‘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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The latest UK business travel news:
British Airways brings back the A380 to Singapore, delivering some much-needed capacity but without Club Suite
British Airways agrees a pay deal with Unite for 24,000 staff and reverses ‘fire and rehire’ pay cuts
British Airways improves short haul snacks in Economy from Wednesday
British Airways launches four new routes from Heathrow, including Cologne and Riga
BA CityFlyer launches two new winter routes from London City Airport
Qatar Airways is increasing the frequency of its Manchester flights
Ethiopian Airlines launches three weekly flights from Gatwick
easyJet twilight check-in opens in Glasgow
TfL reveals the first photos of the new Piccadilly Line tube trains
Save 15% on fully flexible Heathrow Express tickets
IHG poaches a former Accor beach resort in Dubai
Business travel stories we recommend from other sites:
The Cavendish to become London’s first Crest Collection hotel (Business Traveller)
Virgin Atlantic pilots consider strike over fatigue (BBC)
Luton Airport facing threat of toilet hell as cleaners plan walkout (TTG)
Losses spur Air Belgium to seek capital injection from new investor (Flight Global)
KLM to offer more flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
Rhys is on board Etihad’s A380, reviewing the airline’s ‘Business Studio’ business class – image above
Sinead heads to Corfu to review the family-friendly Domes of Corfu, part of Marriott Bonvoy
Rob reviews the tranquil British Airways lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5B – image below
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
A closer analysis of BA’s peak / off-peak calendar for 2024 – what has changed?
Get 30,000 bonus points with the current Capital on Tap Visa up offer – EXCLUSIVE to HfP readers who have a Limited Company
Sainsburys ditches sign-up bonuses on its Nectar credit cards
Virgin Hotels boosts Virgin Red points earning on stays
Marriott Bonvoy members can get a Hertz car rental status match
How many Virgin Points do you need to fly to ….?
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If you meet the bonus criteria, you now receive 25,000 Membership Rewards points when you spend £3,000 within 90 days.
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.
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Thank you for reading
Please drop me a note at rob@headforpoints.com with any feedback. See you next Monday.
Rob, Rhys and Sinead @ Head for Points
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