The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday have become the latest partners to walk away from the Nectar loyalty scheme. They join an increasingly long list. It is only a matter of time before the only Nectar .....

The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday have become the latest partners to walk away from the Nectar loyalty scheme. .....

4 Sep 20234 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

Four interesting new American Express cashback offers have popped up. As usual, you may be targetted for all, some or none of these offers on all, some or none of your Amex cards. You need to opt-in .....

Four interesting new American Express cashback offers have popped up. As usual, you may be targetted for all, .....

31 May 202431 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card they should get.  These often come with the caveat “but I don’t want to pay .....

I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....

17 Mar 202417 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

This is our review of the new Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge in Los Angeles. Virgin Atlantic opened its latest Clubhouse business class lounge last week, fulfilling (just!) its promise of a Q1 .....

This is our review of the new Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge in Los Angeles. Virgin Atlantic opened its .....

6 Apr 20256 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 24 comments

This week sees the relaunch of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. This is a very interesting product for the UK miles and points collector. You can transfer the points you earn to .....

This week sees the relaunch of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. This is a very interesting .....

25 Sep 202425 September 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 118 comments

How does the upgrade voucher issued with Barclays Avios Rewards to Barclays Premier customers work? I am spending some time this week looking again (after a lengthy gap) at the Barclays Premier and .....

How does the upgrade voucher issued with Barclays Avios Rewards to Barclays Premier customers work? I am .....

5 Sep 20245 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

If you have Virgin Atlantic flights to Cape Town booked for this winter, you may need to take action. Virgin Atlantic has moved the return flight from daytime (10.15am, arriving in Heathrow at 8.10pm) .....

If you have Virgin Atlantic flights to Cape Town booked for this winter, you may need to take action. Virgin .....

16 Jun 202516 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Whenever we write about travelling in business class to Australia or New Zealand, we generally suggest cash over Avios. There are a number of reasons for this: This is why the current Cathay Pacific .....

Whenever we write about travelling in business class to Australia or New Zealand, we generally suggest cash .....

25 Oct 202425 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

British Airways isn’t the only airline to (re)launch flights to Bangkok this year. Italian flag carrier ITA has just announced it will launch direct flights from Rome to Bangkok from .....

British Airways isn’t the only airline to (re)launch flights to Bangkok this year. Italian flag carrier .....

2 Jul 20242 July 2024 by Rhys Jones

Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – see here. This involves an extra eight seats being added to each aircraft with seat pitch .....

Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – .....

16 Jan 202416 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

This is the second part of our article about the extension of Reward Flight Saver to long haul Club World and World Traveller Plus Avios redemptions on British Airways. Part 1 is here. In summary: .....

This is the second part of our article about the extension of Reward Flight Saver to long haul Club World and .....

7 Dec 20227 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 210 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

4 Jun 20244 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

How can you open an Avios family account? As part of the Executive Club, British Airways allows you to create a household account for your family in order to share and pool Avios. In this article .....

How can you open an Avios family account? As part of the Executive Club, British Airways allows you to create .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

How can you open a British Airways Household Account? As part of the Executive Club, British Airways allows you to create a household account in order to share and pool Avios. In this article .....

How can you open a British Airways Household Account? As part of the Executive Club, British Airways allows .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess