Cathay Pacific is making a number of service cuts in response to the disruption in Hong Kong, which has led to a sharp drop in tourist numbers. Whilst there is no change in flights from the UK, Cathay .....

Cathay Pacific is making a number of service cuts in response to the disruption in Hong Kong, which has led to .....

14 Sep 201914 September 2019 by Rob Burgess

Back in May, we covered the announcement that Tesco Bank had decided to pull out of the mortgage market. It was recently announced that Lloyds Banking Group had bought the ‘book’ in a .....

Back in May, we covered the announcement that Tesco Bank had decided to pull out of the mortgage market. It .....

14 Sep 201914 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

This is our review of the SKYLIFE Lounge at Teesside International Airport (formerly Durham Tees Valley Airport). This was previously known as the Premium Lounge before the recent rebranding of the .....

This is our review of the SKYLIFE Lounge at Teesside International Airport (formerly Durham Tees Valley .....

14 Sep 201914 September 2019 by Rhys Jones • 12 comments

When I updated our article on the British Airways pilot strike on Monday, I said that you should ensure that British Airways credits you with the Avios and Executive Club tier points you would have .....

When I updated our article on the British Airways pilot strike on Monday, I said that you should ensure that .....

13 Sep 201913 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

Today, 13th September, is your last chance to lock in Marriott Bonvoy redemptions before peak and off-peak pricing is launched tomorrow. Annoyingly, we don’t yet know which dates will peak .....

Today, 13th September, is your last chance to lock in Marriott Bonvoy redemptions before peak and off-peak .....

13 Sep 201913 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards.  If you are targeted it will appear under the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement page. The offer seems to .....

A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards.  If you are targeted it will .....

13 Sep 201913 September 2019 by Rob Burgess

This is one of those odd little deals which has been running for a while – at least 18 months – but which you won’t know about if you are a new reader, and may well have forgotten about .....

This is one of those odd little deals which has been running for a while – at least 18 months – but which .....

13 Sep 201913 September 2019 by Rob Burgess

A lot of big names in the travel loyalty industry (plus me) are speaking at Loyalty Summit at The May Fair hotel next Thursday 19th. Jeremy Rabe, CEO of Aimia, is probably the biggest draw but there .....

A lot of big names in the travel loyalty industry (plus me) are speaking at Loyalty Summit at The May Fair .....

13 Sep 201913 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

This page contains quick links to our monthly index articles.  Each index article contains direct lines to the 100+ articles published on Head for Points during that month. Indexing goes back to .....

This page contains quick links to our monthly index articles.  Each index article contains direct lines .....

12 Sep 201912 September 2019 by HfP team

Many of you who have American Express Preferred Rewards Gold, The Platinum Card, the Amex Rewards Credit Card or one of the other Membership Rewards cards will have received an email yesterday with an .....

Many of you who have American Express Preferred Rewards Gold, The Platinum Card, the Amex Rewards Credit Card .....

12 Sep 201912 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

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

12 Sep 201912 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 155 comments

We have covered the current trial of ‘£1 taxes’ short-haul Avios redemptions extensively.  There have been a few teething problems but the system is now working as it should. A reader .....

We have covered the current trial of ‘£1 taxes’ short-haul Avios redemptions extensively.  There .....

12 Sep 201912 September 2019 by Rob Burgess

We have discussed the Virgin Money International Money Transfer service before on Head for Points.  Their generous mileage offer was due to end last month but has now been rolled over for another .....

We have discussed the Virgin Money International Money Transfer service before on Head for Points.  Their .....

12 Sep 201912 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

We mentioned yesterday that Virgin Atlantic had added the new Sao Paulo flights to its booking system but was not yet selling them. Seats are now on sale for travel from 29th March 2020.  The service .....

We mentioned yesterday that Virgin Atlantic had added the new Sao Paulo flights to its booking system but was .....

11 Sep 201911 September 2019 by Rob Burgess