Just a quick note to say that the 2,000 bonus Avios for booking Christmas travel on British Airways have posted overnight. You may want to take a look at your account and see what is there.  They .....

Just a quick note to say that the 2,000 bonus Avios for booking Christmas travel on British Airways have .....

15 Dec 201715 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Time is running out to earn large chunks of very cheap airline miles and hotel points from HMRC via your credit card. As we first announced in early October (but the newspapers only caught up last .....

Time is running out to earn large chunks of very cheap airline miles and hotel points from HMRC via your .....

15 Dec 201715 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

Virgin Money International Money Transfer has returned as a Flying Club partner – but only for a few months. If you try this service now you can get 3,000 Virgin Atlantic miles when making your .....

Virgin Money International Money Transfer has returned as a Flying Club partner – but only for a few .....

15 Dec 201715 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

Thank you to everyone who came to the Head for Points Christmas party at the Dry Martini bar at the Melia White House hotel on Tuesday night. It was another great event and definitely needs to be .....

Thank you to everyone who came to the Head for Points Christmas party at the Dry Martini bar at the Melia .....

14 Dec 201714 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 33 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launching its winter sale today Virgin Atlantic is launching its Winter sale today across its network, across all classes. I don’t have a detailed list of prices .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launching its winter sale today Virgin Atlantic is launching its Winter sale .....

14 Dec 201714 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

We recently covered the problems that Virgin Atlantic is having with its fleet of new Boeing 787 aircraft due to faulty Rolls-Royce engines. This problem is not going to be solved in a hurry.  As a .....

We recently covered the problems that Virgin Atlantic is having with its fleet of new Boeing 787 aircraft due .....

14 Dec 201714 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

There will be a full article on the HfP Christmas party tomorrow, if the photographer gets the pictures across to me in time! This is the only one I actually took: Thank you to everyone who came, and .....

There will be a full article on the HfP Christmas party tomorrow, if the photographer gets the pictures across .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at random, perhaps because they were on promotion or because they didn’t know any better. .....

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 144 comments

News in brief: Priority Pass unveils its lounges of the year Airport lounge access card Priority Pass (free with American Express Platinum, or you can buy one separately) has unveiled its annual .....

News in brief: Priority Pass unveils its lounges of the year Airport lounge access card Priority Pass (free .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

In order to complete our collection of reviews of airport lounges across the UK, we asked for the help of our readers. Reader Stephenie kindly sent us a review of the Escape Lounge at Manchester .....

In order to complete our collection of reviews of airport lounges across the UK, we asked for the help of our .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a credit or charge card – including American Express cards. You can probably imagine how .....

Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a .....

12 Dec 201712 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 63 comments

Last week we published details of the new 2018 weekend flight schedules that British Airways will be operating from Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. BA has now announced three new summer routes .....

Last week we published details of the new 2018 weekend flight schedules that British Airways will be operating .....

12 Dec 201712 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

News in brief: British Airways lounge guesting rules relaxed over Christmas Whilst there has been no official announcement, British Airways seems to have relaxed its Gatwick and Heathrow lounge .....

News in brief: British Airways lounge guesting rules relaxed over Christmas Whilst there has been no official .....

12 Dec 201712 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 74 comments

This week we are running a great competition in association with Eurostar to celebrate the launch of Club Eurostar. You can win enough Club Eurostar points for two Anytime return tickets in Standard .....

This week we are running a great competition in association with Eurostar to celebrate the launch of Club .....

11 Dec 201711 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 72 comments