In response to the relaxation in pre-departure and arrivals testing rules, BA Holidays has rolled out some extra savings if you are now ready to jump in and book. These offers are valid on bookings .....

In response to the relaxation in pre-departure and arrivals testing rules, BA Holidays has rolled out some .....

8 Jan 20228 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

BA CityFlyer is launching three new routes which will operate at weekends over Summer 2022. These use aircraft which cannot operate at London City due to the weekend closure of the airport. The three .....

BA CityFlyer is launching three new routes which will operate at weekends over Summer 2022. These use aircraft .....

11 Mar 202211 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

23 Nov 202423 November 2024 by Rhys Jones

The oneworld airline alliance has been on a run recently. It announced that oneworld connect partner Fiji Airways will become a full member next year and Oman Air is hurtling towards full integration, .....

The oneworld airline alliance has been on a run recently. It announced that oneworld connect partner Fiji .....

19 Jun 202419 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 44 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

7 Apr 20257 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

British Airways never, ever, does status matches from other airlines. (Well, if you are a multinational switching from another alliance to BA they will do it for top staff, but apart from that .....

British Airways never, ever, does status matches from other airlines. (Well, if you are a multinational .....

31 Mar 202231 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Etihad has had a rough time of it in the past few years. A major restructuring took place before covid and the airline decided to shift focus from trying to compete with Emirates in scale to becoming .....

Etihad has had a rough time of it in the past few years. A major restructuring took place before covid and the .....

19 Nov 202119 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

We’ve covered JetBlue in considerable detail on HfP since it launched its London flights a few years ago, but before I review it (published tomorrow and Wednesday) I wanted to dig a little .....

We’ve covered JetBlue in considerable detail on HfP since it launched its London flights a few years .....

13 May 202413 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

25 Nov 202425 November 2024 by Rob Burgess

I don’t know when this happened, given that no-one has been booking Iberia redemption flights for much of the past two years, but there has been a big improvement. Historically, taxes and .....

I don’t know when this happened, given that no-one has been booking Iberia redemption flights for much .....

16 Jun 202216 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

There is some exciting news today for anyone who has a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion voucher. BA and American Express have unveiled two important changes to how the companion .....

There is some exciting news today for anyone who has a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion .....

13 Jun 202213 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 147 comments

This is Part 2 of our coverage today on the changes to the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion voucher. (Which, for the reasons we explained in Part 1 – click here – should .....

This is Part 2 of our coverage today on the changes to the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion .....

13 Jun 202213 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

The US Department of Transport has now given its final approval to the Aer Lingus application to join the British Airways and American Airlines transatlantic joint venture. Iberia and Finnair are also .....

The US Department of Transport has now given its final approval to the Aer Lingus application to join the .....

23 Dec 202023 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

News in brief: British Airways peak/off-peak Avios analysis A couple of weeks ago we published the British Airways peak and off peak calendar for Avios redemptions in 2023. Our friend Andrew has taken .....

News in brief: British Airways peak/off-peak Avios analysis A couple of weeks ago we published the British .....

6 Apr 20226 April 2022 by Rhys Jones • 23 comments