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When Rhys returned from his Virgin Atlantic A330neo inaugural trip to Tampa, he came back with rumours of an aggressive route expansion. We honestly have no idea what is planned, but it is worth .....
When Rhys returned from his Virgin Atlantic A330neo inaugural trip to Tampa, he came back with rumours of an .....
9 Nov 20229 November 2022
Whilst this won’t be of interest to our readers with UK, EU, US or other passports which can use the e-gates at London Heathrow, the airport has brought in a Fast Track Arrivals service for .....
Whilst this won’t be of interest to our readers with UK, EU, US or other passports which can use the .....
7 Jul 20257 July 2025 • 30 comments
Two bits of BA news in brief: Zipcar and Avios end their partnership ‘Pay by the hour’ car rental company Zipcar is ending its partnership with Avios on 30th June. Whilst I was still on .....
Two bits of BA news in brief: Zipcar and Avios end their partnership ‘Pay by the hour’ car rental .....
31 May 202531 May 2025 • 39 comments
The first fruits of the new British Airways IT system are now here! For the first time in a long time (since 2019 actually) you will be charged the contractual £35 fee for cancelling a short haul .....
The first fruits of the new British Airways IT system are now here! For the first time in a long time (since .....
16 Dec 202416 December 2024 • 104 comments
This is our review of the new-ish Qatar Airways Platinum & Gold Lounge North at Doha’s Hamad Airport, which is where you may end up if you are flying in Economy with a British Airways Gold .....
This is our review of the new-ish Qatar Airways Platinum & Gold Lounge North at Doha’s Hamad .....
5 May 20255 May 2025 • 34 comments
News in brief: Earn triple Avios with Avis Avis, the exclusive British Airways car rental partner (alongside its sister company Budget) has launched a new promotion. This is the most generous Avis .....
News in brief: Earn triple Avios with Avis Avis, the exclusive British Airways car rental partner (alongside .....
4 Feb 20254 February 2025 • 35 comments
Now that we finally have details of the British Airways American Express Premium Plus tier points offer (click here for our article – I won’t repeat myself), we can play a little game. As .....
Now that we finally have details of the British Airways American Express Premium Plus tier points offer (click .....
19 Jun 202519 June 2025 • 131 comments
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....
21 Dec 202421 December 2024 • 37 comments
Rob writes: we very rarely accept guest articles on Head for Points. However, when politician Nigel Evans – who spent 32 years as MP for Ribble Valley and was a Deputy Speaker of the House of .....
Rob writes: we very rarely accept guest articles on Head for Points. However, when politician Nigel Evans .....
20 Jan 202520 January 2025 • 336 comments
Back in April, American Express announced some unwelcome changes to the two British Airways American Express credit cards. The first change, increasing the fee for the Premium Plus card to £300, is .....
Back in April, American Express announced some unwelcome changes to the two British Airways American Express .....
11 Oct 202411 October 2024 • 149 comments
Qatar Airways has its own Student Club, aimed at people aged 18-30 who are currently in higher education. We looked at this briefly when it launched but November 2020 wasn’t the best time .....
Qatar Airways has its own Student Club, aimed at people aged 18-30 who are currently in higher education. .....
28 Jul 202428 July 2024 • 4 comments
How does the upgrade voucher issued with Barclays Avios Rewards to Barclays Premier customers work? I am spending some time this week looking again (after a lengthy gap) at the Barclays Premier and .....
How does the upgrade voucher issued with Barclays Avios Rewards to Barclays Premier customers work? I am .....
5 Sep 20245 September 2024 • 69 comments
News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding agreements as the contracts come .....
News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025 • 18 comments
If you are a member of Amazon Prime (although people have reported online that it works for non-Prime members too), you can currently take advantage of a generous gift card discount. This includes .....
If you are a member of Amazon Prime (although people have reported online that it works for non-Prime members .....
3 Oct 20233 October 2023 • 71 comments
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