I got an email from a reader last week asking about the difference between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card from American Express. He thought it was a simple question with .....

I got an email from a reader last week asking about the difference between American Express Preferred Rewards .....

5 Aug 20195 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

Unite, the union representing 4000+ Heathrow airport employees, has just announced that the strike scheduled for tomorrow, 5th August has been suspended. The suspension only affects the first day of .....

Unite, the union representing 4000+ Heathrow airport employees, has just announced that the strike scheduled .....

4 Aug 20194 August 2019 by Rhys Jones • 35 comments

The strike has been suspended for Monday 5th August. Strikes for Tuesday 6th August are still scheduled. Read our latest update. For official information on the BA situation, check this page of ba.com .....

The strike has been suspended for Monday 5th August. Strikes for Tuesday 6th August are still scheduled. Read .....

4 Aug 20194 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

As we have covered on HfP in the past, the taxes on Avios redemptions from the United States to the UK are a lot higher than the taxes for a return flight from the UK to the US. It isn’t clear .....

As we have covered on HfP in the past, the taxes on Avios redemptions from the United States to the UK are a .....

4 Aug 20194 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

As part of #BA100, British Airways will be giving away 5,000 My 1st Years mini backpacks to children passing through Gatwick and Heathrow on selected days during August. They are quite sweet as you .....

As part of #BA100, British Airways will be giving away 5,000 My 1st Years mini backpacks to children passing .....

4 Aug 20194 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

If you are looking for further information on the potential Heathrow airport strikes on Monday and Tuesday, keep an eye on this HfP article which is pinned to the top of the home page. We are updating .....

If you are looking for further information on the potential Heathrow airport strikes on Monday and Tuesday, .....

4 Aug 20194 August 2019 by Rob Burgess

Best Western is the newest major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been able to earn Avios for the past 18 months or so, many people still seen unaware of the .....

Best Western is the newest major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been .....

4 Aug 20194 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

One of the things that is so fascinating about the frequent flyer space is that there are always tools popping up which fill a small but useful niche. I often get emails from Head for Points readers .....

One of the things that is so fascinating about the frequent flyer space is that there are always tools popping .....

3 Aug 20193 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

This is our review of the LNER First Class Lounge at London Kings Cross station. Whilst Rhys was at the British Airways A350 arrival event last week, I was making my annual visit to the First Class .....

This is our review of the LNER First Class Lounge at London Kings Cross station. Whilst Rhys was at the .....

3 Aug 20193 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

British Airways has published the list of emergency measures it is taking in light of the strike due at Heathrow airport on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th August. ALL airlines operating out of Heathrow .....

British Airways has published the list of emergency measures it is taking in light of the strike due at .....

2 Aug 20192 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 159 comments

On Tuesday, Rob and I went to the media opening of BA 2119: Flight of the Future, the exhibition that British Airways is putting on at the Saatchi Gallery on Kings Road as part of its BA100 birthday .....

On Tuesday, Rob and I went to the media opening of BA 2119: Flight of the Future, the exhibition that British .....

2 Aug 20192 August 2019 by Rhys Jones • 8 comments

HSBC has launched a 25% bonus on conversion of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios until 31st August. It isn’t clear if this is targeted or open to everyone.  You should find full details .....

HSBC has launched a 25% bonus on conversion of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios until 31st August. It .....

2 Aug 20192 August 2019 by Rob Burgess

InterContinental Edinburgh is now ‘open’, although for this hotel the concept of ‘open’ is a complex one: you can argue that it has re-opened, since it was originally an .....

InterContinental Edinburgh is now ‘open’, although for this hotel the concept of .....

2 Aug 20192 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 118 comments

LateRooms.com, one of the UK’s oldest internet travel companies, and Super Break went into administration last night. Both groups were owned by Cox & Kings, which decided to withdraw funding .....

LateRooms.com, one of the UK’s oldest internet travel companies, and Super Break went into .....

2 Aug 20192 August 2019 by Rob Burgess