‘The Travel Brief’, the weekly Head for Points travel trade newsletter
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Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features.
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Exclusive interview:
EXCLUSIVE: Malaysia Airlines CEO reveals its new business class seat exclusively to HfP (image above)
The latest UK business travel news:
The UK is launching its Electronic Travel Authorisation for international visitors. Image above.
Qantas unveils its ultra-longhaul A350 seats for non-stop London to Sydney flights
British Airways launches a new flight to Fuerteventura from Gatwick.
British Airways brings back First Class to five routes
The Moxy Plymouth hotel has opened
Hyatt opens a new hotel in Montenegro
IHG’s Hotel Indigo Tokyo opens in late August
FLIGHT SALE: £275 return economy fares to the USA are back with Norse
Cathay Pacific increases Manchester flights
Hyatt finally adds Lindner hotels, primarily in Germany, to its website
United Airlines sponsors Wrexham, the Welsh football club
Business travel stories we recommend from other sites:
Finnair to increase frequencies to Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin for summer 2024 (Business Traveller)
Hilton’s Simon Vincent made CBE in King’s Birthday Honours (The Caterer)
FAA to require a second barrier for flight deck protection (Simple Flying)
JetBlue unveils new all-blue livery (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
Rob heads to the new Gleneagles Townhouse in Edinburgh – a very classy experience. Image above.
Rhys reviews The Gantry hotel in Stratford, part of Hilton’s Curio Collection
Special feature:
EXCLUSIVE: Take a look inside the new British Airways First Dining Room in Heathrow Terminal 3
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
Has British Airways locked you out of your Executive Club account? This is how to get back in.
Did you know you can use Virgin Atlantic credit card 2-4-1 vouchers on CASH tickets?
Accor adds more concert redemptions including Lionel Richie
Get 15% off IHG hotel rewards at new hotels
NEW OFFER: get 40,000 points and £100 credit with the American Express Business Platinum card
Get a £40+ wine for 3,000 Virgin Points during English Wine Week
Get high-speed wifi at Gatwick Airport by signing up to myGatwick
13 days to claim your FREE Dell products via Amex Business Gold and Business Platinum
NEW OFFER: Get 25,000 American Express Membership Rewards points with ‘free for a year’ Amex Gold
American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card from 20,000 to 25,000 points.
If you meet the bonus criteria, you now receive 25,000 Membership Rewards points when you spend £3,000 within 90 days. This is a special offer which runs to 8th August.
This is an exceptionally generous deal for a card which is FREE for the first year. Remember that 25,000 Membership Rewards points convert into 25,000 Avios, amongst other things.
You can apply here. Our full article on the deal is here.
The representative APR is 87.3% variable, including the annual fee. The representative APR on purchases, and in the first year which has no fee, is 30.0% variable.
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Rob, Rhys and Sinead @ Head for Points
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