A very generous deal for London’s The Sloane Square Hotel has popped up on Travelzoo. Click here. Rooms are available for £99 including breakfast. It quotes a typical rate of £273 which seems .....

A very generous deal for London’s The Sloane Square Hotel has popped up on Travelzoo. Click here. Rooms .....

20 Aug 202120 August 2021 by Rhys Jones • 26 comments

American Express is currently running a ‘never seen before’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 60,000 Avios or lots of .....

American Express is currently running a ‘never seen before’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards .....

20 Aug 202120 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

American Express Platinum comes with FOUR hotel status cards.  I thought I would take a closer look at this benefit to help you decide if you should jump on the 30,000 Membership Rewards points .....

American Express Platinum comes with FOUR hotel status cards.  I thought I would take a closer look at .....

19 Aug 202119 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

Back in February 2021, Virgin Atlantic launched a status match for British Airways Executive Club members. Part of the deal was that everyone given Virgin Atlantic Silver status would receive a free .....

Back in February 2021, Virgin Atlantic launched a status match for British Airways Executive Club members. .....

19 Aug 202119 August 2021 by Rob Burgess

Marriott relaunched its Marriott Moments ‘experiences’ platform a couple of weeks ago, although there were no UK events at that point. They have now started to filter through, albeit .....

Marriott relaunched its Marriott Moments ‘experiences’ platform a couple of weeks ago, although .....

19 Aug 202119 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Qatar Airways has a launched a new ‘companion’ promotion, offering savings on Business Class flights from the UK when 2, 4, 6 or 8 people travel together. You need to book by 21st August .....

Qatar Airways has a launched a new ‘companion’ promotion, offering savings on Business Class .....

19 Aug 202119 August 2021 by Rhys Jones • 30 comments

American Express has launched an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. It may be the biggest ‘open to all’ bonus I have ever seen. The standard bonus of 30,000 .....

American Express has launched an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. It may be the .....

18 Aug 202118 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 209 comments

In a further sign of a return to normality in the UK, Emirates has released Arsenal football tickets for Emirates Skywards members who have miles to redeem.  You can also use American Express .....

In a further sign of a return to normality in the UK, Emirates has released Arsenal football tickets for .....

18 Aug 202118 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

News in brief: New American Express cashback deal with Boots Whilst it won’t save you a huge amount of cash, unless you stock up on premium cosmetics, American Express is offering 7% to 10% .....

News in brief: New American Express cashback deal with Boots Whilst it won’t save you a huge amount of .....

18 Aug 202118 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

An intriguing claim of espionage has been made in the normally sedate world of airline reward flight availability tools. SeatSpy is a very useful website for anyone searching for British Airways and .....

An intriguing claim of espionage has been made in the normally sedate world of airline reward flight .....

17 Aug 202117 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

This is our review of The Fellows House Cambridge, a brand new hotel which is part of Hilton’s Curio Collection. We have generally been impressed by Curio Collection, which allows upmarket .....

This is our review of The Fellows House Cambridge, a brand new hotel which is part of Hilton’s Curio .....

17 Aug 202117 August 2021 by Rhys Jones • 33 comments

We have teamed up with Priority Pass, the lounge membership program, to give away Standard Plus annual memberships to five lucky Head for Points readers. Priority Pass is a global airport lounge .....

We have teamed up with Priority Pass, the lounge membership program, to give away Standard Plus annual .....

16 Aug 202116 August 2021 by Rhys Jones • 28 comments

Looking at reader reports there are, at the moment, big delays in getting through to British Airways on the telephone if you don’t have elite status. Even if you do have a Gold card, service .....

Looking at reader reports there are, at the moment, big delays in getting through to British Airways on the .....

16 Aug 202116 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 159 comments

This is our review of the new LNER First Class Lounge at York railway station. Strangely, given the size of York station and the number of trains to London and Scotland that pass through it, it has .....

This is our review of the new LNER First Class Lounge at York railway station. Strangely, given the size of .....

16 Aug 202116 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments