Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite having four Club World tickets booked, we arrived at Dubai Airport to find that an aircraft .....

Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 233 comments

News in brief: Get a €100 status credit with any Avis rental A reader sent me a link to this new Avis offer.  If you are signed up to Avis Preferred and make a booking in the current Avis sale, for .....

News in brief: Get a €100 status credit with any Avis rental A reader sent me a link to this new Avis offer. .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the whirl of the festive season, it isn’t too late. You still have time to save £15 on .....

If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

This is our review of The Yorkshire Lounge at Leeds Bradford Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. Reader James kindly .....

This is our review of The Yorkshire Lounge at Leeds Bradford Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on exploiting sign-up bonuses.  Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....

The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on exploiting sign-up bonuses.  Get .....

17 Jan 201717 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 191 comments

Accor (Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Pullman etc) has the best ‘last minute’ scheme of ANY UK hotel chain. Every Monday and Tuesday, it makes rooms available for the following two .....

Accor (Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Pullman etc) has the best ‘last minute’ scheme of ANY UK .....

17 Jan 201717 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and Flybe to codeshare to Heathrow As I covered a couple of weeks ago, Flybe is to launch flights to London Heathrow from Edinburgh and Aberdeen in March.  These will .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and Flybe to codeshare to Heathrow As I covered a couple of weeks ago, Flybe is .....

17 Jan 201717 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

The luxury hotel companies (Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental etc) do not get a lot of coverage on Head for Points due to their lack of loyalty schemes.  This is despite the fact that many HfP readers .....

The luxury hotel companies (Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental etc) do not get a lot of coverage on Head for .....

16 Jan 201716 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

British Airways guarantees to release at least 2 Club World and 4 World Traveller seats on every long haul flight for Avios redemption. These are made available as soon as tickets for the flight go on .....

British Airways guarantees to release at least 2 Club World and 4 World Traveller seats on every long haul .....

16 Jan 201716 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 153 comments

If you’ve ever stayed in Las Vegas or at a US beach resort, you have probably been subjected to ‘resort fees’. These are, without a doubt, the biggest scam in the hotel business .....

If you’ve ever stayed in Las Vegas or at a US beach resort, you have probably been subjected to .....

16 Jan 201716 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

This is our review of the 1903 lounge at Bristol Airport. At the time this review was written, it was known as the AspirePlus lounge.  It was rebranded to 1903 in May 2023, with the Aspire lounge .....

This is our review of the 1903 lounge at Bristol Airport. At the time this review was written, it was known as .....

16 Jan 201716 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 4 comments

British Airways is, at last, gearing up for the launch of the new Club World cabin. A member of cabin crew sent me a memo on training requirements for the new cabin.  What is interesting about this .....

British Airways is, at last, gearing up for the launch of the new Club World cabin. A member of cabin crew .....

15 Jan 201715 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

This year London City Airport turns 30. London City Airport has seen a lot of growth over the last three decades with a huge increase in routes and passengers. In 1987 15,000 passengers travelled to .....

This year London City Airport turns 30. London City Airport has seen a lot of growth over the last three .....

15 Jan 201715 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 21 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza group, has launched its Spring promotion. It seems simple but comes with a twist. The promotion runs from 9th January to 31st March and you MUST .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza group, has launched its Spring promotion. It seems simple .....

15 Jan 201715 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments