British Airways has launched its Black Friday deals – and they are pretty good.  How does a £1008 Club World trip sound? These deals can be found on the special BA Black Friday page here. .....

British Airways has launched its Black Friday deals – and they are pretty good.  How does a £1008 Club .....

24 Nov 201624 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Our usual 3rd article today will not appear until 8.30am.  This is because it covers BA’s Black Thursday (and Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday) offers and I can’t write about them .....

Our usual 3rd article today will not appear until 8.30am.  This is because it covers BA’s Black .....

24 Nov 201624 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

News in brief: Good SPG Moments auction ending today There is an attractive SPG Moments auction ending today which, so far, has attracted very little interest.  It is one of those auctions where the .....

News in brief: Good SPG Moments auction ending today There is an attractive SPG Moments auction ending today .....

24 Nov 201624 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

Last weekend I ran an article outlining hotels chains which do not give Avios but which do give Virgin Flying Club miles. I mentioned Yotel.  According to the Virgin Atlantic site, you only earn .....

Last weekend I ran an article outlining hotels chains which do not give Avios but which do give Virgin Flying .....

24 Nov 201624 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

I’m delighted to announce that, after four years of pestering from readers about organising a get-together, we will be holding the first Head for Points reader Christmas party on Tuesday 6th .....

I’m delighted to announce that, after four years of pestering from readers about organising a .....

23 Nov 201623 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 149 comments

We tend not to focus on the two American Express Platinum Cashback cards much on Head for Points because they do not offer miles or points. They are decent products, however, offering cashback on .....

We tend not to focus on the two American Express Platinum Cashback cards much on Head for Points because .....

23 Nov 201623 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

News in brief: Bid for BA tickets to New Orleans on a preview flight British Airways is launching a new service to New Orleans on 27th March as I covered here. On 24th February, however, there is .....

News in brief: Bid for BA tickets to New Orleans on a preview flight British Airways is launching a new .....

23 Nov 201623 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

airberlin is a partner with British Airways in the oneworld alliance.  This means that anyone who has status with airberlin will receive reciprocal status benefits with BA, and vice versa. Why does .....

airberlin is a partner with British Airways in the oneworld alliance.  This means that anyone who has status .....

22 Nov 201622 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 141 comments

News in brief: Earn 1,200 Avios via Tesco with PayQwiq If you live in a participating part of the country – and it has now rolled out in quite a few places – you can earn 1,200 Avios .....

News in brief: Earn 1,200 Avios via Tesco with PayQwiq If you live in a participating part of the country .....

22 Nov 201622 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

If your business travel will see you in Southern Africa over the next few months, South African Airways has launched an interesting ‘triple miles’ offer for UK members of its Voyager .....

If your business travel will see you in Southern Africa over the next few months, South African Airways has .....

22 Nov 201622 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I wrote earlier last week about the generous bonus of 15,000 Avios points which British Airways has awarded to anyone who has held a British Airways American Express card since it launched in 2001. .....

I wrote earlier last week about the generous bonus of 15,000 Avios points which British Airways has awarded .....

21 Nov 201621 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

If you are a member of IHG Rewards Club, you probably received a slightly odd email from them on Saturday morning. Entitled ‘Member booking update’ it said this: We’ve made a change. .....

If you are a member of IHG Rewards Club, you probably received a slightly odd email from them on Saturday .....

21 Nov 201621 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is my review of the new Element Amsterdam hotel. The amount of new hotel concepts today is overwhelming and, in order to stand out, hotels need to find their niche. Element By Westin is an .....

This is my review of the new Element Amsterdam hotel. The amount of new hotel concepts today is overwhelming .....

21 Nov 201621 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

Here is part two of my review of the Element Amsterdam hotel, the second European outpost – after Frankfurt – of Starwood’s new eco-friendly ‘extended stay’ hotel .....

Here is part two of my review of the Element Amsterdam hotel, the second European outpost – after .....

21 Nov 201621 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 5 comments