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Happy Christmas! Head for Points returns on Wednesday

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Happy Christmas to you and your family. I hope you enjoy a well deserved break, wherever in the world you are.

Do please post below if your travels have taken you anywhere exciting this Christmas.  I am in London with the in-laws.  Anika is in Hamburg with her family.

Head for Points is taking a two day break. We will be back on Wednesday 27th with a review of my travel highlights and lowlights of 2017.

If you want something to read in the meantime, take a look under the ‘Favourite Articles‘ tab where you will find my pick of the most relevant pieces published in 2017, including our (in need of updating) ‘Avios Redemption University‘ series and all of our credit card reviews.

If you collect Avios via Tesco Clubcard, you may also want to take a look at the recent articles over at our sister site Shopper Points.

Thank you for your support over the past year.

Comments (108)

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  • JamesB says:

    Merry Christmas to Rob, Anika and all in our HFP community, and to those on the road and in the air a safe and pleasant journey.

  • Raj says:

    Merry Christmas to Rob and Anika, and all HFPers! Hope you all have a fantastic and relaxing time with your families. Eat lots, drink lots and be merry! ???? Thank you for all your hard work, quality postings and incredible advice – I’m still a relative newbie, but have learnt so much this past year from all of you (and had some amazing trips). Here’s to more exciting travel in 2018! Greetings from the Peak District!

  • thehornets says:

    Happy Christmas from a mild and damp Dublin.

    Had a wonderful trip over from ‘London’ Southend airport on a FlyBE Embraer. Must say, Southend is a joyful airport to get to and fly from – highly recommended.

    • Polly says:

      Us too..has not stopped raining since we got here…but looking forward to using our 241 in F to kul and mas J to Bali end of Jan. Can’t wait.

      Lovely positive story Johnabz hope you have a great holiday..

      Hope 2018 is good for all our community..and well done Rob and Anika for another year’s great success. Enjoy your short! Break…

  • Cate says:

    Happy Christmas everyone from a drizzle overcast Heathrow. Thank you Rob and Anika for all your help and tips xxx

  • New Card says:

    Merry Christmas Rob, Anika and all HfPers 🙂

  • The Original Nick says:

    Merry Christmas to all. Thanks to Rob once again.

  • Liz says:

    Merry Christmas to Rob and Anika and all the HfPers across the world.

  • John ABZ says:

    A brief story for HFP readers. This year I had a couple of holidays booked using a combination of redemption miles etc using several airlines etc, and some cash purchases, including a family holiday to Orlando in October. Sadly, unexpectedly, in July my wife was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Though she was medically able to travel we wanted to stay at home with family. Contacting the various companies explaining the circumstances, namely BA, Virgin, Flybe, Delta, Hotels.com, Premier Inn, Hilton, we received full refunds whether points, taxes, fees or cash from them all. In many cases we weren’t entitled to fee free refunds or indeed any refunds. The travel companies all really helped us out, with little effort, even though breaching their own T&Cs. Fortunately my wife’s tumour was removed in Sept, it was benign and she is well on the road to a full recovery. We travel to Orlando in 4 days time for a 3 week break, unsurprisingly our business is with the same companies as listed above. Hopefully this is a positive story for you all Christmas Day, my best wishes to everyone.

    • Leo says:

      Wishing you safe and happy travels in 2018 – and Merry Christmas to all on HfP.

    • KP says:

      Wish you, your wife and the rest of the family a very happy Christmas !! Safe travels ahead

    • TripRep says:

      John ABZ – so glad your wife is recovering, enjoy your well earned break, lovely to hear all those companies looked out for you. Have a peaceful 2018.

    • Lady London says:

      Every good wish to you and your wife John. Such a heartwarming story.

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