Regular readers will know about the disaster (for British Airways, in particular) of the launch of the Electronic Travel Authorisation programme. The ETA scheme forces most people visiting the United .....

Regular readers will know about the disaster (for British Airways, in particular) of the launch of the .....

17 Jan 202517 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 176 comments

Marriott Bonvoy is currently offering a substantially increased sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Credit Card.  The sign-up bonus is TRIPLED from 20,000 Marriott Bonvoy .....

Marriott Bonvoy is currently offering a substantially increased sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy .....

1 Jul 20241 July 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 3 comments

This is our review of the Capital on Tap Pro Visa credit card. Capital on Tap – a small UK payments card company which I admit you may never have heard of – runs the only small business .....

This is our review of the Capital on Tap Pro Visa credit card. Capital on Tap – a small UK payments card .....

1 Sep 20241 September 2024 by Rob Burgess

Last March we wrote about the new Avios booking platform that launched at the Aer Lingus website. This replaced the old booking site which was found at avios.com. You can find it here. This means that .....

Last March we wrote about the new Avios booking platform that launched at the Aer Lingus website. This .....

24 Jan 202524 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Marriott has scored a minor coup by signing the Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester to Autograph Collection. The website is here. Autograph Collection is Marriott’s ‘soft’ brand for .....

Marriott has scored a minor coup by signing the Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester to Autograph Collection. .....

28 Nov 202428 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

As an editorial rule, Head for Points does not usually write about hotels which only exist on paper. A contract may be signed but it doesn’t mean that the project will ever happen. We do cover .....

As an editorial rule, Head for Points does not usually write about hotels which only exist on paper. A .....

2 Jul 20242 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

If you are a NatWest customer you will probably have heard of tastecard, as it comes with some of their accounts. It's not exactly a well kept secret that tastecard offer excellent deals on eating .....

If you are a NatWest customer you will probably have heard of tastecard, as it comes with some of their .....

17 Sep 202417 September 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 122 comments

As part of English Wine Week, Virgin Red is offering a special deal on Henners Foxearle English Sparkling Brut. Until 25th June, you can order a bottle of Henners Foxearle for just 3,000 Virgin .....

As part of English Wine Week, Virgin Red is offering a special deal on Henners Foxearle English Sparkling .....

16 Jun 202316 June 2023 by Rob Burgess

If you are opted in to British Airways Executive Club marketing emails, you may have received an interesting offer today. If you book a BA short haul Gatwick flight for cash by 23:59 on Monday, you .....

If you are opted in to British Airways Executive Club marketing emails, you may have received an interesting .....

20 Oct 202220 October 2022 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

There is finally closure on the drawn out sale process of Italy’s ITA Airways. ITA is the ‘reborn’ Alitalia, although the airline is not currently operating on the scale of its .....

There is finally closure on the drawn out sale process of Italy’s ITA Airways. ITA is the .....

27 May 202327 May 2023 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

As spotted by Simple Flying, British Airways is bringing its long haul Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft to selected European flights this Spring. This is not the first time this has happened – during .....

As spotted by Simple Flying, British Airways is bringing its long haul Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft to selected .....

5 Feb 20235 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 76 comments

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you could fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you would receive 1 .....

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....

26 Jan 202526 January 2025 by HfP team • 137 comments

United Airlines has announced that its service from Edinburgh to Washington DC is moving to (almost) year-round from ‘summer only’. Instead of ending on 25th October, flights will now .....

United Airlines has announced that its service from Edinburgh to Washington DC is moving to (almost) .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This is our review of the Canopy Paris Eiffel Tower hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....

This is our review of the Canopy Paris Eiffel Tower hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for .....

13 Jul 202413 July 2024 by Rhys Jones • 7 comments