Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

5 Apr 20255 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

In a big boost for Hilton in the Middle East, Conrad is taking over the Jumeirah Etihad Towers hotel in Abu Dhabi on 1st October. The new name will be Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers.  The website is .....

In a big boost for Hilton in the Middle East, Conrad is taking over the Jumeirah Etihad Towers hotel in Abu .....

27 Sep 202027 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....

30 Dec 202430 December 2024 by HfP team • 37 comments

Back in 2020, Accor Live Limitless – the hotel loyalty scheme for Ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel, Raffles, Pullman, Fairmont etc – announced a major deal with Visa to issue credit cards .....

Back in 2020, Accor Live Limitless – the hotel loyalty scheme for Ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel, .....

8 May 20248 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Emirates Skywards is one of those frequent flyer programmes which has a ‘no mercy’ policy on miles expiry. You need to use your miles within three years of earning them or they will .....

Emirates Skywards is one of those frequent flyer programmes which has a ‘no mercy’ policy on miles .....

27 Feb 202427 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

How can you earn Virgin Points when buying petrol? The dedicted Virgin Atlantic partnership with Texaco ended some years ago. Tesco filling stations remain at option, of course, because you can earn .....

How can you earn Virgin Points when buying petrol? The dedicted Virgin Atlantic partnership with Texaco ended .....

15 Oct 202415 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

29 Sep 202429 September 2024 by HfP team • 3 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

4 May 20244 May 2024 by Rhys Jones

British Airways has launched a short flash sale on European Avios redemptions – see here. The snag is that it is only valid on redemptions from Gatwick and London City which restricts the routes .....

British Airways has launched a short flash sale on European Avios redemptions – see here. The snag is .....

19 Oct 202419 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

A reader dropped me a note to ask if HfP has a smartphone app – which we don’t. However, as I said to the reader – and which I thought I’d repeat here for the benefit of those .....

A reader dropped me a note to ask if HfP has a smartphone app – which we don’t. However, as I said .....

4 Aug 20244 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

We are launching an exclusive offer today in association with London City Airport. The first 100 readers to book flights via our links and directly on the London City Airport website, will get free .....

We are launching an exclusive offer today in association with London City Airport. The first 100 readers to .....

22 Sep 202022 September 2020 by Sinead Archer • 26 comments

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up here to receive this free .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

26 Feb 202426 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

Two decent ‘buy points’ bonuses are ending soon: Last chance to get a 50% bonus when you buy Avios Qatar Airways (yes Qatar Airways, not British Airways) has been running a ‘buy .....

Two decent ‘buy points’ bonuses are ending soon: Last chance to get a 50% bonus when you buy Avios .....

7 Sep 20247 September 2024 by Rob Burgess

On Thursday, Rob and I donned our suits and headed to the Aviation Club lunch in Mayfair. We were there to hear what Emirates President and CEO Sir Tim Clark had to say, both about his own airline and .....

On Thursday, Rob and I donned our suits and headed to the Aviation Club lunch in Mayfair. We were there to .....

1 Mar 20241 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 52 comments