What is Priority Pass? Is Priority Pass worth the money? How can you get one for free? We mention the Priority Pass airport lounge card quite a bit on Head for Points, but we very rarely go into the .....

What is Priority Pass? Is Priority Pass worth the money? How can you get one for free? We mention the Priority .....

4 May 20244 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

News in brief: SAS confirms it will join SkyTeam on 1st September Three weeks ago, Scandinavian airline SAS confirmed that it will leave the Star Alliance airline alliance on 31st August – click .....

News in brief: SAS confirms it will join SkyTeam on 1st September Three weeks ago, Scandinavian airline SAS .....

30 Apr 202430 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches a new Gatwick to Accra route For reasons not obviously apparent, British Airways is launching a new route from London Gatwick to Accra in Ghana. Accra is .....

News in brief: British Airways launches a new Gatwick to Accra route For reasons not obviously apparent, .....

26 May 202326 May 2023 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

This is our review of the Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona hotel. For Hilton’s ‘Stay Longer and save up to 20%*’ promotion, Hilton asked me to take a whirlwind trip to visit two Hilton .....

This is our review of the Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona hotel. For Hilton’s ‘Stay Longer and save .....

10 Sep 202310 September 2023 by Sinead Archer • 51 comments

Late last year, Qatar Airways opened three new lounges at its home base, Doha’s Hamad International Airport. Two of the three lounges are open to elite members of the oneworld airline alliance, .....

Late last year, Qatar Airways opened three new lounges at its home base, Doha’s Hamad International .....

28 Mar 202328 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

In this article I want to take a look at The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card. This card comes with a very generous sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert .....

In this article I want to take a look at The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card. This card .....

8 Oct 20248 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Early last month, Finnair adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. We covered the story here. You CANNOT yet move Avios back and forth between Finnair Plus and British Airways Executive Club, but this .....

Early last month, Finnair adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. We covered the story here. You CANNOT yet .....

16 Apr 202416 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments

British Airways is currenly running its first Avios offer since moving to spend-based earning on flights. You will earn double Avios on your next ten newly booked flights until mid January. The .....

British Airways is currenly running its first Avios offer since moving to spend-based earning on flights. You .....

19 Nov 202319 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 8 comments

This is our review of the W Edinburgh hotel. Finally, it’s open: it’s only taken thirteen years for the UK’s second W Hotel from Marriott to open after London’s Leicester .....

This is our review of the W Edinburgh hotel. Finally, it’s open: it’s only taken thirteen years .....

26 Feb 202426 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 57 comments

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the last couple of years. This is down to three things: We ran a separate piece here which .....

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the .....

31 May 202531 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

There are three bits of hotel ‘buy points’ news to note today if you want to try to save some money on your next stay. I recently used 9,000 World of Hyatt points per night to upgrade a .....

There are three bits of hotel ‘buy points’ news to note today if you want to try to save some .....

5 Oct 20245 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is our review of the Qatar Airways business class lounge, Al Mourjan The Garden, in Doha’s Hamad International Airport. I recently found myself with a five hour layover in Doha after a holiday .....

This is our review of the Qatar Airways business class lounge, Al Mourjan The Garden, in Doha’s Hamad .....

23 Nov 202423 November 2024 by Rhys Jones • 95 comments

This article looks at whether it is worth using your Avios to book a hotel room. I generally try to stay away from the eternal question of ‘What is an Avios worth?’. At the end of the day, .....

This article looks at whether it is worth using your Avios to book a hotel room. I generally try to stay away .....

14 Feb 202514 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

You can, finally, redeem Virgin Points for six of the eight Virgin Hotels properties – London, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Nashville and Dallas. The two hold-outs are Las Vegas (not .....

You can, finally, redeem Virgin Points for six of the eight Virgin Hotels properties – London, New York, .....

12 Nov 202412 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments