Virgin Atlantic is not in a major airline alliance, despite Delta Air Lines – a core plank of the Skyteam alliance – being a 49% shareholder. Despite that, the airline does have .....

Virgin Atlantic is not in a major airline alliance, despite Delta Air Lines – a core plank of .....

6 Feb 20146 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access that American Express Platinum cardholders receive. The deadline for applying for the Cathay .....

By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access .....

12 Jan 201412 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

Turkish Airlines was very aggressive early last year in offering status matches to elite members of other airlines.  I even took advantage of this myself, matching my British Airways Gold card. .....

Turkish Airlines was very aggressive early last year in offering status matches to elite members of other .....

5 Jan 20145 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Air France-KLM confirmed last Friday that it had agreed a deal to sell its subsidiary CityJet and VLM in the first quarter of 2014. The buyer is a German group, Aviation GmbH, which is .....

Air France-KLM confirmed last Friday that it had agreed a deal to sell its subsidiary CityJet .....

27 Dec 201327 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Most people, when it comes to searching for award space for their frequent flier redemptions, use the website of that same frequent flyer programme. Logical, innit? However, in general airline .....

Most people, when it comes to searching for award space for their frequent flier redemptions, use the website .....

23 Dec 201323 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. There are actually two sets of deals currently available.  One block of destinations must .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. .....

16 Dec 201316 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Delta Air Lines announced yesterday what has been expected for a while – that Delta and Virgin Atlantic will begin co-habiting in Heathrow Terminal 3.   Delta will (partially) move .....

Delta Air Lines announced yesterday what has been expected for a while – that Delta and Virgin Atlantic .....

12 Nov 201312 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to articles on their credit cards.  It has been a while since I looked at the programme in .....

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to .....

2 Nov 20132 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

I got myself crossed off Alitalia’s Christmas card list last year, when I ran this article asking whether their MilleMiglia scheme is actually the worst frequent flyer scheme in the world. The .....

I got myself crossed off Alitalia’s Christmas card list last year, when I ran this article asking .....

30 Oct 201330 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking to top up their account: As a Flying Blue member, you can buy yourself Award Miles to get .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking to .....

17 Oct 201317 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot of readers outside London use it as they find a transfer in Amsterdam to be more .....

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

In late September, Delta and Virgin Atlantic finally secured US regulatory approval for their revenue sharing venture on flights across the Atlantic. This follows the acquisition by Delta of 49% of .....

In late September, Delta and Virgin Atlantic finally secured US regulatory approval for their revenue sharing .....

8 Oct 20138 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

There was an interesting piece on the Economist website a couple of weeks ago about the SkyTeam alliance, which is well worth a read. The link is here. If you are a regular reader of Head for Points, .....

There was an interesting piece on the Economist website a couple of weeks ago about the SkyTeam alliance, .....

3 Aug 20133 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Yesterday I mentioned the 30% transfer bonus currently available to holders of the American Express International Dollar Card if they move their Membership Rewards points to Avios. I said that I would .....

Yesterday I mentioned the 30% transfer bonus currently available to holders of the American Express .....

16 Jul 201316 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments