Last week we announced the light, sunny and airy Glasshouse suite at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock as the venue for our first Head for Points Summer party. We proposed Tuesday 3rd July. .....

Last week we announced the light, sunny and airy Glasshouse suite at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock as the .....

19 Jun 201819 June 2018 by Anika Burnett • 19 comments

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

4 Jun 20184 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

Just a few months after their last round of reward price changes, Etihad Guest is launching another belt-tightening measure – variable redemption pricing. From 30th June, the mileage price shown .....

Just a few months after their last round of reward price changes, Etihad Guest is launching another .....

1 Jun 20181 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled the plug on the UK Etihad Guest credit card from 27th July.  This is also now confirmed as .....

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 161 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

MBNA has written to holders of the Etihad Guest UK credit cards this week to tell them that they are closing on 27th July. Quite a few readers may have this card as there were some VERY generous .....

MBNA has written to holders of the Etihad Guest UK credit cards this week to tell them that they are closing .....

30 May 201830 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

If you collect Etihad Guest miles, there is a decent Accor hotel promotion running.  This covers Mercure, Ibis, Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Novotel etc. You will receive triple Etihad Guest miles on .....

If you collect Etihad Guest miles, there is a decent Accor hotel promotion running.  This covers Mercure, .....

6 May 20186 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Oman Air has launched its new First Class ‘suite’ which will debut on future Boeing 787-9 deliveries. The seat has electronically controlled doors, which enclose a relatively standard .....

Oman Air has launched its new First Class ‘suite’ which will debut on future Boeing 787-9 .....

24 Apr 201824 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

I’ve had a few emails recently asking about cheap cash flights to Australia over Christmas.   As this is a non-starter for Avios – and anyway is terrible value given the taxes – .....

I’ve had a few emails recently asking about cheap cash flights to Australia over Christmas.   As this .....

23 Apr 201823 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Last year we covered an auction where the heavy plant from Heathrow Terminal 1 was being sold off. On 21st April, literally everything else from T1 which could be ripped off the walls or floor is .....

Last year we covered an auction where the heavy plant from Heathrow Terminal 1 was being sold off. On 21st .....

8 Apr 20188 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

The Scotsman has reported that Etihad is planning to drop services from Edinburgh from October. The service is believed to have been performing poorly.  Pressure from Qatar Airways, which is .....

The Scotsman has reported that Etihad is planning to drop services from Edinburgh from October. The service .....

5 Apr 20185 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

Etihad Guest has launched another of its occasional transfer bonuses. This is not a bad time to take advantage.  The recent ‘devaluation’ of Etihad Guest actually made business class .....

Etihad Guest has launched another of its occasional transfer bonuses. This is not a bad time to take .....

5 Mar 20185 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Etihad has been unveiling a steady drip drip of cuts to its Business Class service over the last year or so, in what will clearly end up being a failed attempt to improve its financial position. Some .....

Etihad has been unveiling a steady drip drip of cuts to its Business Class service over the last year or so, .....

23 Feb 201823 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Etihad has jumped on the bandwagon of airlines offering aggressive Business Class discounts out of Scandinavia.  If you have been looking to head to Australia or New Zealand this year, this might .....

Etihad has jumped on the bandwagon of airlines offering aggressive Business Class discounts out of .....

20 Feb 201820 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments