Via the Evening Standard this week, British Airways has been promoting some discounted European flights in business class from London City Airport. Full details are here. The good news is that you .....

Via the Evening Standard this week, British Airways has been promoting some discounted European flights in .....

18 May 201318 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Avios is giving away 20,000 Avios points in a competition to predict the winner of Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. The competition is being run via Facebook, so you will need an account .....

Avios is giving away 20,000 Avios points in a competition to predict the winner of Saturday’s Eurovision .....

17 May 201317 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

British Airways is celebrating its sponsorship of the Taste of London 2013 restaurant festival in Regents Park (see my Taste of London article here on why you may or may not want to visit!) with a .....

British Airways is celebrating its sponsorship of the Taste of London 2013 restaurant festival in Regents Park .....

17 May 201317 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Two Head for Points readers both contacted me separately in recent weeks to point out the excellent deals being offered by avios.com when you use them to book a package holiday. The first thing to .....

Two Head for Points readers both contacted me separately in recent weeks to point out the excellent deals .....

16 May 201316 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

If you hold one of the old BMI credit cards, you probably had a text message recently telling you that MBNA was writing to you with details of enhanced benefits on the cards. You probably thought that .....

If you hold one of the old BMI credit cards, you probably had a text message recently telling you that MBNA .....

15 May 201315 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

Clubcard Perks is a new Tesco initiative to bring extra benefits to Clubcard holders, however often (or not) they actually shop in Tesco! British Airways is providing one of the six initial offers. .....

Clubcard Perks is a new Tesco initiative to bring extra benefits to Clubcard holders, however often (or not) .....

14 May 201314 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

British Airways has launched a tiny bribe to encourage people to convert their Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Avios points this quarter. If you convert £5 or more of Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Avios (via .....

British Airways has launched a tiny bribe to encourage people to convert their Tesco Clubcard vouchers to .....

14 May 201314 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

Now here is a slightly odd one. British Airways (note, BA and not AA) is offering 10,000 or 20,000 bonus Avios when you book yourself on the American Airlines new service between Dublin and New York .....

Now here is a slightly odd one. British Airways (note, BA and not AA) is offering 10,000 or 20,000 bonus Avios .....

13 May 201313 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely presented and well written although (as with most hotel guide books) they never tell you that .....

Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely .....

13 May 201313 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

British Airways has launched a special promotion in conjunction with Hilton‘s two luxury brands – Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria. On the face of it, it is not a bad deal: Free bottle of .....

British Airways has launched a special promotion in conjunction with Hilton‘s two luxury brands – .....

9 May 20139 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

When I was younger, I used to specialise in getting offloaded from oversold flights.  My time was very flexible, and cash compensation, a hotel room, my food paid for and an upgrade to business class .....

When I was younger, I used to specialise in getting offloaded from oversold flights.  My time was very .....

7 May 20137 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Back in October 2012, Qatar Airways signed an agreement to work towards membership of the oneworld alliance, which includes British Airways. This would allow British Airways Executive Club members to .....

Back in October 2012, Qatar Airways signed an agreement to work towards membership of the oneworld alliance, .....

6 May 20136 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

A few weeks, Avios sent a few people the following email, inviting them to join a special private community to discuss the future of Avios points: Needless to say, I didn’t get one. .....

A few weeks, Avios sent a few people the following email, inviting them to join a special private community to .....

5 May 20135 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for May. We have had a couple of great months in terms of new offers being launched. In March, we got the new promotion .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for May. We have had a couple .....

3 May 20133 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments