I know that a lot of Head for Points readers have taken out an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card in the last few weeks as they try to top-up their Avios before the April 28th devaluation. .....

I know that a lot of Head for Points readers have taken out an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card in .....

22 Feb 201522 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all. The scheme has been around for a while and offers a number of benefits: Free seat selection .....

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all. The .....

22 Feb 201522 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

A few days ago I wrote about how On Business redemptions (the British Airways loyalty programme for small companies) now represented better value due to the removal of fuel surcharges. It seems I .....

A few days ago I wrote about how On Business redemptions (the British Airways loyalty programme for small .....

21 Feb 201521 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

I know this is a slightly off-beat article but it is Saturday after all. If you have a Nectar card, you may be interested to know that they have launched a new partnership with Caffe Nero. For 350 .....

I know this is a slightly off-beat article but it is Saturday after all. If you have a Nectar card, you may be .....

21 Feb 201521 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

American Airlines is the latest airline to partner with HolidayCheck to offer airline miles in return for reviewing hotels on their website. It seems that, in an attempt to compete with TripAdvisor, .....

American Airlines is the latest airline to partner with HolidayCheck to offer airline miles in return for .....

21 Feb 201521 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be.  I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Not many people know that Tesco bought the Dobbies chain of garden centres back in 2007. Since then, it has been run separately with very little integration. Whatever plan Tesco had for the business .....

Not many people know that Tesco bought the Dobbies chain of garden centres back in 2007. Since then, it has .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Qatar Airways announced a major expansion of services to South Africa this week.  As you can book Qatar services with your Avios points, this opens up some new options. This is what Qatar Airways .....

Qatar Airways announced a major expansion of services to South Africa this week.  As you can book Qatar .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is second of my reviews following my recent trip to Abu Dhabi.  Other articles cover the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel, the Business Class Studio on the new Etihad A380, the .....

This is second of my reviews following my recent trip to Abu Dhabi.  Other articles cover the Hilton .....

19 Feb 201519 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

19 Feb 201519 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Tesco promotions for bonus Clubcard points – and therefore bonus Avios points or Virgin miles – are very thin on the ground at the moment. It is a rather poor state of affairs when the .....

Tesco promotions for bonus Clubcard points – and therefore bonus Avios points or Virgin miles .....

19 Feb 201519 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This article is my review of the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel. This is the first part of my series on my recent trip to Abu Dhabi.  Other articles cover the Etihad lounge in Heathrow .....

This article is my review of the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel. This is the first part of my series .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

I’d like to give a very big ‘thank you’ to everyone who entered our Qatar Airways competition. Running for almost a month, it attracted a mammoth 6,786 entries. There can only be one .....

I’d like to give a very big ‘thank you’ to everyone who entered our Qatar Airways .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

There are some phrases you never expect to be writing and that is one of them.  However, confirmation arrived yesterday that British Airways franchisee SUN-AIR of Scandinavia is launching a service .....

There are some phrases you never expect to be writing and that is one of them.  However, confirmation arrived .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments