Shell Drivers Club is the loyalty scheme for Shell garages in the UK.  Joining is simple – pick up a card at a Shell station when filling up and register it online. You earn 100 Avios just for .....

Shell Drivers Club is the loyalty scheme for Shell garages in the UK.  Joining is simple – pick up a .....

1 Jun 20171 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

News in brief: New Iberia Plus wine offer earns 500 Avios Iberia’s wine partner, Vinoseleccion, is running a new deal for UK residents. For £50, you will receive six bottle of rioja plus free .....

News in brief: New Iberia Plus wine offer earns 500 Avios Iberia’s wine partner, Vinoseleccion, is .....

1 Jun 20171 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: double Avios on BA’s regional weekend routes, buy the contents of Heathrow Terminal 1 Amex .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: .....

31 May 201731 May 2017 by HfP team

News in brief: Earn double Avios on BA’s regional weekend routes British Airways is offering double Avios points on its weekend services operated from regional airports.  These are the flights .....

News in brief: Earn double Avios on BA’s regional weekend routes British Airways is offering double .....

31 May 201731 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

American Express has, quietly, slipped out a new version of the Membership Rewards terms and conditions. You can see the document here (PDF) – you are looking for pages 18+.  The main .....

American Express has, quietly, slipped out a new version of the Membership Rewards terms and conditions. You .....

31 May 201731 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

We were down at Four Seasons Hampshire over the weekend, which I know is a weekend break spot for many of our readers.  It was a complete disaster.  I have never, ever, seen more people in a hotel .....

We were down at Four Seasons Hampshire over the weekend, which I know is a weekend break spot for many of our .....

31 May 201731 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

Last week we published something on HfP which, whilst totally innocent, inadvertently had the potential to cause us a PR problem if it had been publicised.  We shut it down quickly with a full and .....

Last week we published something on HfP which, whilst totally innocent, inadvertently had the potential to .....

30 May 201730 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 220 comments

News in brief: Iberia launches a 50% ‘buy Avios’ bonus Last week we saw a 50% bonus if you bought Avios points via British Airways Executive Club, AerClub or avios.com. Iberia has launched .....

News in brief: Iberia launches a 50% ‘buy Avios’ bonus Last week we saw a 50% bonus if you bought .....

30 May 201730 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

News in brief: How to pre-order your BA duty free for at-seat delivery I would be fibbing if I said that I had never bought any duty free items on a flight, but I’m rarely in the mood – .....

News in brief: How to pre-order your BA duty free for at-seat delivery I would be fibbing if I said that I had .....

30 May 201730 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

How should your miles and points collecting change if you are a solo traveller?  I thought it was worth updating this article which I originally ran in 2013. Whilst Head for Points generally .....

How should your miles and points collecting change if you are a solo traveller?  I thought it was worth .....

29 May 201729 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

A quick reminder that 7th June (the deadline has been extended by a week from 31st May) is the last day to apply for the Etihad credit card with the current bonus of 15,000 Etihad Guest miles. This .....

A quick reminder that 7th June (the deadline has been extended by a week from 31st May) is the last day to .....

29 May 201729 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Just under two years ago, Virgin Flying Club teamed up with hotel booking site Kaligo.com to offer a new way of redeeming your Virgin miles.  You can now use them to pay for hotels .....

Just under two years ago, Virgin Flying Club teamed up with hotel booking site Kaligo.com to offer a new way .....

29 May 201729 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

I don’t try to pretend that I’m an expert on things I don’t understand.  That’s why I am going to spare you my thoughts on the impressive British Airways shut-down yesterday. .....

I don’t try to pretend that I’m an expert on things I don’t understand.  That’s why I .....

28 May 201728 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 221 comments

Most of the supermarket chains, plus Ocado, offer incentives to encourage you to make your first online grocery order.  What is very rare is to offer you an incentive for FUTURE online orders. .....

Most of the supermarket chains, plus Ocado, offer incentives to encourage you to make your first online .....

28 May 201728 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments