We often get asked about the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card from American Express. In truth, virtually the only thing that Amex Gold and Amex .....

We often get asked about the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card .....

4 Jan 20254 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 25 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 .....

4 Jan 20254 January 2025 by Rhys Jones

How do British Airways American Express 2-4-1 Companion Vouchers work? We run this article once per year to reflect recent changes. Whilst these vouchers have been around for 20 years now, the .....

How do British Airways American Express 2-4-1 Companion Vouchers work? We run this article once per year to .....

3 Jan 20253 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

In February 2022, Barclays launched two new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are very, very good products with everything you could ask for, and are easily (in my view) the most .....

In February 2022, Barclays launched two new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are very, very .....

3 Jan 20253 January 2025 by Rob Burgess

World of Hyatt has been offering a 25% bonus when you buy 7,000+ points via this link. The offer ends tomorrow. This was VERY interesting for three reasons: You suddenly have enough points .....

World of Hyatt has been offering a 25% bonus when you buy 7,000+ points via this link. The offer .....

3 Jan 20253 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

3 Jan 20253 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Barclays offers two different ways to earn Avios - Premier Banking and credit cards. What you may not know, if you have one of these two products already, is that there are two extra rewards available .....

Barclays offers two different ways to earn Avios - Premier Banking and credit cards. What you may not know, if .....

2 Jan 20252 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

The Platinum Card from American Express is very popular with Head for Points readers, despite the £650 annual fee. (It may, of course, become even more popular soon now that British Airways is .....

The Platinum Card from American Express is very popular with Head for Points readers, despite the £650 annual .....

2 Jan 20252 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

Secret Escapes is currently running an attractive deal for the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Torquay. Whilst the weather won’t be the greatest in the next three months, it is definitely an .....

Secret Escapes is currently running an attractive deal for the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Torquay. Whilst the .....

2 Jan 20252 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are planning your credit card strategy for 2025, this article will help you decide which cards .....

This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are .....

1 Jan 20251 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Back in January 2023, Hilton announced (yet another) new brand – Spark. The first Spark hotel opened in Mystic, Connecticut in September 2023 and a handful of other sites have opened in the US .....

Back in January 2023, Hilton announced (yet another) new brand – Spark. The first Spark hotel opened in .....

1 Jan 20251 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

As it is a quiet Bank Holiday today, I thought it was a good time to give this excellent video another push.  Hopefully you may have 20 minutes spare today to enjoy it. If you’ve never seen .....

As it is a quiet Bank Holiday today, I thought it was a good time to give this excellent video another push. .....

1 Jan 20251 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2024.  Click through to read them in full: How does Avios Subscription work, letting you buy Avios from 0.99p? Your cut-out-and-keep .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2024.  Click through to read them in full: .....

31 Dec 202431 December 2024 by HfP team

British Airways launched ‘Avios Subscription’ in October 2022. It is an intriguing way of buying Avios, albeit less attractive since a 2023 price hike. As we haven’t mentioned it all .....

British Airways launched ‘Avios Subscription’ in October 2022. It is an intriguing way of buying .....

31 Dec 202431 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments