed to just about to open.  Experience .....

19 Dec 201919 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 186 comments

We have written numerous articles in the last few months about the new trial of ‘£1 taxes and charges’ short-haul Avios redemptions. In theory, this was a simple idea.  As well as .....

We have written numerous articles in the last few months about the new trial of ‘£1 taxes and .....

19 Dec 201919 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

The rumours we had heard floating around this week were true.  British Airways has just announced that it is launching direct flights to Portland, Oregon in 2020. The service will start on 1st June .....

The rumours we had heard floating around this week were true.  British Airways has just announced that it is .....

18 Dec 201918 December 2019 by Rhys Jones • 97 comments

This is our review of the Signature ELITE Class private jet terminal at Luton Airport. After my recent review of the Signature facility at Gatwick Airport I was keen to check out the .....

This is our review of the Signature ELITE Class private jet terminal at Luton Airport. After my recent review .....

18 Dec 201918 December 2019 by Rhys Jones • 81 comments