Marriott Rewards is one of the better hotel programmes if you have a family, or simply don’t like small hotel rooms. As well as offering standard rooms for the standard redemption price, a lot .....

Marriott Rewards is one of the better hotel programmes if you have a family, or simply don’t like small .....

23 Jan 201823 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today, in case you are starting to make your holiday plans for 2018.  Since I launched this service a year ago with Emyr Thomas .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today, in case you are starting to make your .....

23 Jan 201823 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

As regular Head for Points readers will know, HMRC removed the ability to pay self-assessment, PAYE or VAT with a personal credit card last weekend. This was a big blow for miles and points .....

As regular Head for Points readers will know, HMRC removed the ability to pay self-assessment, PAYE or VAT .....

22 Jan 201822 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 188 comments

Bloomberg reported on Friday that British Airways is in negotiations with Airbus to order an additional tranche of A380 aircraft. There could be some truth in this.  IAG has said that it would be .....

Bloomberg reported on Friday that British Airways is in negotiations with Airbus to order an additional .....

22 Jan 201822 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

On Saturday I wrote about the repeat of the Groupon / Iberia promotion which let you buy Avios for 1.1p. When this offer first ran in 2015 there were terrible IT issues which meant that many people .....

On Saturday I wrote about the repeat of the Groupon / Iberia promotion which let you buy Avios for 1.1p. When .....

22 Jan 201822 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

News in brief: It’s 20 years since Heathrow Junction railway station opened (and closed) For those of a certain age, this article published last week is worth a look. In January 1998, Heathrow .....

News in brief: It’s 20 years since Heathrow Junction railway station opened (and closed) For those of a .....

22 Jan 201822 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

Regular readers might recall my article last year about Flight Experience.  This is an Australian-based flight simulator company with a new branch in Putney. In Putney I got to try their Boeing 737 .....

Regular readers might recall my article last year about Flight Experience.  This is an Australian-based .....

21 Jan 201821 January 2018 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

One of the least discussed benefits of the American Express Platinum card is Boingo wi-fi.  It gives you access to 1 million wi-fi hot spots globally. My original article on Boingo from 2014 is here. .....

One of the least discussed benefits of the American Express Platinum card is Boingo wi-fi.  It gives you .....

21 Jan 201821 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Until 25th January, British Airways is offering 15% off all of its weekend BA CityFlyer services from Manchester in Club Europe. You need to use code BAMAN15 on ba.com. There is a snag of course.  .....

Until 25th January, British Airways is offering 15% off all of its weekend BA CityFlyer services from .....

21 Jan 201821 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

Russian airline Aeroflot is closing its London Gatwick service, launched in 2016. From the start of the Summer timetable on 25th March, it will add a 5th daily Heathrow frequency instead, departing at .....

Russian airline Aeroflot is closing its London Gatwick service, launched in 2016. From the start of the Summer .....

21 Jan 201821 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

21 Jan 201821 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

I have dropped this in as an extra article today because it won’t last long and I would prefer readers to get them. The DoubleTree hotel in Bristol (Cadbury House) is hosting an evening with .....

I have dropped this in as an extra article today because it won’t last long and I would prefer readers .....

20 Jan 201820 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

It’s back.  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post when this deal ran in the past) you can yet again buy cheap Avios points simply by heading .....

It’s back.  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post .....

20 Jan 201820 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

The best car rental deal of the week was clearly Virgin Atlantic’s new offer of a whopping 6,000 Flying Club miles with a 2+ day Avis rental. If you find yourself booking a car from Europcar .....

The best car rental deal of the week was clearly Virgin Atlantic’s new offer of a whopping 6,000 Flying .....

20 Jan 201820 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments