After a number of delays, The Curve Card launches Curve Rewards at 3pm today. Hopefully. This has been some time coming, to put it mildly, but it does look it will be quite cool when it is up and .....

After a number of delays, The Curve Card launches Curve Rewards at 3pm today. Hopefully. This has been some .....

12 Jan 201712 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 166 comments

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London early 2015 after the hotel let me have a tour of its facilities and suites. It is a genuinely .....

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London early .....

12 Jan 201712 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

News in brief: Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday to encourage you to increase your Avios collecting this spring. Super Boost is a .....

News in brief: Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday .....

11 Jan 201711 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 196 comments

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC slashed its credit card fee to roughly 0.4%. One of the biggest jokes, since the EU cap on .....

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC .....

11 Jan 201711 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 97 comments

This is my review of the British Airways Terraces lounge at Berlin Tegel Airport. After having spent two weeks in Germany it was time for me to fly back from Berlin to London. It was my first ever .....

This is my review of the British Airways Terraces lounge at Berlin Tegel Airport. After having spent two weeks .....

11 Jan 201711 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 63 comments

News in brief: British Airways dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British Airways is managing to run so many services during the cabin crew strike today and .....

News in brief: British Airways dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British .....

10 Jan 201710 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

American Express seems to be trialling exclusive cashback deals for Facebook users. Unfortunately, we are about to ruin their experiment by publicising the deal here and generating a few thousand .....

American Express seems to be trialling exclusive cashback deals for Facebook users. Unfortunately, we are .....

10 Jan 201710 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

For clarity, this is a purely speculative article – but the smoke signals seem to be there. When the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards were launched, I was initially sceptical – apart from .....

For clarity, this is a purely speculative article – but the smoke signals seem to be there. When the .....

10 Jan 201710 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

Qatar Airways has kicked off another round of good business class deals with its third annual ‘Qatar Travel Festival’. This is a genuinely impressive package: Cheap business class fares .....

Qatar Airways has kicked off another round of good business class deals with its third annual ‘Qatar .....

9 Jan 20179 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 193 comments

I wrote an article last year pointing out that Iberia has better business class reward availability via its own website than you can book via ba.com. Coupled with the fact that you pay lower taxes on .....

I wrote an article last year pointing out that Iberia has better business class reward availability via its .....

9 Jan 20179 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

News in brief: Double dip on Caffe Nero purchases A new cashback offer has appeared on a lot of American Express accounts.  You may find this on your online statement page by clicking the .....

News in brief: Double dip on Caffe Nero purchases A new cashback offer has appeared on a lot of American .....

9 Jan 20179 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

This is my review of the AA FuelSave Credit Card. Head for Points mainly focuses on credit cards which offer airline miles or hotel loyalty points for your spending.  However, it is pointless .....

This is my review of the AA FuelSave Credit Card. Head for Points mainly focuses on credit cards which offer .....

8 Jan 20178 January 2017 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the ASDA Cashback Credit Card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards which offer airline miles or hotel loyalty points for your spending.  However, it is pointless .....

This is my review of the ASDA Cashback Credit Card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards which .....

8 Jan 20178 January 2017 by Rob Burgess

The current marketing gimmick among credit card companies is to offer 0% interest on new purchases for a long period of time. 0% interest offers on balance transfers – albeit usually with a 3% .....

The current marketing gimmick among credit card companies is to offer 0% interest on new purchases for a long .....

8 Jan 20178 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments