Five UK Marriott hotels are leaving the chain in two weeks, despite being included on the new points pricing list from August. These are: Sunderland Marriott Newcastle Marriott Gosforth Park Hollins .....

Five UK Marriott hotels are leaving the chain in two weeks, despite being included on the new points pricing .....

4 Jul 20184 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 376 comments

British Airways Executive Club has launched a new hotel booking partnership with Trip.com, and there is a decent launch offer. You might not be familiar with Trip.com but it is owned by the giant .....

British Airways Executive Club has launched a new hotel booking partnership with Trip.com, and there is a .....

4 Jul 20184 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I launched this service a year ago with Emyr Thomas of Bon Vivant, the feedback from Head for Points readers .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I launched this .....

4 Jul 20184 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

We interrupt the England v Colombia game with this important announcement …. Avios from the Iberia ‘9,000 Avios for booking any flight (up to 90,000 Avios)’ promotion last weekend .....

We interrupt the England v Colombia game with this important announcement …. Avios from the Iberia .....

3 Jul 20183 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

American Express has announced two changes to the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card in the run up to the merger of SPG and Marriott Rewards next month. One change is a statement .....

American Express has announced two changes to the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card in .....

3 Jul 20183 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

This is my review of the new Club Aspire lounge at London Gatwick’s North Terminal. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. The .....

This is my review of the new Club Aspire lounge at London Gatwick’s North Terminal. This is part of our .....

3 Jul 20183 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Back in January I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by signing them up to a British Airways Executive Club household account. There is another .....

Back in January I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by .....

3 Jul 20183 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

I was writing this up for ‘bits’ tomorrow when it turned out that the fare seems to expire tonight.  It might roll over but ITA Matrix says that it ends today, so I dropped this in as an .....

I was writing this up for ‘bits’ tomorrow when it turned out that the fare seems to expire .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

I was in Gatwick’s North Terminal last Thursday reviewing the new Club Aspire lounge – that report will follow soon once we’ve edited the accompanying video. Rather than go through .....

I was in Gatwick’s North Terminal last Thursday reviewing the new Club Aspire lounge – that report .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 120 comments

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

British Airways has launched a new version of its Flying Start safety video, if the current version has started to drive you mad. This one features David Walliams, Joanna Lumley, Jourdan Dunn .....

British Airways has launched a new version of its Flying Start safety video, if the current version has .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess

Reader Greg dropped me a note to highlight a great deal he found in Dubai. The new Concourse D, used by British Airways and most other long-haul airlines not called Emirates, has a lot of lounges, .....

Reader Greg dropped me a note to highlight a great deal he found in Dubai. The new Concourse D, used by .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

Now that British Airways has moved into the South terminal at Gatwick, and you have a brand new check-in area, impressive new lounges and no need to use the monorail any longer, I thought it was worth .....

Now that British Airways has moved into the South terminal at Gatwick, and you have a brand new check-in area, .....

1 Jul 20181 July 2018 by Rob Burgess

We have seen a lot of promotions for The Economist magazine over the last couple of years.  These generally involve buying a one-year subscription with up to 13,200 Avios points thrown in as a .....

We have seen a lot of promotions for The Economist magazine over the last couple of years.  These .....

1 Jul 20181 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments