Who are the UK American Express Membership Rewards partners? Today I wanted to do one of our occasional ‘first principles’ articles where we look at a topic that is regularly discussed on .....

Who are the UK American Express Membership Rewards partners? Today I wanted to do one of our occasional .....

23 Feb 202123 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

What is the American Express Centurion card? What does it cost and what are the benefits in the UK? We realised that we had never done a Head for Points article on the UK American Express Centurion .....

What is the American Express Centurion card? What does it cost and what are the benefits in the UK? We .....

22 Feb 202122 February 2021 by Rhys Jones • 156 comments

This is your comprehensive guide to the new British Airways First Suite first class seat. We have written this as a ‘reference’ article for the site, but we thought it was worth running in .....

This is your comprehensive guide to the new British Airways First Suite first class seat. We have written this .....

22 Feb 202122 February 2021 by Rhys Jones • 11 comments

Travelzoo has another good quality London hotel deal, this time at the Hard Rock Hotel near Marble Arch. This was refurbished very recently – it used to be The Cumberland and only re-opened in .....

Travelzoo has another good quality London hotel deal, this time at the Hard Rock Hotel near Marble Arch. This .....

22 Feb 202122 February 2021 by Rob Burgess

HfP reader Matt Jones dropped me a note to highlight three YouTube videos he has published on how to put together a British Airways tier point run. This is, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, .....

HfP reader Matt Jones dropped me a note to highlight three YouTube videos he has published on how to put .....

22 Feb 202122 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Most of the hotel loyalty programmes had generous rules over points expiry, even before coronavirus. Usually any activity, earning or spending, via a stay or with a partner, every 24 months or so was .....

Most of the hotel loyalty programmes had generous rules over points expiry, even before coronavirus. Usually .....

21 Feb 202121 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

We write a lot on Head for Points about ways to minimise the 3% foreign exchange fee added to most credit and debit card transactions outside the UK. For personal travel you might want to .....

We write a lot on Head for Points about ways to minimise the 3% foreign exchange fee added to most credit .....

21 Feb 202121 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

The Lufthansa Miles & More scheme is certainly not perfect, but it does have some good reasons to use it.  As I covered in a recent article about my trip to the Middle East over Christmas, Miles .....

The Lufthansa Miles & More scheme is certainly not perfect, but it does have some good reasons to use .....

21 Feb 202121 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to soften the blow of devaluation was the expansion of ‘Upgrade Using Avios’ to .....

When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to .....

20 Feb 202120 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Marriott Bonvoy is running another deal when you buy their hotel points. Via this page of the website, you will get a 40% bonus on all points purchases until 22nd March. Some members will have been .....

Marriott Bonvoy is running another deal when you buy their hotel points. Via this page of the website, you .....

20 Feb 202120 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Virgin Atlantic has made some additional changes to ticket flexibility. This is presumably an attempt to give passengers the confidence to book in the face of continued Government attempts to put .....

Virgin Atlantic has made some additional changes to ticket flexibility. This is presumably an attempt to give .....

20 Feb 202120 February 2021 by Rhys Jones

United Airlines is launching a new non-stop service between London Heathrow and Boston Logan International Airport. This is a bit of a surprise, because I assumed United already operated on the route. .....

United Airlines is launching a new non-stop service between London Heathrow and Boston Logan International .....

20 Feb 202120 February 2021 by Rhys Jones • 49 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

20 Feb 202120 February 2021 by Rhys Jones

Despite having two children, I have managed to avoid signing up for the new Disney+ streaming service so far. They are possibly in the age gap between the animated classics and the superhero movies. .....

Despite having two children, I have managed to avoid signing up for the new Disney+ streaming service so far. .....

19 Feb 202119 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments