Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic offering discounts on Barbados flights Virgin Atlantic is offering additional savings if you book a flight to Barbados before 21st February. The offer is valid for services from Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh, for flights up to 15th December 2022. That said, the Edinburgh route is closing for the season this […]
Category: Aer Lingus and AerClub
Caribbean bits: Virgin Atlantic returns to Tobago, Aer Lingus returns to Barbados
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic returns to Tobago Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will restart flights to Tobago on 29th January. The reason that the route can return so quickly is that this is not a direct flight. Tobago, pictured below, is being tagged onto selected Barbados flights, with the aircraft stopping in Bridgetown […]
Bits: get 5000 Avios with the Aer Lingus credit card, new Avios services from Belfast, Arsenal VIP seats
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Get 5,000 Avios with the Aer Lingus credit card Whilst we don’t write about it much, Aer Lingus has its own Avios-earning credit card. Our full review of the Aer Lingus Aer Credit Card, issued by Bank of Ireland, is here. It’s not very attractive – a terrible earning rate of 1 […]
What are the 2022 peak and off-peak Avios flight dates?
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
Happy New Year! What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points? This article looks at the British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus peak and off-peak Avios calendars for 2022, in case you are planning on using the Bank Holiday today to make plans. Remember that these calendars apply to the operating airline […]
Seven Avios secrets you probably don’t know
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
There is a lot more – a heck of a lot more – to the Avios frequent flyer scheme than most people think. If you are a new reader who came to HfP today as part of your Summer 2022 holiday planning, this article runs through seven interesting Avios quirks which you may not know […]
Bits: the last ever A380 is delivered to Emirates, Air Lingus Regional returns with new UK-Dublin routes
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: The last ever A380 is delivered to Emirates Emirates took delivery of its 123rd Airbus A380 aircraft this week. It will be the final A380 to join the fleet, and the last ever A380 to be manufactured. Emirates was the first airline to order the A380, signing a contract at the Farnborough […]
Bits: BA EuroFlyer, win with Aer Lingus, Dallas goes A380, The Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Introducing …. BA EuroFlyer It seems that the legal entity behind the new British Airways low cost operation at London Gatwick will be called BA EuroFlyer. Papers incoporating BA EuroFlyer Ltd were filed at Companies House yesterday. Interesting, the lead director is Tom Stoddart who is also, although perhaps not for much […]
Bits: 25% off Aer Lingus Avios flights, update on easyJet ‘Hands Free’, last day for Accor promo
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Save 25% on Aer Lingus Avios flights this week To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Aer Lingus AerClub, the airline is offering 25% off all Avios redemptions. See here for details. It isn’t quite as good as it sounds, unfortunately. Aer Lingus redemptions booked via avios.com or British Airways Executive Club are […]
Bits: Radisson Rewards extends status – and has IHG too?, Aer Lingus scraps Manchester-Boston
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Radisson Rewards extends your status to February 2023 Whilst it has yet to inform anyone, Radisson Rewards has extended the elite status of all members by a year, to February 2023. This includes anyone who has Gold status by virtue of their American Express Platinum card. The extension is already showing online. […]
Bits: Aer Lingus joins BA Holidays, Aspire lounge in Manchester T2 opening, Plaza Premium Heathrow T2 wins award
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Aer Lingus joins British Airways Holidays After many delays, the Aer Lingus long-haul services from Manchester Airport are finally going to start this week. The first flight to Barbados is due to depart on 20th October. This will be followed by: New York on 1st December Orlando on 11th December Boston in […]
Bits: double Virgin Points with WorldHotels, Aer Lingus expands at Belfast City, 15% off No1 Lounges
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Earn double Virgin Points with WorldHotels – and save £100 with Amex American Express recently launched a generous cashback offer with WorldHotels. If you haven’t heard of WorldHotels, it is a marketing group – rather like Preferred Hotels or Leading Hotels of the World – which lets hotels remain fully independent but […]
Aer Lingus opens its new Dublin lounge and delays the launch of its Manchester to US routes
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Aer Lingus has unveiled its refurbished lounge in Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport. Features include new ‘seating pods’, wireless charging points, contactless food and drink ordering and access to newspapers and magazines via PressReader. The food and drink service seems poorer than that offered by British Airways at Heathrow. The promo video for the lounge […]
Bits: 10000 bonus IHG points at Kimpton, Aer Lingus restarts Bristol, testing site opens at St Pancras
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Get 10,000 bonus IHG Rewards points per night on Kimpton stays IHG’s Kimpton brand has launched an interesting new sale. For stays booked at the ‘Kimpton Summer Sale’ rate by 9th August, for stays up to 30th December, you will receive 10,000 bonus IHG Rewards points per night. Nothing is that simple […]
IAG financial results published: €10.8bn of liquidity, 340 BA flights per day in August, BP joins Avios
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
IAG, the Spanish parent company of Iberia, Aer Lingus and British Airways, published its half year earning calls this morning. There are some interesting bits and pieces, including hints of future Avios tie-ups. BPme Rewards will partner with Avios The biggest news from a loyalty perspective is the announcement of further Avios collection partnerships in […]
British Airways launches four new routes from Belfast City Airport
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
As we covered over the weekend, Air Lingus Regional – run as a franchise by Stobart Air – collapsed into administration on Friday evening. The airline was currently running twelve routes. Six were from Dublin, mainly providing connecting traffic to Aer Lingus services, and six were from Belfast City. BA CityFlyer, which runs services from […]
Bits: Aer Lingus delays Manchester to USA routes, good Accor redemptions at Taste of London
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Aer Lingus delays the launch of its USA services from Manchester Aer Lingus has bowed to the inevitable and announced a delay in the launch of its direct flights from Manchester to North America. The plan was to launch the following from Manchester: New York, daily from 29th July Orlando, 5x weekly […]
Aer Lingus Regional flights cancelled as Stobart Air goes into administration
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Aer Lingus Regional, which is run on a franchise basis by Stobart Air, collapsed last night as Stobart Air went into administration. Twelve routes were currently operating under the franchise deal but are now suspended: Dublin – Kerry Dublin – Donegal Dublin – Glasgow Dublin – Edinburgh Dublin – Manchester Dublin – Newquay Belfast City […]
NEW: Use Avios to FULLY pay for Aer Lingus flights – no cash required
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Aer Lingus has launched a major change to its ‘Part Pay With Avios’ model. It is possible that British Airways will follow down the same route at some point. Effective immediately, you can pay for 100% of your Aer Lingus cash flight ticket using Avios. This includes taxes and charges. Free really does mean free. […]
Bits: Viking Nectar bonus, new Avios routes from Cardiff, IHG hotels deflag
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Get triple Nectar points from Viking There is a special Nectar offer running with office supplies group Viking until 23rd May. The Viking website is here. You will earn 6 Nectar points per £1 spent, instead of the usual two points. This is equivalent to 3.75 Avios per £1 if you convert […]
Bits: Aer Lingus stops storing payment cards, Malmaison advance purchase deals, Dell discounts
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Aer Lingus to stop storing payment cards I got an interesting email from Aer Lingus yesterday saying that it was deleting the credit card details that I had stored in my Aer Club account profile. It said: “We are making changes to how we store account holder’s payment card details across AerLingus.com […]