Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
There is only one miles and points tool that I use every day – and have done for a number of years – and that is AwardWallet. It turns out, however, that I haven’t done a single article in 2021 which talked about AwardWallet. With a few days of the year left, I want to […]
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Get GHA Discovery Platinum hotel status for just £16
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
There is a way of picking up Platinum (mid tier) status with Global Hotel Alliance for just £16! Let me explain. Business Traveller magazine is running an excellent subscription offer at the moment. If you didn’t think there was any reason to subscribe, because you always pick one up in the airport or in your […]
Happy Christmas from the Head for Points team
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. Long term readers will know that this Christmas Day article is generally used for people to discuss where they have flown to for a Christmas break. This year, for the second year running, is different. Many plans have been ruined, […]
What you missed on Head for Points last week
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary as an alternative. It also runs on the website every Saturday.
We’ve tweaked the HfP forums – this is what is new
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Thank you to everyone who signed up for the new HfP forums. We have had over 2,500 registrations so far which is great, and the daily readership exceeds the readership of the old chat thread. We have rolled out a few changes today in response to your feedback. More tweaks will follow but we wanted […]
Important dates for your diary – offers about to close which you shouldn’t miss
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon. Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running offers for HfP readers has made it very clear that a large proportion like to leave things to the last minute […]
What you missed on Head for Points last week
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary as an alternative. It also runs on the website every Saturday.
Points or miles expired? New loyalty app Swapi will reimburse you!
Written by HfP Partner Content @ Head for Points
Swapi is a brand new free loyalty wallet app that helps you consolidate all your loyalty cards in one place. It lets you link your loyalty cards from hundreds of UK-based retailers and earn points without carrying a wallet of plastic around with you.
Heathrow increases its passenger charge to £30.19 per person from next month
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
The on-going battle between Heathrow Airport and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) over what it can charge airlines – which falls straight through to the price of your ticket, as one of the ‘taxes and charges’ you pay – continues. Yesterday, the CAA told Heathrow what it can charge from the start of next […]
‘Red List’ scrapped – but pre- and post-travel testing to remain
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
The Government has announced that the ‘Red List’ will be scrapped from 4am on Wednesday morning. This means that anyone returning to England (and only England for now) from 11 Southern African countries will no longer have to quarantine in a hotel. It is not clear what will happen to those people who are already […]
Amazon launches £34.99 Day 2 PCR tests, processed at its own laboratory
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
If you are looking for a low cost ‘Day 2’ PCR test to take on your arrival back into the UK, Amazon has entered the market with a £34.99 package. Importantly, Amazon is not outsourcing this to a third party provider. It will be using a lab in Salford which was set up last year […]
Click here to be taken to Tuesday’s chat thread
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
The daily chat thread has moved. You will now find it in our new forums. Click here to be taken directly to Tuesday’s chat thread, or use the menu link to visit the forum home page. Thank you.
How a HfP reader ended up in a Singapore ‘facility’ for four days despite negative PCR tests
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
This article is by HfP reader Polly, who some of you may have met at our pre-covid drinks parties. If you read our daily chat threads then you will have seen this story unfold in real time a couple of weeks ago. One of our Singapore-based readers even brought her some supplies. Now back home […]
LAUNCHING TODAY: Join us in the new HfP forums
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
Today we are launching the Head for Points forums. Many of you will know that we have been planning to add forums to the site for some time. Initially, we planned to do it soon after we launched the new site design in August last year, but life got in the way. Sinead went on […]
Is easyJet Plus worth the annual membership fee?
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
This is our review of easyJet Plus. Is it worth the membership fee? easyJet has a loyalty scheme, Flight Club, although they like to keep it low key and it is strictly ‘invite only’. If you meet the following criteria: you have booked and flown on 20 easyJet flights or more in the past 12 months, […]
What you missed on Head for Points last week
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary as an alternative. It also runs on the website every Saturday.
Is the new PizzaExpress Club loyalty scheme worth joining? (Yes – free dough balls!)
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
PizzaExpress is about to announce the launch of new loyalty scheme, PizzaExpress Club. Whilst this clearly has nothing to do with travel loyalty, the ubiquity of PizzaExpress in the UK and the fact that you are likely to spend large parts of your life in them if you have small children means that it is […]
Is the new PizzaExpress Club loyalty scheme worth joining? (Yes – free dough balls!)
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
PizzaExpress is about to announce the launch of new loyalty scheme, PizzaExpress Club. Whilst this clearly has nothing to do with travel loyalty, the ubiquity of PizzaExpress in the UK and the fact that you are likely to spend large parts of your life in them if you have small children means that it is […]
App In The Air launches its new Digital Health Passport
Written by Sinead Archer @ Head for Points
App In The Air, the personal travel assistant app used by more than six million frequent flyers, has expanded its range of post-pandemic travel features with the launch of a digital health passport. With this new app feature, users will be able to upload their covid test results and vaccine certifications digitally.
Important dates for your diary – offers about to close which you shouldn’t miss
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon. Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running offers for HfP readers has made it very clear that a large proportion like to leave things to the last minute […]