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Whilst there has been no formal announcement, Marriott International is switching most of its UK regional Marriott hotels to its Delta brand over the next three months. Marriott International treats .....
Whilst there has been no formal announcement, Marriott International is switching most of its UK regional .....
22 Aug 202222 August 2022 • 91 comments
Earlier this month I was invited to Newcastle Airport for the official launch of THREE new Aspire lounges at the airport. The abandoned British Airways space has been combined with the old Aspire .....
Earlier this month I was invited to Newcastle Airport for the official launch of THREE new Aspire lounges at .....
31 May 202431 May 2024 • 54 comments
Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner. 400 Nectar points will get you a voucher (in the form of a QR code, saved in the Nectar app, to be scanned in-store) for ANY hot .....
Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner. 400 Nectar points will get you a .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 77 comments
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic extends Tel Aviv flight suspension Last week we covered the news that British Airways would resume flights to Tel Aviv on 1st April. It will be a skeleton service with .....
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic extends Tel Aviv flight suspension Last week we covered the news that British .....
13 Feb 202413 February 2024 • 65 comments
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....
15 Dec 202415 December 2024 • 19 comments
Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....
Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....
31 Mar 202531 March 2025
American Express has brought back ‘Amex Stays’, a generous cashback offer covering 40+ UK hotels and a handful of rather random European properties! This is totally separate to the .....
American Express has brought back ‘Amex Stays’, a generous cashback offer covering 40+ UK hotels .....
9 Apr 20259 April 2025 • 20 comments
How can you earn Emirates Skywards miles from UK credit cards? Emirates Skywards no longer has its own UK credit card. It used to have two UK credit cards, issued by MBNA. The cards (image below) were .....
How can you earn Emirates Skywards miles from UK credit cards? Emirates Skywards no longer has its own UK .....
1 Mar 20251 March 2025
How can you earn Etihad Guest miles from UK credit cards? Etihad Guest no longer has its own UK credit card. It used to have a UK card, issued by MBNA. The card (image below) was withdrawn in mid 2018 .....
How can you earn Etihad Guest miles from UK credit cards? Etihad Guest no longer has its own UK credit card. .....
1 Mar 20251 March 2025
How can you earn SAS EuroBonus points from UK credit cards? SAS EuroBonus does not have its own UK credit card. All is not lost though! I want to run through the options if you still want to collect .....
How can you earn SAS EuroBonus points from UK credit cards? SAS EuroBonus does not have its own UK credit .....
1 Mar 20251 March 2025
If you've been following Head for Points over the last couple of months, you'll know that there is an exciting new way to use your Avios. .....
If you've been following Head for Points over the last couple of months, you'll know that there is an exciting .....
9 Oct 20249 October 2024 • 37 comments
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....
14 Oct 202414 October 2024 • 23 comments
This is our review of Hilton’s Conrad Osaka hotel in Japan. After two nights in Nagoya (TIAD Nagoya hotel review here) I took the Shinkansen bullet train about 50 minutes west to Osaka. Both .....
This is our review of Hilton’s Conrad Osaka hotel in Japan. After two nights in Nagoya (TIAD Nagoya .....
29 Sep 202429 September 2024 • 31 comments
Is it worth redeeming your Virgin Points to pay, in full or in part, for a Virgin Atlantic Holidays package? Let’s take a look. This article is Part 8 of our updated ‘Virgin .....
Is it worth redeeming your Virgin Points to pay, in full or in part, for a Virgin Atlantic Holidays .....
20 Sep 202420 September 2024 • 9 comments
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