British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland route – which was only set up in the first place to annoy Norwegian – is now .....

British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery between now and 2021 which will revolutionise Iberia’s long-haul offering. Iberia will .....

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330-200 fleet. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the refurbishment that Virgin Atlantic is about to undertake – at a cost of £10m .....

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330-200 fleet. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about .....

27 Jun 201827 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

This is part two of my review of Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic’s A330-200 fleet.  Part 1 is here.  These aircraft were inherited from airberlin to replace Virgin’s faulty Boeing .....

This is part two of my review of Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic’s A330-200 fleet.  Part 1 is .....

27 Jun 201827 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

The partnership between Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Money is now really moving forward.  We have covered the two new Virgin Atlantic credit cards in depth.  The life insurance deal we covered .....

The partnership between Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Money is now really moving forward.  We have covered .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine partner Laithwaites, to allow you to trade your Avios for beer, wine or champagne. I thought .....

Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Following on from the announcement last week that LOT was launching London City to Warsaw in the New Year, the airline has now announced London City to Budapest. From 7th January, LOT will fly twice a .....

Following on from the announcement last week that LOT was launching London City to Warsaw in the New Year, the .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

Official Gatwick Parking has launched two new deals for anyone looking to pre-book the airport-run car parks this Summer. Via this link (click) you save 15% on the official long-stay car park for .....

Official Gatwick Parking has launched two new deals for anyone looking to pre-book the airport-run car parks .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts.  My wife has them on her Gold card whilst I have them on my Platinum. The deals are: £35 cashback on £100 spend .....

A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts.  My wife has them on her .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of The Graham hotel, in Georgetown, Washington DC. We have reviewed two ‘Curio Collection‘ hotels from Hilton recently – the Montesol in Ibiza (reviewed here) and .....

This is my review of The Graham hotel, in Georgetown, Washington DC. We have reviewed two ‘Curio .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Just outside Washington DC, just off the lobby in the Hilton McLean Tysons Corners hotel – directly next to the Hilton global HQ – is the Hilton Innovation Gallery. Opened late last year, .....

Just outside Washington DC, just off the lobby in the Hilton McLean Tysons Corners hotel – directly next .....

25 Jun 201825 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

Heathrow Rewards is launching an interesting promotion – a 50% bonus when you convert your Emirates Skywards miles INTO Heathrow Rewards points. This deal launches today and runs until 31st .....

Heathrow Rewards is launching an interesting promotion – a 50% bonus when you convert your Emirates .....

25 Jun 201825 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple system.  You earn 1 Shell Drivers Club point for every litre of basic fuel you buy and 2 points .....

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple .....

25 Jun 201825 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

In all of the years I’ve been running Head for Points, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a deal get as much attention – globally – as the Iberia ‘90,000 Avios for .....

In all of the years I’ve been running Head for Points, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a deal .....

24 Jun 201824 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 418 comments