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The Royal Mint, at the end of October, will launch this rather snazzy £20 coin featuring St George and the dragon. Why do I mention this on Head for Points? Well: The £20 coins are being sold for .....
The Royal Mint, at the end of October, will launch this rather snazzy £20 coin featuring St George and the .....
30 Sep 201330 September 2013 • 11 comments
British Airways is running a special promotion in conjunction with its two foreign exchange partners, American Express Currency Exchange and Moneycorp (Terminal 5 only). From today until 6th January, .....
British Airways is running a special promotion in conjunction with its two foreign exchange partners, American .....
13 Dec 201313 December 2013 • 39 comments
An email arrives from avios.com, encouraging me to take advantage of their special deal for buying Avios. Until October 26th, I can get up to 6,000 bonus Avios when I make a purchase. Details are .....
An email arrives from avios.com, encouraging me to take advantage of their special deal for buying Avios. .....
17 Oct 201217 October 2012
Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 13th September, see here for further details. Note that you need to log-in to see details of the bonus .....
Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 13th .....
8 Sep 20128 September 2012
The forthcoming potential to merge Avios and BMI Diamond Club miles from 3rd July has thrown up some interesting arbitrage opportunities. One is the conversion rate for BAA WorldPoints, the .....
The forthcoming potential to merge Avios and BMI Diamond Club miles from 3rd July has thrown up some .....
2 Jun 20122 June 2012
In my BMI piece on Friday, I wrote this: One other interesting titbit has appeared on the BMI website, but was not in the newsletter: “Please note, we are implementing a “status freeze”, .....
In my BMI piece on Friday, I wrote this: One other interesting titbit has appeared on the BMI website, but was .....
17 Jun 201217 June 2012
From 1st April to 30th June, Hilton has been offering Double Points or Double Miles for every qualifying stay at one of their properties worldwide. You can still sign up here. Note that you can .....
From 1st April to 30th June, Hilton has been offering Double Points or Double Miles for every qualifying stay .....
30 May 201230 May 2012
As part of the 20th birthday celebrations for Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme, the sign-up bonus on the UK Miles & More credit card has been increased (again) from 1,500 miles to .....
As part of the 20th birthday celebrations for Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme, the sign-up bonus .....
11 Jul 201311 July 2013
For two weeks only, from today – July 2nd – to July 15th, BAA WorldPoints is offering a 100% bonus if you convert your stash of WorldPoints into Avios. This is a very good offer, and I .....
For two weeks only, from today – July 2nd – to July 15th, BAA WorldPoints is offering a 100% bonus .....
2 Jul 20122 July 2012 • 3 comments
I had an email from a reader recently who asked me about how easy it was to ‘churn’ various credit cards, ie cancel them and then reapply, picking up another sign-up bonus. He suggested .....
I had an email from a reader recently who asked me about how easy it was to ‘churn’ various credit .....
29 Apr 201329 April 2013 • 29 comments
Virgin Atlantic announced yesterday that they have been awarded all 12 of the daily slot pairs at Heathrow that BA had to give up as part of the acquisition of bmi. Here is the email that Virgin .....
Virgin Atlantic announced yesterday that they have been awarded all 12 of the daily slot pairs at Heathrow .....
20 Nov 201220 November 2012 • 1 comment
Amex sent an interesting offer around to its British Airways Premium Plus American Express cardholders last week. It is, apparently, their ‘hottest ever offer’. We can only hope that .....
Amex sent an interesting offer around to its British Airways Premium Plus American Express cardholders last .....
6 Oct 20126 October 2012 • 3 comments
American Express has launched an interesting promotion to promote its foreign currency transfer service. Full details can be found here (deleted as now dead). In summary, Amex is offering 5,000 .....
American Express has launched an interesting promotion to promote its foreign currency transfer service. Full .....
15 Nov 201215 November 2012 • 14 comments
As you may have read in the press, Qatar Airways has signed a deal to join the oneworld alliance in the next 12-18 months. As you can redeem Avios on all oneworld carriers (current members include .....
As you may have read in the press, Qatar Airways has signed a deal to join the oneworld alliance in the next .....
9 Oct 20129 October 2012 • 3 comments
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