Virgin Atlantic has launched its semi-regular bonus for buying miles and for ‘Miles Booster’. The first offer is an ‘up to 40%’ bonus when you buy Virgin Flying Club miles. The .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched its semi-regular bonus for buying miles and for ‘Miles Booster’. The .....

6 Apr 20196 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Over the last couple of weeks I have written about my tour of the Malaysia Airlines A350-900 and my visit to their impressive but little know lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4. If it raised your interest .....

Over the last couple of weeks I have written about my tour of the Malaysia Airlines A350-900 and my visit to .....

5 Apr 20195 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

Judging by my inbox, many Head for Points readers are not aware that they are at risk of losing a large chunk of Avios overnight on 30th April. Most of you will know that Avios and Flybe are ending .....

Judging by my inbox, many Head for Points readers are not aware that they are at risk of losing a large chunk .....

5 Apr 20195 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Heathrow airport has just announced a brand new super-fast free wi-fi service. I know what you’re thinking …. fast wi-fi, blah, blah, usual marketing spiel.  Except … I was in .....

Heathrow airport has just announced a brand new super-fast free wi-fi service. I know what you’re .....

5 Apr 20195 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express .....

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card .....

5 Apr 20195 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 128 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking to top up their account. This offer is the best we have seen for a while for anyone who .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking .....

5 Apr 20195 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of my trip to Barra in the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair. I’m not really a ‘bucket list’ person, but one of the few aviation-related trips I have been .....

This is my review of my trip to Barra in the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair. I’m not really a .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

This is part two of my review of my trip to the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair and landing on the beach at Barra. Why did I fly to an island in the Outer Hebrides with a population of 1,100?  .....

This is part two of my review of my trip to the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair and landing on the beach .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Flybe has announced that it will close its bases at Cardiff and Doncaster Sheffield at the end of the Summer season in late October. Flights using jet aircraft from Exeter and Norwich will also cease .....

Flybe has announced that it will close its bases at Cardiff and Doncaster Sheffield at the end of the Summer .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 187 comments

I had to check that it wasn’t 1st April when I received this press release, but Heathrow Airport is installing a real dinosaur skeleton in Terminal 5 from later this week. 13 metres high, the .....

I had to check that it wasn’t 1st April when I received this press release, but Heathrow Airport is .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

British Airways and American Airlines have jointly announced some changes to their US scheduling for the Winter timetable, starting in late October. From 27th October, American Airlines is adding an .....

British Airways and American Airlines have jointly announced some changes to their US scheduling for the .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

Cashback shopping site TopCashback is offering a 25% bonus this month if you convert your earnings to Avios. Until 30th April, you will receive 1.25 Avios for every 1p of cashback you convert. Be .....

Cashback shopping site TopCashback is offering a 25% bonus this month if you convert your earnings to Avios. .....

3 Apr 20193 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

Until 1st May, you can buy IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – points with a bonus of up to 80%. The page to buy points is here – log in .....

Until 1st May, you can buy IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc .....

3 Apr 20193 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

Just to prove that it CAN make sense to buy 100% of the hotel loyalty points you need for your stay, I am typing this in the Park Hyatt Hamburg where I am visiting Aircraft Interiors Expo. Hotel .....

Just to prove that it CAN make sense to buy 100% of the hotel loyalty points you need for your stay, I am .....

3 Apr 20193 April 2019 by Rob Burgess