A question which comes up time and again is a variant of ‘what is the best frequent flyer programme for me to join?’. This article, for example, is my stab at answering the question with .....

A question which comes up time and again is a variant of ‘what is the best frequent flyer programme for .....

20 Aug 201320 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

The shuffling of benefits for airline elite members goes on. Last month I reported how British Airways was now letting its Bronze tier member use Priority Boarding – a decision which may or may .....

The shuffling of benefits for airline elite members goes on. Last month I reported how British Airways was now .....

18 Aug 201318 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Come on, bear with me, its August and there’s not as much as usual going on! (And I haven’t counted this in the ‘two articles a day’ I said I’d run during August!) Reader .....

Come on, bear with me, its August and there’s not as much as usual going on! (And I haven’t .....

15 Aug 201315 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

There used to be  lot of Heathrow Express discount codes knocking about.  It wasn’t so long ago, in fact, that they ran a permanent 2-4-1 deal through the Summer. Over the last year there .....

There used to be  lot of Heathrow Express discount codes knocking about.  It wasn’t so long ago, in .....

14 Aug 201314 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Poor old British Airways.  Sometimes they just back the wrong horse! Back in September 2012, they moved their currency partnership away from Travelex and across to American Express Currency .....

Poor old British Airways.  Sometimes they just back the wrong horse! Back in September 2012, they moved their .....

13 Aug 201313 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This is not strictly a ‘miles and points’ piece of news. However, it does include Tesco and it does touch on issues such as ‘should I use a credit card?’ so it is worth a .....

This is not strictly a ‘miles and points’ piece of news. However, it does include Tesco and it .....

13 Aug 201313 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

You may have seen something in press over the weekend about the provisional ruling from the Office of Fair Trading on Friday in a complaint against InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the brand owner .....

You may have seen something in press over the weekend about the provisional ruling from the Office of Fair .....

12 Aug 201312 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for August. It has been a relatively quiet month. The negatives outweighed the positive – no new bonuses were .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for August. It has been a .....

7 Aug 20137 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

East Coast Rewards is my preferred train travel reward scheme. As per this old article, I believe that it offers genuinely good value for money. You only need to spend £300 on First Class tickets to .....

East Coast Rewards is my preferred train travel reward scheme. As per this old article, I believe that it .....

6 Aug 20136 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

It is generally accepted that residents of the USA have by far the best range of credit card sign-up bonuses to choose from.  It is difficult to disagree with that, especially when you compare US to .....

It is generally accepted that residents of the USA have by far the best range of credit card sign-up bonuses .....

4 Aug 20134 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

During Wimbledon, regular readers will know that train ticket booking company redspottedhanky.com ran a fantasy tennis league. The better your players did, the more money you made – paid to you .....

During Wimbledon, regular readers will know that train ticket booking company redspottedhanky.com ran a .....

4 Aug 20134 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

If you live in London, you will presumably have seen advertising for the MasterCard ‘Priceless London’ events programme over the past couple of years. If you don’t live in London, .....

If you live in London, you will presumably have seen advertising for the MasterCard ‘Priceless .....

2 Aug 20132 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

A couple of months ago I met a Head for Points reader who worked for a major mobile phone company who told me about an exciting new security product he was working on for the credit card industry.  .....

A couple of months ago I met a Head for Points reader who worked for a major mobile phone company who told .....

31 Jul 201331 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is a guest post, written by Andrew Seftel (although the sensationalist headline is mine!) to whom I am grateful.  You may recognise his name from the comments pages of Head for Points.  His .....

This is a guest post, written by Andrew Seftel (although the sensationalist headline is mine!) to whom I am .....

27 Jul 201327 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments