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VERY interesting – lastminute.com lets you refund non-refundable flights

The price gap between refundable and non-refundable flights is normally huge, as we all know.  The risks of buying a non-refundable flight can be offset by travel insurance, but that doesn’t .....

The price gap between refundable and non-refundable flights is normally huge, as we all know.  The risks of .....

by Rob Burgess54 comments

The Regus Express business centre is now open at Heathrow Terminal 3

If you have a Regus card (or a DragonPass, as they are usually accepted at airport locations), you’ll be interested to know that the new Regus Express business centre in Heathrow Terminal 3 I .....

If you have a Regus card (or a DragonPass, as they are usually accepted at airport locations), you’ll be .....

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New A330 and new seats on South African Airways London-Johannesburg

South African Airways has announced plans to upgrade their London – Johannesburg route to a brand new A330-300 from 25th March 2018. To quote from the press release: “We have decided to .....

South African Airways has announced plans to upgrade their London – Johannesburg route to a brand new .....

by Anika Burnett42 comments

Why ‘Pack For A Purpose’ needs your spare suitcase space

Next time you have some space left in your luggage you can use it to help community projects around the world. One of our readers sent us a link to the non-profit organisation Pack for a Purpose which .....

Next time you have some space left in your luggage you can use it to help community projects around the world. .....

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Primera Air drops Birmingham to Boston before it even launches

Before the route even launched, Primera has dropped its proposed low-cost Birmingham to Boston service. The four times weekly service was set to launch on 22nd June 2018 but if you look at the Primera .....

Before the route even launched, Primera has dropped its proposed low-cost Birmingham to Boston service. The .....

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See the luxurious new Caledonian Sleeper trains which launch in October

We don’t really focus much on sleeper trains on Head for Points, although Rob is doing an 11 hour trip from Stockholm to Lapland at Easter which he may or may not write about! In the UK the .....

We don’t really focus much on sleeper trains on Head for Points, although Rob is doing an 11 hour trip .....

by Anika Burnett45 comments

Here’s the full HfP index of articles for January 2018

Here is a full list of the articles we published in January 2018.  Click through to read them in full: What you need to know about the Amex Centurion airport lounge network in the US Europcar joins .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in January 2018.  Click through to read them in full: What .....

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Surf Air adds flights to Sion in Switzerland

Surf Air, the membership based private jet company which recently moved to London City Airport, has launched flights to Sion in Switzerland over the ski season.’ This adds a further route to .....

Surf Air, the membership based private jet company which recently moved to London City Airport, has launched .....

by Anika Burnett58 comments

Book £1,460 business class flight tickets to Australasia

Air China has brought back its annual German super-sale weekend.  I have no idea why Air China offers such low prices for one weekend a year but it does offer exceptional opportunities. Full .....

Air China has brought back its annual German super-sale weekend.  I have no idea why Air China offers .....

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SAS EuroBonus removes free baggage for status members on Go Light fares

Scandinavian airline SAS has tightened the rules on the free baggage allowance for status members who purchase its cheapest Go Light fares. Previously, any Star Alliance Gold or SAS EuroBonus Silver .....

Scandinavian airline SAS has tightened the rules on the free baggage allowance for status members who purchase .....

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