MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  The offer is as good as it ever gets on these cards. Full details can be found here on the Emirates website.  .....

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  The offer is as good as .....

30 Sep 201530 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

News in brief: Get 100 Clubcard points on childrens books Tesco Direct has launched a new promotion, offering 100 bonus Clubcard points (worth 240 Avios or 250 Virgin Flying Club miles) when you .....

News in brief: Get 100 Clubcard points on childrens books Tesco Direct has launched a new promotion, offering .....

13 Sep 201513 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which originally ran last year, offering £50 statement credit on a purchase of £500 or more. I was .....

News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which .....

12 Aug 201512 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that you .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

8 Aug 20158 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in association with Lufthansa. This is, by a substantial margin, the most .....

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up .....

1 Jul 20151 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  The offer is more attractive than the one they ran in March. Full details can be found here on the Emirates .....

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  The offer is more .....

26 Jun 201526 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Two bits of Starwood news: Get 500 or 1,000 free Starwood Preferred Guest points If you received an email from Starwood Preferred Guest yesterday – the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Le Meridien, .....

Two bits of Starwood news: Get 500 or 1,000 free Starwood Preferred Guest points If you received an email from .....

24 Jun 201524 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I found some photographs on my phone yesterday which I took on our flights down to Dubai at Easter, flying Emirates business class on an A380. I have written about the Emirates lounge at Heathrow and .....

I found some photographs on my phone yesterday which I took on our flights down to Dubai at Easter, flying .....

9 May 20159 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for Points readers. The first bit of news is not hugely surprising. Emirates Skywards has joined .....

Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for .....

6 May 20156 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Back in January I explained how Emirates was now offering tickets for Arsenal matches in return for Skywards miles.  ‘General’ and ‘Emirates Skybox’ tickets are available for .....

Back in January I explained how Emirates was now offering tickets for Arsenal matches in return for Skywards .....

28 Apr 201528 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

News in brief: Get 5% off all Emirates bookings Until 31st May, Emirates is offering 5% off all of its UK departures – apparently in all classes – with promotional code UKVOUCH. 31st May .....

News in brief: Get 5% off all Emirates bookings Until 31st May, Emirates is offering 5% off all of its UK .....

17 Apr 201517 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  This is not as good as the offer which ran last September and is the same as the one they ran in June 2014 .....

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  This is not as good as .....

5 Mar 20155 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

19 Feb 201519 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Emirates is currently running a ‘flash’ redemption sale.  You can save 50% on the usual number of Skywards miles required for a redemption in Economy in Saver class. Unfortunately, just .....

Emirates is currently running a ‘flash’ redemption sale.  You can save 50% on the usual number of .....

15 Feb 201515 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments