Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
It was at the British Airways Christmas media party last year that Alex Cruz announced that the new Boeing 787-10 aircraft would debut on the Atlanta route. The first British Airways 787-10 was due to arrive in January. As well as being a new aircraft […]
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Work in healthcare? Get 40% off economy and business class flights with Turkish Airlines
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
Turkish Airlines is offering a 40% flight discount code for NHS and other healthcare workers. The promotion is limited to the first 100,000 applicants. If successful, you get a promo code for domestic travel and a separate promo code for international travel for you and […]
British Airways extends its ‘Book with Confidence’ policy (again!)
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
British Airways has once again extended its ‘Book with Confidence’ guarantee. The new bookings policy was set to expire at the end of July but has now been extended until 31st August. The policy waives the change fee for bookings made by 31st August (was […]
Get a 50% bonus when you buy an Etihad gift voucher!
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
In an attempt to get you to choose it for your future bookings, Etihad has announced it is offering a 50% bonus when you buy a gift voucher. This means that you would be getting a 33% discount on whatever flights you buy with it. […]
Bits: Cathay Pacific bailout, Loganair and Eastern launch new routes, 30% off Anantara hotel gift cards
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
News in brief: Cathay Pacific gets $5bn bailout You have to feel for Cathay Pacific, which has been down in the doldrums for some time now. The airline was already facing difficulties before coronavirus as a consequence of reduced demand due to the Hong Kong […]
What are the best value British Airways On Business points redemptions vs Avios?
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
What is the best way to spend your British Airways On Business points? Here’s something we’ve never seen published before. There are odd discrepancies in reward pricing between British Airways On Business and Avios. If you have points in both schemes (and you can’t really […]
Hilton, Marriott, Accor and Hyatt change their coronavirus refund and rebooking policies
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
The key hotel chains are extending their coronavirus flexible booking policies. These policies were first introduced a few months ago with many due to expire at the end of June. We are now seeing a lot of these being extended to include the Summer as […]
Bits: American adds Heathrow flights, Langham / BA Gold benefits dropped, join Rhys on Instagram Live at 4pm
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
News in brief: American Airlines starts flying to Heathrow from five US cities American Airlines has confirmed its plans to add additional routes from London Heathrow. From 5th August, flights to Charlotte, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Raleigh-Durham will resume. Phoenix will join these routes from […]
Here is the UK quarantine form that you need to fill in from tomorrow
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
From tomorrow, all arrivals into the UK must complete a 14-day quarantine. We thought you might be interested to see the form that all that incoming travellers, including UK residents, must complete. If you are travelling to the UK you must now complete the ‘public […]
Virgin Atlantic to restart passenger flights in July and provide ‘health pack’ amenity kit
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
Virgin Atlantic has just announced that it hopes to restart passenger flying in July. The airline seems to have changed its mind recently after stating that it didn’t intend to restart flying until August thanks to the 14-day quarantine imposed by the government on UK […]
Which airlines will let you book with flexibility for late 2020 and early 2021?
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
A reader recently got in touch to suggest we write an article on how you are protected if you book cash flights now for later this year or early 2021. It was a good idea. After all, you may wish to book with the airline […]
easyJet proposes axing 4,500 jobs across Europe
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
easyJet has announced that it wants to reduce its workforce by up to 30% as a result of coronavirus. It joins British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and low-cost peer Ryanair in making significant reductions to its workforce. If the BA, Virgin and Ryanair redundancies go ahead […]
Why are the British Airways unions snubbing redundancy consultations?
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
In recent weeks we have extensively covered British Airways’ proposal to make 12,000 staff redundant as well as move all remaining cabin crew to a single, lower paying contract. We have also written about BA’s plans to make 239 engineers at its Cardiff maintenance base […]
LAST DAY: Win 20,000 Avios and get a lifetime discount on SeatSpy’s premium tiers
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Atlantic reward seats across an entire year without having to search for dates […]
British Airways offering Avios instead of cash refunds – is it worth it?
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
British Airways has added the option to take Avios rather than a cash refund or voucher if your flight is cancelled. This only applies to normal cash tickets, not the taxes element of Avios redemptions, and it requires your flight to have been cancelled. It […]
Avios Group donates 210 million points to NHS staff – and you can help too
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
Taking a leaf from Qatar Airway’s book, Avios Group has announced it will be donating 210 million Avios to NHS staff. You can also donate your own Avios so that more staff will be able to benefit. Unlike the Qatar Airways promotion, this is not […]
What’s the future of Gatwick Airport with BA, Norwegian and Virgin Atlantic gone?
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
Gatwick Airport is not having the best of times at the moment. No airport is having a great May, obviously, but at least Heathrow knows that the high value of its slots means that airlines will do everything possible to run a full schedule once […]
Qatar’s new ‘Travel with Confidence’ policy lets you change your destination within 5,000 miles – for FREE
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
Qatar Airways has extended and updated its travel advisory, offering one of the most flexible rebooking options in the industry. In fact, it is arguably TOO generous! You can see the ‘Travel with Confidence’ policy on the Qatar Airways site here. Anyone with a Qatar Airways […]
Bits: Virgin and Tesco extend your points, Jet2 takes £300m Government loan, our 10,000 Avios winner
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic extends the life of your miles ….. Virgin Atlantic announced the extension of any expiring Virgin Flying Club miles yesterday. Any miles due to expire between April 2020 and September 2020 will be extended for a further six months. To […]
Bits: Virgin drops Manchester-Las Vegas, win 20,000 Avios with SeatSpy, BA extends ‘Book With Confidence’
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic drops Manchester to Las Vegas We ran an article yesterday on the Virgin Atlantic Summer 2021 schedule. What was noticeable by its absence was the new Manchester to Delhi service. Due to launch on 26th October, it has now been […]