‘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:
BA Cityflyer to add two extra rows – 8 seats – to its Embraer fleet at London City – but legroom remains the same in rows 1-12 (image above)
Goodbye banana bread: British Airways introduces new economy snacks on board
Cheap sub-£1,300 transatlantic BA business class fares are on sale from Dublin
Virgin Atlantic adds extra Nassau and Montego Bay flights
Take a look inside Luton’s new No1 Lounge
Norse Atlantic drops two US routes from London Gatwick
SAS launches Heathrow – Bergen flights
Delta Hotels Forest of Arden is leaving Marriott to join Warner Leisure
Save 35% in the Radisson hotel sale
Gatwick Airport launches an EV charging station
Save in the Qatar Airways January sale – and get 4,000 Avios if you’re new to Privilege Club
What a Freedom of Information request tells us about abuse of LNER’s loyalty scheme
Stories we recommend from other sites:
Manchester set to welcome second Malmaison property (Business Traveller)
Finnair names postal service leader as new chief executive (FlightGlobal)
Heathrow slowdown as British Airways lengthens connection times (Independent, including quotes from us)
Jet2 brings Manchester-Porto route forward by a year (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
Conny reviews the Hilton Berlin hotel, with a fantastic location
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
Our top 10 tips for earning and redeeming Avios – our new introductory guide
REGISTER NOW: Accor launches a double points promotion in Europe (register here)
Status Matcher: what tier matches can you get from your existing airline and hotel status cards?
What are the best hotel promotions for January 2024?
Where can you fly on Iberia with your American Express 2-4-1 companion voucher?
How do Barclaycard Avios Mastercard upgrade vouchers work?
Amex Platinum sign-up bonus increases permanently to 40,000 Membership Rewards points which converts to 40,000 Avios
Why the only thing better than transferable points are INSTANTLY transferable points
Thank you for reading
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Rob, Rhys and Katie @ Head for Points
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His Holyness 
Rob 
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