Today is the soft launch day for a Head for Points spin-off project, Shopper Points. You can earn 1,000 Clubcard points to celebrate.   Full details are below. First, I wanted to explain why I have .....

Today is the soft launch day for a Head for Points spin-off project, Shopper Points. You can earn 1,000 .....

6 Dec 20156 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

News in brief: Hilton status matching is working OK I wrote about Hilton HHonors offering to match your status in another existing hotel programme last week. The good news is that Hilton is now .....

News in brief: Hilton status matching is working OK I wrote about Hilton HHonors offering to match your status .....

6 Dec 20156 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 97 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 .....

6 Dec 20156 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Today, Saturday 5th December, is the third outing for the UK version of ‘Small Business Saturday’, a slightly more welcome US import than Black Friday. It is, in theory, little more than .....

Today, Saturday 5th December, is the third outing for the UK version of ‘Small Business .....

5 Dec 20155 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 130 comments

For just a couple of days, until midnight on Monday, British Airways is offering discounts of up to 40% on Club Europe flight and hotel packages. These are very good deals if you are flexible about .....

For just a couple of days, until midnight on Monday, British Airways is offering discounts of up to 40% on .....

5 Dec 20155 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Last week, British Airways American Express cardholders were sent unique promotional codes offering them £25 off a British Airways short haul flight. The codes were unique to each individual.  They .....

Last week, British Airways American Express cardholders were sent unique promotional codes offering them £25 .....

4 Dec 20154 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

The devaluation of the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard takes place this month.  Today I want to consider whether you should ditch the card for the IHG Rewards Club Premium Visa, especially whilst the .....

The devaluation of the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard takes place this month.  Today I want to consider whether .....

4 Dec 20154 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

News in brief: Malaysia Airlines culls European routes in restructuring It has, of course, been a torrid time for Malaysia Airlines over the last couple of years. It seems like only yesterday when I .....

News in brief: Malaysia Airlines culls European routes in restructuring It has, of course, been a torrid time .....

4 Dec 20154 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

This is my review of the Hilton Helsinki Airport hotel. With my Finnair flight arriving into Helsinki well past midnight, and the train service into Helsinki closed for the evening, it made sense to .....

This is my review of the Hilton Helsinki Airport hotel. With my Finnair flight arriving into Helsinki well .....

4 Dec 20154 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

British Airways launched a three day ‘buy Avios’ flash sale yesterday, offering a bonus of 40% for purchases made by the end of Friday.  The page to buy Avios points is here. I received .....

British Airways launched a three day ‘buy Avios’ flash sale yesterday, offering a bonus of 40% .....

3 Dec 20153 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

News in brief: Get 3,000 airline miles with a hotel booking, including Avios Rocketmiles, a Kaligo.com clone, is a hotel booking site which offers airline miles with every booking.  You won’t .....

News in brief: Get 3,000 airline miles with a hotel booking, including Avios Rocketmiles, a Kaligo.com clone, .....

3 Dec 20153 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is the final part of my review of the new Finnair A350 aircraft which I flew recently on a test flight from Heathrow to Helsinki and back. Yesterday was the ‘proper’ review of what .....

This is the final part of my review of the new Finnair A350 aircraft which I flew recently on a test flight .....

3 Dec 20153 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club.  In December, they are giving away 72 million Avios points in a major competition. First, a quick reminder of .....

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club.  In December, they .....

2 Dec 20152 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Two weeks ago, I flew to Helsinki and back in Finnair business class.  This was an opportunity to be one of the first people to fly the new Airbus A350 XWB and also to try out Finnair. Finnair, .....

Two weeks ago, I flew to Helsinki and back in Finnair business class.  This was an opportunity to be one of .....

2 Dec 20152 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments