Lufthansa’s Miles & More programme has just added Tesco to its roster of gift card partners.  This allows you to cash out your Miles & More miles for a shopping voucher. It is, however, .....

Lufthansa’s Miles & More programme has just added Tesco to its roster of gift card partners.  This .....

14 Feb 201814 February 2018 by Anika Burnett

Virgin Atlantic has launched a one day Valentine’s sale in case you find flowers and chocolate too boring. Until midnight tonight you can save up to £279 per person when booking Premium .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a one day Valentine’s sale in case you find flowers and chocolate too .....

14 Feb 201814 February 2018 by Anika Burnett

About two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios partner Midpoint. Midpoint is a UK-based platform for making international payments which gives you 1 Avios per £10 transferred. We asked for reader .....

About two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios partner Midpoint. Midpoint is a UK-based platform for making .....

14 Feb 201814 February 2018 by Anika Burnett • 33 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. This article .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

14 Feb 201814 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Skift published this interesting article about the Radisson hotel group yesterday.  They certainly have a job on their hands, having been acquired by a Chinese conglomerate which is now reportedly .....

Skift published this interesting article about the Radisson hotel group yesterday.  They certainly have a .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess

Hilton Honors has been running a very generous status match for the last 18 months or so.  It was so good, I did it myself. Via this link, you can match your top tier or mid tier status in .....

Hilton Honors has been running a very generous status match for the last 18 months or so.  It was so .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess

Aspire has announced that its lounge in Gatwick North will close on 26th February for refurbishment.  It will re-open under the Club Aspire format in May. This is the oldest Aspire lounge in the .....

Aspire has announced that its lounge in Gatwick North will close on 26th February for refurbishment.  It will .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 128 comments

We don’t give LATAM much coverage on Head for Points, even though I have written articles covering redemption opportunities with most of the other oneworld partners. There is one excellent .....

We don’t give LATAM much coverage on Head for Points, even though I have written articles covering .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel. I outlined the booking process for my stay in this article.  To save money (this was not an official review trip) I booked via .....

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel. I outlined the booking process for my stay .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is part 2 of my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel.  Part 1, which focuses on the rooms, restaurant and location, is here (click). The beach Whilst the hotel looks .....

This is part 2 of my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel.  Part 1, which focuses .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points.  A number of recent emails, plus a discussion in the comments section on Saturday from a reader who had been .....

We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points.  A number of recent .....

12 Feb 201812 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 191 comments

If all goes to plan – and we are writing this in advance – British Airways will today launch its latest ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. Until 23rd February you can get up to 35% .....

If all goes to plan – and we are writing this in advance – British Airways will today launch its .....

12 Feb 201812 February 2018 by Anika Burnett • 40 comments

A generous new promotion means that you can get a free night at any of 8,000 hotels across the world if you can squeeze in two stays at a Ramada or Days Inn property this spring. Wyndham – even .....

A generous new promotion means that you can get a free night at any of 8,000 hotels across the world if you .....

12 Feb 201812 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

The flotilla of airlines now operating flights on behalf of British Airways is growing. BA is struggling with aircraft as it tries to utilise the Monarch slots it recently bought at Gatwick Airport .....

The flotilla of airlines now operating flights on behalf of British Airways is growing. BA is struggling with .....

11 Feb 201811 February 2018 by Anika Burnett