Bits: £1699 to Dubai in Emirates Business Class, decent KLM and Air France business class sale

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Emirates launches a January sale Emirates launched its January sale last week. Looking only at Business Class, I was struggling to find any great deals – although Emirates is not known for its aggressive pricing. Details are here. Most long haul destinations in Asia or Africa are in the £2,000 to £2,500 […]

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Bits: £1699 to Dubai in Emirates Business Class, decent KLM and Air France business class sale

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Emirates launches a January sale Emirates launched its January sale last week. Looking only at Business Class, I was struggling to find any great deals – although Emirates is not known for its aggressive pricing. Details are here. Most long haul destinations in Asia or Africa are in the £2,000 to £2,500 […]

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Pick up a Randox ‘Day 2’ test at your local PayPoint store – but you are overpaying

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

With lateral flow tests now being accepted again for ‘Day 0-2’ testing on your return to the UK, Randox has teamed up with PayPoint to make its ‘click and collect’ service more widely available. You can now order a Randox lateral flow test test for collection at any local store in the Collect+ network, which […]

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Why our Capital on Tap Visa 30,000 points promo may work for you even if you can’t spend £5,000

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Yesterday we launched the biggest sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa Credit Card that we have ever seen. The offer is exclusive to you as a Head for Points reader. You can receive a two-part sign-up bonus of up to 30,000 points, worth £300 cashback or 30,000 Avios. You can read […]

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Still got the Amex Gold charge card? Swap to the Gold credit card and save £140

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

It is now almost four years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. The good news was that it was replaced by the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card.  This was a virtually identical product except that – as a credit card – you now had the option to […]

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Review: The Royal hotel at the Atlantis Bahamas resort (‘HfP in The Bahamas’ series)

Written by Jamie Oliver @ Head for Points

This is our review of The Royal at the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas. The hotel is part of Marriott Bonvoy. My trip to The Bahamas finished with a stay at The Royal at Atlantis. I’d already spent a couple of pleasant nights at another hotel within the Atlantis resort so was curious to see how The Royal compared.

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Review: The Cove hotel at the Atlantis Bahamas resort (‘HfP in The Bahamas’ series)

Written by Jamie Oliver @ Head for Points

Last month Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Voyages and The Bahamas Tourist Board invited us to The Bahamas for a few days. With Rhys literally just back from holiday and Rob and Sinead tied up with family commitments, we were struggling to find someone who wanted an all-expenses-paid 5-star business class trip. Luckily our occasional contributor Jamie […]

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How to earn Avios when you stay with Airbnb – up to 6 points per £1

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Back in 2019, British Airways partnered with Airbnb to offer Avios with each stay you book.  This sits – literally – alongside BA’s existing hotel partners on this page of ba.com. You earn 2 Avios per £1/€1/$1 spent at Airbnb. With your first Airbnb booking, you earn 6 Avios per £1/€1/$1.  The only snag is […]

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Get 500 bonus Accor points, worth €10, when you link your Flying Blue account and do one stay

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Regular readers will remember that, back in November, I did a series of three articles on different aspects of the Accor Live Limitless programme. They looked at what I learned after hitting Diamond status following a stay at Fairmont Barbados. One article looked at the Accor Live Limitless partnership with Flying Blue. If you have […]

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Should you redeem your Emirates Skywards frequent flyer miles on easyJet?!

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Emirates has a lot of high quality partnerships such as its established deal with Qantas.  It also works with many other well regarded legacy airlines such as JAL, giving members of the Emirates Skywards frequent flyer scheme more options for earning and spending miles.  We looked at the best Emirates Skywards airline partnerships here back in […]

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Get 500 bonus Accor Live Limitless points, worth €10, on your January and February stays

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Accor Live Limitless is offering 500 bonus points on your next stay at a participating hotel in Europe. This would include the Fairmont, Raffles, Swissotel, Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Novotel Suites, Mercure, Adagio, Ibis, Ibis Styles, Adagio Access, Mama Shelter, Mantis, Mövenpick and SLS brands. Ibis Budget is not included. Accor points are worth 2 […]

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How does Marriott Bonvoy ‘Points Advance’ – booking rooms without having the points – work?

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

‘Points Advance’ is a unique feature of the Marriott Bonvoy programme which lets you book a reward night if you don’t have the points. It is as straightforward as it sounds: find a reward stay you like – this can be a free night booking, a ‘cash and points’ booking or a points upgrade book […]

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Bits: EU sets 9-month vaccine expiry limit, Millennium Hilton NY Downtown leaving, good UK INNSIDE deals

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: European Union will refuse to accept vaccination certificates after nine months The EU has confirmed that, from 1st February 2022, a coronavirus vaccination certificate will not be valid if it is more than nine months since the second dose and no booster has been received. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and […]

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