Avios.com announced a new partnership with Utility Warehouse yesterday.  This allows you to earn Avios points with your energy, telephone and broadband bills. It is not a hugely lucrative deal, .....

Avios.com announced a new partnership with Utility Warehouse yesterday.  This allows you to earn Avios .....

1 Apr 20151 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Most Head for Points readers will already have an avios.com account to sit alongside their British Airways Executive Club account. There are various reasons for doing this.  It lets you collect via .....

Most Head for Points readers will already have an avios.com account to sit alongside their British Airways .....

31 Mar 201531 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Your council tax bill for 2015/6 will have dropped through your letterbox in the last few days. Earning Avios or other points by paying your day-to-day bills is something that a lot of people ignore. .....

Your council tax bill for 2015/6 will have dropped through your letterbox in the last few days. Earning Avios .....

30 Mar 201530 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

Gatwick Airport has replaced the old Gatwick Voucher Passport coupon scheme with a new website – myGatwick. The new site is tailored to your travel plans, allowing you to input details of your .....

Gatwick Airport has replaced the old Gatwick Voucher Passport coupon scheme with a new website – .....

29 Mar 201529 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 3 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 .....

28 Mar 201528 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

The Head for Points Instagram page has been up and running for about four months now.   After a painful period of copying across most of the proprietary photographs from the last three years, it is .....

The Head for Points Instagram page has been up and running for about four months now.   After a painful .....

28 Mar 201528 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Heathrow Express has announced a major strategic shift which will see it actively chasing leisure customers in an attempt to reverse the stagnation in passenger numbers. From tomorrow, Friday 26 .....

Heathrow Express has announced a major strategic shift which will see it actively chasing leisure customers in .....

26 Mar 201526 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Back in October I wrote about the new Dublin to Los Angeles service to be operated by Star Alliance member Ethiopian Airlines. Starting in June, Ethiopian will fly the route three times per week using .....

Back in October I wrote about the new Dublin to Los Angeles service to be operated by Star Alliance member .....

25 Mar 201525 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

‘Split ticketing’ has been a niche topic in rail circles for some years – you can save a lot of money on your train travel by using it correctly. What ‘split .....

‘Split ticketing’ has been a niche topic in rail circles for some years – you can save a lot .....

21 Mar 201521 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Back in January, I wrote about the interesting transfer option available if you stay at the Thistle Hotel at Heathrow.  You can transfer to and from Terminal 5 in the driverless pods which .....

Back in January, I wrote about the interesting transfer option available if you stay at the Thistle Hotel at .....

20 Mar 201520 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

I have never covered Airbnb on Head for Points.  Whilst a lot of people are finding it an attractive alternative to hotels, our focus is primarily on the large chains and their loyalty schemes. If .....

I have never covered Airbnb on Head for Points.  Whilst a lot of people are finding it an attractive .....

16 Mar 201516 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

I received a few emails from readers yesterday about the forthcoming launch of Supercard from Travelex.  It is very rare that a totally revolutionary payment product comes along but this could be it. .....

I received a few emails from readers yesterday about the forthcoming launch of Supercard from Travelex.  It .....

14 Mar 201514 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 88 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 .....

14 Mar 201514 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

A reader emailed me recently to ask if I would consider writing about the external online tools I use to plan my travel and manage my miles.  The truth is that I don’t. Whilst there are a .....

A reader emailed me recently to ask if I would consider writing about the external online tools I use to plan .....

13 Mar 201513 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments