News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios with £60 LEGO spend It’s back – another Lego deal from Tesco Direct. Until Monday night, you will receive 1,000 Clubcard points (worth 2,400 Avios or 2,500 .....

News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios with £60 LEGO spend It’s back – another Lego deal from Tesco .....

24 Aug 201624 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

Regular readers may remember that, back in May, I wrote about an Avios redemption I had booked which was – by a large margin – the most lucrative I have ever done. I thought it only fair .....

Regular readers may remember that, back in May, I wrote about an Avios redemption I had booked which was .....

24 Aug 201624 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the 40-strong UK hotel group, receives very little coverage on Head for Points.  This is despite the fact that it runs one of my favourite hotels, the Bath Spa Hotel .....

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the 40-strong UK hotel group, receives very little coverage on Head for .....

24 Aug 201624 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

It is always risky writing about deals which are not yet launched as there is always a chance that they get pulled at the last minute or start late.  So, if it is not live when you read this, .....

It is always risky writing about deals which are not yet launched as there is always a chance that they get .....

23 Aug 201623 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Hilton HHonors is currently offering a 30% to 50% discount when you buy points – see this page and click through.  A 50% discount – and it is fairly likely you will get the 50% option .....

Hilton HHonors is currently offering a 30% to 50% discount when you buy points – see this page and .....

23 Aug 201623 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

My review of the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at Manchester Piccadilly was only supposed to be part of a ‘bits’ article.  However, even though the lounge is quite small, I really .....

My review of the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at Manchester Piccadilly was only supposed to be part of a .....

23 Aug 201623 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 15 comments

If you have ever tried to redeem IHG Rewards Club points, you will know that IHG offers ‘cash and points’ alternatives when booking.  If a hotel costs 30,000 points (like the new Holiday .....

If you have ever tried to redeem IHG Rewards Club points, you will know that IHG offers ‘cash and .....

22 Aug 201622 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

News in brief: Last chance to fly a Boeing 777 from Manchester to Munich Singapore Airlines is restructuring its European routes and is about to launch a direct flight from Singapore to Manchester. .....

News in brief: Last chance to fly a Boeing 777 from Manchester to Munich Singapore Airlines is restructuring .....

22 Aug 201622 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

This is my review of the new Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre hotel. Etihad invited me to Manchester recently for a conference at the Etihad Stadium.  We chose the Holiday Inn in the city centre .....

This is my review of the new Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre hotel. Etihad invited me to Manchester .....

22 Aug 201622 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

The acquisition of the Starwood hotel group – owner of W, Westin, Sheraton, St Regis, The Luxury Collection, aloft etc – by Marriott is running late. The cause is Chinese competition .....

The acquisition of the Starwood hotel group – owner of W, Westin, Sheraton, St Regis, The Luxury .....

21 Aug 201621 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to pay your road tax with an American Express card has come and gone over the last couple of .....

News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to .....

21 Aug 201621 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

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 Aug 201621 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

News in brief: New British Airways route from Stansted announced Over the summer, British Airways has been running a series of routes from Stansted at the weekend.  These use aircraft which would .....

News in brief: New British Airways route from Stansted announced Over the summer, British Airways has been .....

20 Aug 201620 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

This is my review of the newly refurbished Virgin East Coast trains First Class Lounge at London Kings Cross Until this month I had never been to a lounge at a train station – and now I’ve .....

This is my review of the newly refurbished Virgin East Coast trains First Class Lounge at London Kings Cross .....

20 Aug 201620 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments