Air France has finally joined the ‘fully flat seat in business class’ club.  The airline recently announced that it was about to start rolling out a new product. A total of 2,102 seats .....

Air France has finally joined the ‘fully flat seat in business class’ club.  The airline recently .....

16 Mar 201416 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. It is even less known today .....

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....

11 Mar 201411 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is the second part of my look back at 2013.  Last time I touched on some of my personal travel highlights and looked back at some of the biggest promotions.  Today I want to look at the .....

This is the second part of my look back at 2013.  Last time I touched on some of my personal travel .....

28 Dec 201328 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. There are actually two sets of deals currently available.  One block of destinations must .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. .....

16 Dec 201316 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking to top up their account: As a Flying Blue member, you can buy yourself Award Miles to get .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking to .....

17 Oct 201317 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot of readers outside London use it as they find a transfer in Amsterdam to be more .....

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

If you have top-tier status with British Airways or indeed any other oneworld, Star Alliance or non-alliance airline, you have three weeks left to take advantage of the current SkyTeam status match. .....

If you have top-tier status with British Airways or indeed any other oneworld, Star Alliance or non-alliance .....

7 Jul 20137 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

This is a rather niche topic, but many Heads for Points readers with Flying Blue status are likely to have achieved it by shuttling around Europe with CityJet, Air France / KLM‘s UK offshoot, .....

This is a rather niche topic, but many Heads for Points readers with Flying Blue status are likely to have .....

20 May 201320 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Back in March I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club.  This offers special benefits to people who work in the oil and energy sector (or who can persuade Lufthansa they do …) .....

Back in March I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club.  This offers special benefits to people .....

7 May 20137 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme – announced yesterday that it was planning to make a series of changes to its long-haul awards. These changes will begin at the end of .....

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme – announced yesterday that it was planning to .....

26 Apr 201326 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty programme – has released detailed of its discount redemptions for the May and June period.  Booking is available from April 29th. The long-haul .....

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty programme – has released detailed of its discount .....

25 Apr 201325 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

From April 22nd, Dutch airline KLM is taking the somewhat-bold step of introducing baggage charges on all short-haul fights. (I know that BA has de-facto done this at Gatwick, by giving you a discount .....

From April 22nd, Dutch airline KLM is taking the somewhat-bold step of introducing baggage charges on all .....

21 Apr 201321 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Dutch airline KLM unveiled pictures of its new fully-flat business class seat last week, joining a growing trend of European airlines finally following the lead set by British Airways and Virgin .....

Dutch airline KLM unveiled pictures of its new fully-flat business class seat last week, joining a growing .....

1 Apr 20131 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

A few weeks ago I wrote about the disastrously messy status match that Flying Blue (the Air France / KLM frequent flyer programme) launched in Scandinavia. That status match was just meant for .....

A few weeks ago I wrote about the disastrously messy status match that Flying Blue (the Air France / KLM .....

11 Mar 201311 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments