If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. In a surprise announcement, Air France has announced a new business class seat that will be flying from September. It is joining a growing gang of .....

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. In a surprise announcement, Air France has announced a new .....

13 May 202213 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

News in brief: Aer Lingus adds two new UK regional routes Aer Lingus is adding two new routes from Dublin to the UK. These will both be operated by Emerald Airlines as part of its Aer Lingus franchise .....

News in brief: Aer Lingus adds two new UK regional routes Aer Lingus is adding two new routes from Dublin to .....

13 Sep 202213 September 2022 by Rhys Jones

In this article I want to look at which airlines you can book with Avios points. You know about British Airways, of course.  But there are actually 32 airlines which let you use Avios for .....

In this article I want to look at which airlines you can book with Avios points. You know about British .....

27 Jul 202427 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Two bits of Virgin Atlantic news: What’s happening to the Seoul route? Odd things are happening with Virgin Atlantic’s long promised route to Seoul. As we covered here, tickets went on .....

Two bits of Virgin Atlantic news: What’s happening to the Seoul route? Odd things are happening with .....

28 Jun 202528 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

British Airways is launching a new ‘Avios only’ flight at 10am today, Thursday. If you’re not familiar with these, it is a pair of flights where EVERY seat in EVERY cabin is made .....

British Airways is launching a new ‘Avios only’ flight at 10am today, Thursday. If you’re .....

11 Apr 202411 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click here to read. It is his combined thoughts from a moderated public Q&A and a private .....

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click .....

4 Mar 20244 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 46 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 .....

4 Jan 20254 January 2025 by HfP team • 65 comments

News in brief: Norse Atlantic drops Gatwick to San Francisco flights Norse Atlantic appears to be reviewing its route network, having trimmed flights to Barbados and dropped Kingston entirely. The .....

News in brief: Norse Atlantic drops Gatwick to San Francisco flights Norse Atlantic appears to be reviewing .....

8 Sep 20238 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

Later this year, Iberia will be the first airline to take delivery of the extended-range Airbus A321XLR. Internal IAG politics means that the Spanish flag carrier is leap-frogging its sister airline .....

Later this year, Iberia will be the first airline to take delivery of the extended-range Airbus A321XLR. .....

8 Jun 20248 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 66 comments

In July 2019, Aer Lingus started flights to Minneapolis – Saint Paul in the US. (It actually announced Montreal and Minneapolis on the same day – whatever happened to the Montreal plans?) .....

In July 2019, Aer Lingus started flights to Minneapolis – Saint Paul in the US. (It actually announced .....

10 Aug 202310 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Jet2 is moving to the south coast, with the announcement yesterday of a new base at Bournemouth Airport. Bournemouth will become Jet2’s 12th UK base when flights start on 1st April 2025. (Yes, .....

Jet2 is moving to the south coast, with the announcement yesterday of a new base at Bournemouth Airport. .....

27 Mar 202427 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

21 Dec 202421 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 2 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 .....

19 May 202519 May 2025 by Rob Burgess

If it feels like you’ve been reading a lot about Etihad recently, you have. The Etihad from before covid is very different to the Etihad we see now. After trying and failing to compete with .....

If it feels like you’ve been reading a lot about Etihad recently, you have. The Etihad from before covid .....

28 Feb 202428 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments