Deals in brief: What happens to the Waitrose / Virgin Atlantic deal tomorrow? For the last few weeks, the ability to earn 4 Virgin Flying Club miles for every £1 spent in-store at Waitrose has been a .....

Deals in brief: What happens to the Waitrose / Virgin Atlantic deal tomorrow? For the last few weeks, the .....

24 May 201724 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards which offer airline miles or hotel loyalty points for your spending. However, as Expedia .....

This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards .....

12 May 201712 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current credit card portfolio may impact what other cards you can get.  I thought I would .....

A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current .....

14 Mar 201714 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

News in brief: “AmEx Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this headline last week.  The good news is that it focuses on the US market and not the UK .....

News in brief: “AmEx Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this .....

11 Mar 201711 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at any time, for a £15 fee.  This option no longer exists. However …. The terms and .....

Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at .....

5 Mar 20175 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of cold .....

Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....

21 Feb 201721 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That isn’t going to change, but as the benefit packages on reward cards continue to be .....

Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That .....

28 Jan 201728 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the whirl of the festive season, it isn’t too late. You still have time to save £15 on .....

If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

American Express appears to have made a quiet change to its refer a friend scheme without telling anyone.  This only impacts anyone who holds a Preferred Rewards Gold card. Until recently, a Gold or .....

American Express appears to have made a quiet change to its refer a friend scheme without telling anyone. .....

23 Dec 201623 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

On Thursday I wrote about how, from January 1st, you will no longer be able to earn or redeem Avios points when booking a package holiday via avios.com. The changes to avios.com redemptions on January .....

On Thursday I wrote about how, from January 1st, you will no longer be able to earn or redeem Avios points .....

19 Nov 201619 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it).  This post originally ran last month but I am repeating it today because I thought it would an interesting .....

Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it).  This post .....

9 Nov 20169 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

News in brief: Hilton running ‘40% off’ 4-day APAC flash sale Hilton is due to launch a 96-hour flash sale at 8am today.  Discounts are expected to be up to 40% off Best Available Rate, .....

News in brief: Hilton running ‘40% off’ 4-day APAC flash sale Hilton is due to launch a 96-hour .....

7 Nov 20167 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task.  I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be.  I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task.  I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it .....

26 Oct 201626 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

News in brief: Win 1 million Membership Rewards points American Express launched a competition yesterday to win 1 million Membership Rewards points …. but it comes with a catch. 1m Membership .....

News in brief: Win 1 million Membership Rewards points American Express launched a competition yesterday to .....

21 Oct 201621 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments