The Government announced on Thursday that a consortium comprising of Stagecoach (90%) and Virgin Rail (10%) will take over the East Coast rail franchise from 1st March 2015. I will not dwell on the .....

The Government announced on Thursday that a consortium comprising of Stagecoach (90%) and Virgin Rail (10%) .....

29 Nov 201429 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Over the Summer there were a couple of generous Clubcard point promotions from the Tesco-owned blinkbox Movies and blinkbox Books.  Now it is time for their music streaming service to join in. .....

Over the Summer there were a couple of generous Clubcard point promotions from the Tesco-owned blinkbox Movies .....

29 Nov 201429 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I have dropped this in as one of the rare ‘middle of the day’ posts because this is a genuinely impressive deal. If you don’t have your Christmas or New Year plans finalised yet, .....

I have dropped this in as one of the rare ‘middle of the day’ posts because this is a genuinely .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought back the 48-hour Winter Sale that it originally ran earlier in the month.  Booking is now .....

IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Tesco has launched an online gift card store just in time for Christmas! The bad news is that 3V gift cards are not available.  The fee paying Visa gift cards are not available either. On the .....

Tesco has launched an online gift card store just in time for Christmas! The bad news is that 3V gift cards .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

As ‘Black Friday’ deals go it is not going to win any prizes for generosity. However, if you are doing any Christmas shopping online today then remember that the Avios estore is giving 100 .....

As ‘Black Friday’ deals go it is not going to win any prizes for generosity. However, if you are .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

On Tuesday I wrote about the launch of Kaligo, the new British Airways Executive Club partner.  Kaligo is a hotel booking website which rewards you with 5 – 20 Avios points for every £1 you .....

On Tuesday I wrote about the launch of Kaligo, the new British Airways Executive Club partner.  Kaligo is a .....

27 Nov 201427 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Don’t forget that tomorrow Mastercard is repeating its promotion which will get you free travel to work and back if you live or work in London Mastercard has announced that this Friday is again .....

Don’t forget that tomorrow Mastercard is repeating its promotion which will get you free travel to work .....

27 Nov 201427 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

For as long as I can remember, IHG Rewards Club and its predecessor, Priority Club, has offered a small range of ‘real’ goods for points redemption.  There was also a modest range of .....

For as long as I can remember, IHG Rewards Club and its predecessor, Priority Club, has offered a small range .....

27 Nov 201427 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Today I am launching another Head for Points giveaway! Courtesy of boardgameguru.co.uk we have six copies of board game ‘Jet Set’ for HfP readers to win. About ‘Jet Set’ .....

Today I am launching another Head for Points giveaway! Courtesy of boardgameguru.co.uk we have six copies of .....

26 Nov 201426 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 811 comments

If you have been taking part in the Avios Suitcase ‘game’ on Facebook, a few more badges have been added in recent weeks. It is a while since I logged in (August?).  The current .....

If you have been taking part in the Avios Suitcase ‘game’ on Facebook, a few more badges have been .....

26 Nov 201426 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have announced new services from London to Philadelphia this week. American already runs a daily flight to Philadelphia and will be doubling this to two .....

Both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have announced new services from London to Philadelphia this week. .....

26 Nov 201426 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Back in September I reported that hotel booking site Rocketmiles was now partnering with British Airways Executive Club to offer Avios points when you booked a hotel with them. BA has just launched a .....

Back in September I reported that hotel booking site Rocketmiles was now partnering with British Airways .....

25 Nov 201425 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Qatar Airways has launched another batch of ‘2 for 1’ business class deals from the UK.  These are well priced but are only valid when two people travel together. You need to book these .....

Qatar Airways has launched another batch of ‘2 for 1’ business class deals from the UK.  These .....

25 Nov 201425 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments