I recently received a very kind email from a Head for Points reader thanking for me for helping improve his travels. He offered to convert his email into an article and I agreed, and as it is a Sunday .....

I recently received a very kind email from a Head for Points reader thanking for me for helping improve his .....

10 Apr 201610 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

Last year I wrote an article on the different ways of finding a Heathrow Express discount.  Quite a few things have changed since then, though, so I thought it was worth an update. .....

Last year I wrote an article on the different ways of finding a Heathrow Express discount.  Quite a few .....

10 Apr 201610 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Yesterday I wrote about the amazing Etihad business class fares currently available. These include business class to Australia on an A380 from as little as £1,275 (starting in Istanbul) or £1,400 .....

Yesterday I wrote about the amazing Etihad business class fares currently available. These include business .....

9 Apr 20169 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

News in brief: Redeem your Avios points from Humberside Airport Great news for anyone living near Hull, Grimsby or Scunthorpe.  From next Friday 15th April, British Airways is launching flights from .....

News in brief: Redeem your Avios points from Humberside Airport Great news for anyone living near Hull, .....

9 Apr 20169 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia and North America.   It relaunched its loyalty scheme this year so – as many HfP readers may find .....

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia and North America.   .....

9 Apr 20169 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Etihad has launched a very attractive business class sale which runs until next Monday. It is almost in the Qatar Airways league – although Etihad tickets don’t earn British Airways .....

Etihad has launched a very attractive business class sale which runs until next Monday. It is almost in the .....

8 Apr 20168 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Last weekend I discussed the closure to new applicants of the IHG Rewards Club Visa credit cards, issued by Barclaycard. I used the article to examine strategies that credit card companies may now .....

Last weekend I discussed the closure to new applicants of the IHG Rewards Club Visa credit cards, issued by .....

8 Apr 20168 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

As I discussed last week, Le Club AccorHotels is changing the rules on how you earn status starting from 1st January 2017. More pressingly, it is withdrawing Platinum status from American Express .....

As I discussed last week, Le Club AccorHotels is changing the rules on how you earn status starting from 1st .....

8 Apr 20168 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

On Tuesday I spent 90 minutes with Frantz Yvelin, CEO of La Compagnie.  If the airline name is not familiar to you, La Compagnie is a low cost ‘all business class’ airline operating .....

On Tuesday I spent 90 minutes with Frantz Yvelin, CEO of La Compagnie.  If the airline name is not familiar .....

7 Apr 20167 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

This is our review of the new British Airways lounge and Concorde Bar in Dubai International Airport. We flew back from Dubai on Monday on British Airways.  And, as of last month, all British Airways .....

This is our review of the new British Airways lounge and Concorde Bar in Dubai International Airport. We flew .....

7 Apr 20167 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

News in brief: Get £100 off the Air New Zealand Skycouch to Los Angeles Regular readers will know that we gave away a flight to Los Angeles on the Air New Zealand Skycouch last year. The Skycouch, .....

News in brief: Get £100 off the Air New Zealand Skycouch to Los Angeles Regular readers will know that we .....

7 Apr 20167 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

If you are working towards your IHG Accelerate target – and this is probably the most generous hotel promotion you will see this quarter – you have only three weeks left to complete all of .....

If you are working towards your IHG Accelerate target – and this is probably the most generous hotel .....

6 Apr 20166 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

News in brief: British Airways ‘Upgrade to First’ promotion returns British Airways has brought back its regular ‘Upgrade To First’ promotion.  This allows anyone purchasing .....

News in brief: British Airways ‘Upgrade to First’ promotion returns British Airways has brought .....

6 Apr 20166 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Many British Airways American Express cardholders were invited to receive a status match to the ‘Rewards by Harvey Nichols’ (of all things) reward scheme last year. BA Blue got HN Silver, .....

Many British Airways American Express cardholders were invited to receive a status match to the .....

6 Apr 20166 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments