News in brief: Tesco / Virgin Flying Club 20% bonus promotion is live Over the weekend I wrote about what appeared to be a secret Virgin / Tesco 20% conversion bonus. Emails went out yesterday .....

News in brief: Tesco / Virgin Flying Club 20% bonus promotion is live Over the weekend I wrote about what .....

3 Aug 20163 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

If you are looking to redeem for Avios points for flights to South America, you may end up redeeming on BA’s sister airline Iberia.   With its flat bed seating now in place and new aircraft .....

If you are looking to redeem for Avios points for flights to South America, you may end up redeeming on .....

18 Jul 201618 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

Iberia Plus and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription.  This is the most generous version yet. As you can see at this link, you can earn 13,200 .....

Iberia Plus and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. .....

14 Jul 201614 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

A few weeks ago I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by signing them up to a British Airways Executive Club household account. There is another .....

A few weeks ago I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by .....

14 Jul 201614 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

It’s back!  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post when this deal ran in April and December) you can yet again buy cheap Avios points .....

It’s back!  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to .....

8 Jul 20168 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

Let’s party like 2008. With the IAG share price falling fast, the word has clearly gone out that cash needs to start coming through the door.  We have already seen British Airways offering a .....

Let’s party like 2008. With the IAG share price falling fast, the word has clearly gone out that cash .....

28 Jun 201628 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

I have covered a few Iberia Plus promotions on Head for Points recently.  This has led to a few emails asking exactly how you can transfer Avios points from Iberia Plus to British Airways Executive .....

I have covered a few Iberia Plus promotions on Head for Points recently.  This has led to a few emails .....

18 Jun 201618 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other routes, British Airways has announced that Iberia will operate two of the BA Madrid .....

News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other .....

16 Jun 201616 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various promotions now and then – you may have received an interesting email from Iberia this .....

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various .....

12 Jun 201612 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Hilton has two ‘quadruple Avios’ promotions running at the moment. I wrote about the British Airways version here and the Iberia version here.  Each version offers double Avios .....

Hilton has two ‘quadruple Avios’ promotions running at the moment. I wrote about the British .....

4 Jun 20164 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on ba.com. This is a bit bizarre, I admit.  I’m not entirely sure why this fact .....

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Last weekend I (Anika) was down in Portugal visiting the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, just down the coast from Lisbon.  My review will follow next week. Our inbound flight from Lisbon was .....

Last weekend I (Anika) was down in Portugal visiting the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, just down .....

29 May 201629 May 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC customers. You need to: use promo code UKHSBC6 at the Emirates website fly from the UK book .....

This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC .....

25 May 201625 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

I normally do not recommend buying Avios unless you need to ‘top up’ an account for an immediate redemption. With a few exceptions, buying a large proportion of the miles you need is .....

I normally do not recommend buying Avios unless you need to ‘top up’ an account for an immediate .....

24 May 201624 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments