As the finishing touches are put to the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow, due to open in June, the airport has released the final list of retailers who will be using it. There will be 64 shops and .....

As the finishing touches are put to the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow, due to open in June, the airport has .....

2 Mar 20142 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Today I want to review Welcome Rewards, the loyalty programme for hotels.com. I have spent the last four weeks analysing the ‘big seven’ hotel loyalty programmes (all of the links are on .....

Today I want to review Welcome Rewards, the loyalty programme for hotels.com. I have spent the last four weeks .....

28 Feb 201428 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

A reader recently dropped me an email to ask if I had any ideas about what to do with some orphaned Air Canada Aeroplan miles he had.  I thought the reply I gave him may be of interest to a few other .....

A reader recently dropped me an email to ask if I had any ideas about what to do with some orphaned Air Canada .....

27 Feb 201427 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

A Head for Points reader got in touch with me on 11th December with a question.  Whilst a committed Avios collector, he had to travel to San Francisco for work and was required to fly on United .....

A Head for Points reader got in touch with me on 11th December with a question.  Whilst a committed Avios .....

25 Feb 201425 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Last Monday, I ran an article about the travel apps that I had downloaded to my new iPhone.  This brought a fantastic response from Head for Points readers who submitted lots of other ideas for apps .....

Last Monday, I ran an article about the travel apps that I had downloaded to my new iPhone.  This brought a .....

24 Feb 201424 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Hotel Tonight is an iOS and Android app which lets you book hotels for the same day only in various European cities. At present, it covers London, Birmingham, Brighton, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool .....

Hotel Tonight is an iOS and Android app which lets you book hotels for the same day only in various European .....

22 Feb 201422 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Our Hailo promotion this morning was a little too successful, with all of the £15 vouchers being claimed by 9am. I have therefore pulled this promotion out of the comments section of our last RSH .....

Our Hailo promotion this morning was a little too successful, with all of the £15 vouchers being claimed by .....

19 Feb 201419 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

You will need to move fast if you want to claim this one.  There are only 500 available and Head for Points readers could easily wipe them out this morning. If you read my review of iPhone .....

You will need to move fast if you want to claim this one.  There are only 500 available and Head for .....

19 Feb 201419 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

In the Summer of 2012, we went to Sandy Lane in Barbados as I reviewed here.  In Summer it is about 75% cheaper than it is during the Christmas and New Year peak, with similar weather – and a .....

In the Summer of 2012, we went to Sandy Lane in Barbados as I reviewed here.  In Summer it is about 75% .....

16 Feb 201416 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Business Traveller magazine has added Platinum-tier membership of the Global Hotel Alliance programme as a benefit for its subscribers.  If you are planning a stay at any hotel in the GHA .....

Business Traveller magazine has added Platinum-tier membership of the Global Hotel Alliance programme as a .....

16 Feb 201416 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Yes, I know, its only a handful of Avios. However, I feel I have a moral obligation to share this one given that this is what Head for Points is all about! Miles earning tips so trivial that no-one .....

Yes, I know, its only a handful of Avios. However, I feel I have a moral obligation to share this one given .....

14 Feb 201414 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Over the weekend, I posted about the £9.50 redspottedhanky.com train ticket voucher promotion running on Sun+, the paid-for website for The Sun. It has been running a separate promotion in the .....

Over the weekend, I posted about the £9.50 redspottedhanky.com train ticket voucher promotion running on .....

12 Feb 201412 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Earning Avios when buying foreign currency has become increasingly difficult recently when flying from Heathrow Terminal 5.  To summarise what happened: American Express Currency Exchange opened a .....

Earning Avios when buying foreign currency has become increasingly difficult recently when flying from .....

12 Feb 201412 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

I was down at the Business Travel Show at Earls Court last Wednesday, as followers of our Twitter feed will have noticed. This is the big annual get-together for the business travel industry, a place .....

I was down at the Business Travel Show at Earls Court last Wednesday, as followers of our Twitter feed will .....

10 Feb 201410 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment