British Airways has just improved its coronavirus rebooking and refund policy. This includes extending the window for cancelling existing bookings. Up until now, only travellers booked on services .....

British Airways has just improved its coronavirus rebooking and refund policy. This includes extending the .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 157 comments

Doing a bailout quickly and fairly is not possible, unfortunately.  There will always be holes in the system. As we have covered before, Virgin Atlantic is not able to access the Government’s .....

Doing a bailout quickly and fairly is not possible, unfortunately.  There will always be holes in the system. .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 198 comments

We almost missed this. We have reached a milestone at Head for Points: 10,000 articles. As we can’t get the team together and celebrate with a bottle of champagne, we have decided to run a .....

We almost missed this. We have reached a milestone at Head for Points: 10,000 articles. As we can’t get .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 92 comments

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Lviv in Ukraine, where we look at The Grand Hotel. If you’ve never heard of Lviv, it is accessible by both Wizz Air and Ryanair from London .....

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Lviv in Ukraine, where we look at The Grand Hotel. If .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 39 comments

Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Atlantic .....

Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

Yesterday we looked at new changes to Curve Card, including the ability to pay your credit card bill with another credit card via Curve, for a 1.5% fee. I promised that I would run an updated version .....

Yesterday we looked at new changes to Curve Card, including the ability to pay your credit card bill with .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 238 comments

Virgin Australia is the largest airline so far to go into administration due to the coronavirus. We covered the fall of Virgin Australia into administration in this article last week.  The end was .....

Virgin Australia is the largest airline so far to go into administration due to the coronavirus. We covered .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Villa Cora in Florence, We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points.  .....

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Villa Cora in Florence, We are currently running .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 21 comments

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Sir Richard Branson has abandoned plans for a Government bailout of Virgin Atlantic and is now desperately seeking a trade buyer. The airline will be put into .....

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Sir Richard Branson has abandoned plans for a Government bailout of Virgin .....

26 Apr 202026 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 347 comments

Curve Card made a slightly confusing announcement on Friday, emailing members to tell them that it was imposing a 1.5% fee on anyone who used their card to pay off a credit card. The reason it was .....

Curve Card made a slightly confusing announcement on Friday, emailing members to tell them that it was .....

26 Apr 202026 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 256 comments

Today’s hotel review is from Domes of Elounda in Crete. Over the coming weeks we are running a reader-written feature to help provide some positivity and inspiration to HfP – ‘My .....

Today’s hotel review is from Domes of Elounda in Crete. Over the coming weeks we are running a .....

26 Apr 202026 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 43 comments

Shockingly, it appears that Lufthansa has come to the end of the road. Or, at least, it has come to the end of the road without an immediate bailout of up to €10 billion.  Since this is Germany .....

Shockingly, it appears that Lufthansa has come to the end of the road. Or, at least, it has come to the end of .....

25 Apr 202025 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 163 comments

Auction house Bonhams is currently running an online charity auction in aid of the NHS Charities Covid-19 Urgent Appeal. There are some very impressive sporting, event and art lots up for grabs, most .....

Auction house Bonhams is currently running an online charity auction in aid of the NHS Charities Covid-19 .....

25 Apr 202025 April 2020 by Rob Burgess

Two week ago, we reported that Virgin Atlantic had completely suspended passenger flights for a week. We predicted it would be subject to a rolling program of cancellations and we were right. .....

Two week ago, we reported that Virgin Atlantic had completely suspended passenger flights for a week. We .....

25 Apr 202025 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments