Virgin Trains will be losing the contract to operate West Coast trains as early as November.   Stagecoach, which partners with Virgin Group to run the West Coast contract, was disqualified from all .....

Virgin Trains will be losing the contract to operate West Coast trains as early as November.   .....

11 Apr 201911 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

One of the best Virgin Flying Club redemptions is the Jet Airways flight from Amsterdam to Toronto, which is a continuation of a flight from Delhi (Jet’s base) to Amsterdam. We wrote about the .....

One of the best Virgin Flying Club redemptions is the Jet Airways flight from Amsterdam to Toronto, which is a .....

11 Apr 201911 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic announced a £26m loss for 2018 yesterday, following a £49m loss in 2017. Underlying numbers were more promising, with revenue rising by 5.8% to £2.78bn, passenger numbers growing by .....

Virgin Atlantic announced a £26m loss for 2018 yesterday, following a £49m loss in 2017. Underlying numbers .....

11 Apr 201911 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Low-cost US airline JetBlue announced its first international routes last night – but not until 2021. The airline will be launching daily flights from London to both New York JFK and Boston. You .....

Low-cost US airline JetBlue announced its first international routes last night – but not until 2021. .....

11 Apr 201911 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from it.  Click here to see the other “Avios Redemption .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

10 Apr 201910 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Hilton Honors has launched a new promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 5,000+ points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here. Regular readers of Head for Points will know that .....

Hilton Honors has launched a new promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 5,000+ points. The Hilton .....

10 Apr 201910 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

Your travel life gets a tiny bit easier from Friday.  Anyone with a prepaid Mastercard will no longer be offered Dynamic Currency Conversion. Dynamic Currency Conversion is when a shop or hotel .....

Your travel life gets a tiny bit easier from Friday.  Anyone with a prepaid Mastercard will no longer be .....

10 Apr 201910 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

If you have a Qatar Airways flight coming up, you may be interested to know that a new range of amenity kits has just been launched in both Business Class and First Class. The bags continue to be .....

If you have a Qatar Airways flight coming up, you may be interested to know that a new range of amenity kits .....

10 Apr 201910 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 121 comments

On Monday night we were invited to the Virgin Atlantic offices in Crawley for the A350 cabin reveal.  Since Rob was on a family holiday in Scotland, I went down to take a look. Here’s my .....

On Monday night we were invited to the Virgin Atlantic offices in Crawley for the A350 cabin reveal.  Since .....

9 Apr 20199 April 2019 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class Suite, as part of the launch event for its new A350-1000 aircraft.   Let’s take a look.  These two articles focus on the new Upper Class .....

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class Suite, as part of the launch event for its new A350-1000 .....

8 Apr 20198 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

This is part 2 of my overview of the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite, launched tonight as part of the A350 launch event. You can read Part 1 of my A350-1000 Upper Class suite review here. You .....

This is part 2 of my overview of the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite, launched tonight as part of the .....

8 Apr 20198 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

If you don’t normally look at Head for Points in the evening, make an exception tonight. Virgin Atlantic is launching its new A350 aircraft this evening, which means it will be unveiling its new .....

If you don’t normally look at Head for Points in the evening, make an exception tonight. Virgin Atlantic .....

8 Apr 20198 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Promos’ page which contains details .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this .....

8 Apr 20198 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that you .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

8 Apr 20198 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments