What you missed on Head for Points last week
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The big loyalty story of the week ….
A similar article on ‘Is it still worth having the British Airways Premium Plus American Express card?’ will run on headforpoints.com today.
This week’s top travel news stories:
British Airways launched a new Avios-only flight to Barbados …. but all of the premium seats went to our readers within 15 minutes
British Airways launches a status match …. but only for US and Canadian residents
SAS has announced when it will join SkyTeam and leave Star Alliance
How to save £46 by booking short haul Aer Lingus redemptions on aerlingus.com – don’t waste money by booking on ba.com
Get up to 5,000 bonus Avios when you book a cash flight with Qatar Airways – offer ends Monday
Travel deals of the week:
Qatar Airways has some good Business Class cash deals to Asia …. but not from the UK
British Airways & Avios news:
Danish Air Transport will fly some routes for British Airways this summer – is your flight impacted? Image above
Get 250 free Avios by joining Marriott Bonvoy – no stay required
How can you manage someone else’s British Airways account?
A new bonus Avios spend offer was launched on some BA Amex cards
British Airways makes more changes to its Tel Aviv flights
Where can you fly to from UK regional airports using Avios? We do an airport-by-airport analysis
Credit card news:
A flood of new Amex cashback offers has appeared, including IHG, Hilton, Marriott, KLM, Air France, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines and more! They are worth over £1,000 in total.
American Express to Club Eurostar points transfers are (finally) back
Reviews this week:
Rob reviews the new(ish) Fairmont Windsor Park hotel, which surpassed all expectations. Image above.
Hotel news:
Get a 100% bonus buying Hilton Honors points – click here to buy
One Key will replace Hotels.com Rewards and Expedia Rewards ‘between July and October’. Here’s what you need to know. Remember that your return on Hotels.com bookings will be cut by 80%.
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here. It will be updated on headforpoints.com on Sunday morning.
Don’t forget to visit our forum if you have any questions relating to frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programmes or loyalty credit cards.
See you next Saturday,
Rob, Rhys and Katie @ Head for Points
