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The cheapest way to get to Australia in Business Class with Avios, by far, is with Qatar Airways. The cost is only 180,000 Avios return plus around ยฃ600 of taxes and charges per person. Availability .....
The cheapest way to get to Australia in Business Class with Avios, by far, is with Qatar Airways. The cost is .....
23 Apr 202423 April 2024 • 108 comments
Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage we’ve given it on Head for Points over the past few years. citizenM first started as an .....
Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage .....
28 Apr 202528 April 2025 • 36 comments
This is our review of the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul hotel on the shores of the Bosphorus. Turkey had been on our list for a family holiday for a long time – we had to cancel a previous .....
This is our review of the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul hotel on the shores of the Bosphorus. Turkey had .....
21 Sep 202421 September 2024 • 48 comments
In 2022 IHG launched its new IHG One Rewards loyalty programme, which covers Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, InterContinental, Holiday Inn Express etc. We were very pleasantly surprised with .....
In 2022 IHG launched its new IHG One Rewards loyalty programme, which covers Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel .....
22 Jun 202522 June 2025 • 42 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 .....
5 Apr 20255 April 2025
I was reading through our forum last week when I saw a comment from a HfP reader who was in the middle of a winter break in Doha. He had flown from Madrid on Iberia and had paid just 68,000 Avios + .....
I was reading through our forum last week when I saw a comment from a HfP reader who was in the middle of a .....
29 Jan 202429 January 2024 • 118 comments
You may not know that you can get free access to club lounges at some InterContinental hotels if you book via a travel agent who is affiliated to the exclusive Virtuoso network. This is a benefit .....
You may not know that you can get free access to club lounges at some InterContinental hotels if you book via .....
14 May 202414 May 2024 • 13 comments
This is our review of the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice 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 Hilton Molino Stucky Venice hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for .....
27 Jul 202427 July 2024 • 47 comments
On Tuesday, we attended one of the regular Aviation Club UK lunches to hear Tom Stoddart speak. (The Aviation Club UK always gets top speakers for its lunches. Recent guests include Qatar Airways CEO .....
On Tuesday, we attended one of the regular Aviation Club UK lunches to hear Tom Stoddart speak. (The Aviation .....
14 Sep 202314 September 2023 • 105 comments
Using your phone abroad can quickly get expensive when you rely on your existing phone line. Fortunately, a simple workaround has emerged in the past few years, enabled by new eSIM technology found in .....
Using your phone abroad can quickly get expensive when you rely on your existing phone line. Fortunately, a .....
12 Jan 202512 January 2025 • 239 comments
German car rental group SIXT and Marriott Bonvoy have been partners for 24 years, and the two have just announced a deepening of the relationship. Two things have been improved: In my admittedly .....
German car rental group SIXT and Marriott Bonvoy have been partners for 24 years, and the two have just .....
25 Feb 202425 February 2024 • 21 comments
You can, finally, redeem Virgin Points for six of the eight Virgin Hotels properties – London, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Nashville and Dallas. The two hold-outs are Las Vegas (not .....
You can, finally, redeem Virgin Points for six of the eight Virgin Hotels properties – London, New York, .....
12 Nov 202412 November 2024 • 5 comments
This is my review of the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. If you have been following along you know that Rob and I visited Doha two weeks ago to visit Qatar Airways management .....
This is my review of the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. If you have been following .....
8 May 20258 May 2025 • 53 comments
We’ve now had a bit of time to digest the changes to long haul Avios pricing on Wednesday. As more examples come to light, it is clear that this is a major devaluation. It has been disguised by .....
We’ve now had a bit of time to digest the changes to long haul Avios pricing on Wednesday. As more .....
9 Dec 20229 December 2022 • 199 comments
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