Jumeirah, the Dubai-based but rapidly expanding luxury hotel chain, relaunched its Sirius loyalty scheme a couple of weeks ago. If you are a regular reader of Head for Points, you will have learnt to .....

Jumeirah, the Dubai-based but rapidly expanding luxury hotel chain, relaunched its Sirius loyalty scheme a .....

23 Jun 201523 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

InterNations, which bills itself as the worlds largest online community for expats, got in touch with me to introduce itself. I agreed to give them a plug as I thought it might be of interest to many .....

InterNations, which bills itself as the worlds largest online community for expats, got in touch with me to .....

22 Jun 201522 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

21 Jun 201521 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

One of the perks of running this site is that I can justify doing slightly odd trips in the name of ‘research’.  When Indonesian airline Garuda announced that it would add a tag to London .....

One of the perks of running this site is that I can justify doing slightly odd trips in the name of .....

19 Jun 201519 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

The world of PR is an odd one.  I spend my days deleting huge volumes of, effectively, complete nonsense from my inbox.  When a company has some bad news, though, they somehow forget to mention it .....

The world of PR is an odd one.  I spend my days deleting huge volumes of, effectively, complete nonsense .....

17 Jun 201517 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

I was over in Amsterdam last week which gave me an opportunity to test out my new Supercard from Travelex. As I outlined here, this is a revolutionary new Visa card which translates your foreign .....

I was over in Amsterdam last week which gave me an opportunity to test out my new Supercard from Travelex. As .....

15 Jun 201515 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 163 comments

This is my review of the new My Lounge in the North Terminal at Gatwick Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. EDIT: A more .....

This is my review of the new My Lounge in the North Terminal at Gatwick Airport. This is part of our series of .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays to HfP readers in a competition last year.  I wanted to remind readers about the .....

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

New rules on car hire for holders of UK driving licences – which apply wherever you are in the world – were slipped out by the DVLA on Monday. This had been kept so low profile that even .....

New rules on car hire for holders of UK driving licences – which apply wherever you are in the world .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

This week saw my first visit to the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at London Euston railway station since it was fully remodelled last year. Unlike the old East Coast trains, which didn’t .....

This week saw my first visit to the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at London Euston railway station since it .....

12 Jun 201512 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

A few days ago I reviewed the Singapore Airlines business class lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2.  I said that it was overcrowded, too small and the seats were too densely packed together. I had higher .....

A few days ago I reviewed the Singapore Airlines business class lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2.  I said that .....

10 Jun 201510 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This is my review of the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER business class seat.  It is not a review of the flight. You should be suspicious when you read a review of an overnight flight.  When we .....

This is my review of the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER business class seat.  It is not a review of the .....

9 Jun 20159 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Thanks to Penguin Random House, I have five copies of Mark Vanhoenacker’s book ‘Skyfaring – A Journey with a Pilot’ to give away by midnight tonight. As well as receiving .....

Thanks to Penguin Random House, I have five copies of Mark Vanhoenacker’s book ‘Skyfaring – .....

8 Jun 20158 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

This is my review of the Singapore Airlines business class lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 2. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews .....

This is my review of the Singapore Airlines business class lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 2. This is part .....

7 Jun 20157 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments