For the last few days, ba.com has been showing virtually no Avios availability in First Class for 2019.  I sat on the story because I thought it may be an IT glitch, but it does now seem that .....

For the last few days, ba.com has been showing virtually no Avios availability in First Class for 2019.  I .....

2 Apr 20182 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 233 comments

Tomorrow, 2nd April, sees a number of big changes at Hilton Honors, primarily the scrapping of ‘points and miles’.   I will recap the key issues on Monday. That is not new news.  What .....

Tomorrow, 2nd April, sees a number of big changes at Hilton Honors, primarily the scrapping of ‘points .....

1 Apr 20181 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

With the end of the tax year approaching on Thursday, there is still a window to open a stocks and shares ISA for 2017/8 with Nutmeg and earn a large chunk of Avios. If you have already used up your .....

With the end of the tax year approaching on Thursday, there is still a window to open a stocks and shares ISA .....

1 Apr 20181 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

British Airways has changed its lounge access rules over Easter, but only for Gold members.  Although, oddly, neither my wife nor I were emailed about this although some Gold members were. Until 15th .....

British Airways has changed its lounge access rules over Easter, but only for Gold members.  Although, oddly, .....

31 Mar 201831 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

British Airways has announced that its five main contact centres, in Manchester, Newcastle, Delhi, Bremen and Hong Kong, will remain in-house. Detailed discussions were believed to have been held with .....

British Airways has announced that its five main contact centres, in Manchester, Newcastle, Delhi, Bremen and .....

30 Mar 201830 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

I wanted to do a final reminder today about the generous promotion that Head for Points and hotel booking site Kaligo.com, which awards Avios points with every hotel you book, have been running this .....

I wanted to do a final reminder today about the generous promotion that Head for Points and hotel booking site .....

30 Mar 201830 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 2 comments

British Airways has released a large number of seats from the UK to North America in First from £1,700.  It looks like you have to travel to Inverness in order to pay this little, however. There is .....

British Airways has released a large number of seats from the UK to North America in First from £1,700.  It .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 168 comments

The British Airways Special Services team, which will look after ‘every detail of the airport experience for [their] most premium customers’, has been renamed the ‘Concorde .....

The British Airways Special Services team, which will look after ‘every detail of the airport experience .....

28 Mar 201828 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 115 comments

Our exclusive publication of Alex Cruz’s interview on future changes to Avios and British Airways Executive Club was picked up by a lot of other sites. I ran it without comment because I thought .....

Our exclusive publication of Alex Cruz’s interview on future changes to Avios and British Airways .....

27 Mar 201827 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 139 comments

Last week Alex Cruz, BA’s CEO and Chairman, gave an interview to the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. You can read the piece here. Whilst the interview behind the article also covered the .....

Last week Alex Cruz, BA’s CEO and Chairman, gave an interview to the South China Morning Post in Hong .....

26 Mar 201826 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 128 comments

Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people these are chunky (£2,000 is not uncommon in London) and obviously it would be great to pick .....

Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people .....

26 Mar 201826 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

All through March we are highlighting a special promotion we are running with hotel booking site Kaligo.com, the booking site which awards Avios points with every hotel you book. If you spend over .....

All through March we are highlighting a special promotion we are running with hotel booking site Kaligo.com, .....

25 Mar 201825 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

I have covered a few Iberia Plus promotions on Head for Points recently.  This has led to a few emails asking exactly how you can transfer Avios points from Iberia Plus to British Airways Executive .....

I have covered a few Iberia Plus promotions on Head for Points recently.  This has led to a few emails .....

25 Mar 201825 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

After making a fresh attempt to breath some life into Flight Pass last year, it looks like British Airways may be running it down. Flight Pass is no longer available for sale for use beyond 31st .....

After making a fresh attempt to breath some life into Flight Pass last year, it looks like British Airways may .....

22 Mar 201822 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments