Hard to believe but booking for the Avios / Amex party flight to New York is a total IT shit show ….. Take a look at the headforpoints article comments.

Here’s the new IHG / Revolut Elite debit card, launched tomorrow, in cake form :-) Real thing will be metal.

Everything you need to know about what is wrong with the new BA app in one image. I opened it to confirm flight times for tomorrow. Instead I get a picture of a red bus and not a single bit of flight info.

Riyadh Air is go from London! We are on the first ‘official’ flight today - full review to follow.

First look at the Riyadh Air business class seat from Safran, at AIX 2026 in Hamburg today:

If you redeemed Hilton Honors points for VIP Boat Race hospitality today, this is a taste of what you get. (I am on a press pass.) #hiltonhonors

First look at the new LNER First Class lounge at King’s Cross, opening next Tuesday, from a press preview this morning:

Here's proof that you can stack 15 Elite Night Credits from the UK Marriott Amex card with 15 Elite Night Credits from the new UK Marriott Premium Debit Card. It's 5th January and I am 60% of the way to renewing Platinum Elite status, which is the lowest level of Marriott status that is worth it.

I was honored to win the 'Lifetime Achievement' award at the European Loyalty Awards in London last night. When I texted my 17 year old daughter, her reply was ‘It’s officially over. Time for the nursing home’. Hopefully not!

Catch Rhys Jones from HfP on This Morning at 12.07 today, talking about loyalty points theft.

The sun (amazingly) is out in the Accor tent for the final day of SailGP in Portsmouth. VIP tickets were available for Accor Live Limitless points a few weeks ago.

Water cannon salute at Schiphol just now as I watched the first @omanair.bsky.social flight to Amsterdam arrive

I'm pleased to say to that I will be judging The Consumer Loyalty Award category at The Lloyds British Business Excellence Awards 2025, helping to recognise UK business excellence. Entries close on 13th June. Why not nominate your business? Full details here: britishbusinessexcellenceawards.co.uk

Can Arsenal overcome PSG tonight? I’ll be finding out from pitchside seats (Row 0!) - something you can get via Accor Live Limitless. Just settling in to the lounge.

Good news. The Standard Ibiza now bookable via Hyatt.com. The bad news …..

Down at Virgin Hotels London Shoreditch today to see Sir R B and see the ‘official’ opening

How normal people treat Amex points (from a celeb profile in The Times today:

A bit avgeeky but we’re at London City to see the first ever use of the larger Embraer 195, operated by Helvetic for SWISS

New look BA membership cards now in the app:

Got to see a Beluga land here in Toulouse (but only videod the taxi)

HfP is in Toulouse today having a play with Airbus’s new toys. Here’s an engine-less A321XLR:

I redeemed 115,000 Hilton points for full VIP hospitality for two for the Carabao Cup final, starting in 10 minutes - full report to follow

Meanwhile, in The Telegraph:

We’re a cult. The Spectator says so :-)

Sean Doyle discusses loyalty points websites on the IAG results call today …..

Me live on Sky News yesterday talking about BA Exec Club stuff with, it seems, my eyes closed :-)

Congrats to the Virgin / SkyTeam lounge in Dubai for being well stocked with the latest issue of ‘Plant & Equipment’. Great review of the new Bobcat M-Series S450 skid steer loader.

Winner of best comment on the BA changes (from BA’s Instagram page):

This is funny. Both the first and the fourth 'most read' stories on ft.com today include content from Head for Points. No 4 will be in FT Weekend on Saturday (UK print edition) so those without an ft.com subscription can read it then.

Our attempt to do an undercover flight review today has not started well