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

30 Aug 202530 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

American Express has launched an increased sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card, up from 20,000 to 40,000 points. If you meet the .....

American Express has launched an increased sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express .....

29 Aug 202529 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

News in brief: British Airways drops plans to remove bottled water According to cabin crew blog PYOK, British Airways has abandoned plans to stop giving individual water bottles to passengers. During .....

News in brief: British Airways drops plans to remove bottled water According to cabin crew blog PYOK, British .....

29 Aug 202529 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

News in brief: Marriott adds H15 in Krakow to The Luxury Collection After the usual construction delays during refurbishment, Marriott’s The Luxury Collection now has a property in Krakow as H15 .....

News in brief: Marriott adds H15 in Krakow to The Luxury Collection After the usual construction delays during .....

29 Aug 202529 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

As we mentioned yesterday, American Express has launched huge sign-up bonuses on Preferred Rewards Gold, The Platinum Card, Business Gold and Business Platinum, worth between 40,000 and 120,000 .....

As we mentioned yesterday, American Express has launched huge sign-up bonuses on Preferred Rewards Gold, The .....

28 Aug 202528 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

HSBC runs fairly regular 25% bonuses on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. A new bonus is now live. People have been contacted about it, but oddly it was tucked away at the .....

HSBC runs fairly regular 25% bonuses on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. A new bonus .....

28 Aug 202528 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Singapore Airlines has announced a modest devaluation of its KrisFlyer programme for bookings made from 1st November.  The full announcement is on the website here. The good news is that it .....

Singapore Airlines has announced a modest devaluation of its KrisFlyer programme for bookings made from 1st .....

28 Aug 202528 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

IHG One Rewards has been running (another) 100% bonus for buying points. This offer ends tonight, 28th August. The maximum number of points you can buy is 600,000 (ie 300,000 plus the 300,000 bonus) .....

IHG One Rewards has been running (another) 100% bonus for buying points. This offer ends tonight, 28th August. .....

28 Aug 202528 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

The good news is that American Express has launched FOUR big sign up bonuses with one worth 120,000 Membership Rewards points (=120,000 Avios). The bad news is that four sign up bonuses in one day is .....

The good news is that American Express has launched FOUR big sign up bonuses with one worth 120,000 Membership .....

27 Aug 202527 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

American Express has brought back the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The 120,000 Membership Rewards points deal on The American Express Business Platinum Card, which .....

American Express has brought back the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The .....

27 Aug 202527 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: Accor adds new tickets for OVO Arena Wembley events Accor Live Limitless has added tickets for more upcoming concerts at OVO Arena Wembley. The tickets give you access to the exclusive .....

News in brief: Accor adds new tickets for OVO Arena Wembley events Accor Live Limitless has added tickets for .....

27 Aug 202527 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on Substack. You can read Oliver’s previous HfP articles, “How we built the first .....

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on .....

26 Aug 202526 August 2025 by HfP team • 57 comments

Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards have a low profile partnership. It allows you to double dip with Emirates Skywards miles and Marriott Bonvoy points in the same transaction. The scheme is .....

Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards have a low profile partnership. It allows you to double dip with .....

26 Aug 202526 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

If you’re heading to Spain, Chile, Brazil or Mexico soon it is worth remembering that you can earn Avios with the Cabify taxi and ride-hailing app. You will get a 400 Avios bonus with your first .....

If you’re heading to Spain, Chile, Brazil or Mexico soon it is worth remembering that you can earn Avios .....

26 Aug 202526 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments