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Welcome to The Travel Brief, 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 Travel Brief is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business Travel News. Malcolm’s new monthly forward-looking Travel News Update is available at travelnewsupdate.co.uk.
The latest UK business travel news:
Who has the best premium economy – Virgin Atlantic, British Airways or Norse Atlantic? Virgin’s A330neo Premium seat is shown above.
British Airways adds a new route from London Stansted to Split
British Airways and British Airways Holidays have launched a new sale
British Airways has extended the expiry of On Business points again
Another UK Hilton hotel adds a pool charge
700 Mr & Mrs Smith hotels (64 UK) now bookable for cash or points at hyatt.com
Hilton’s Lincoln Plaza London hotel is FINALLY reopening post-pandemic
Where will Vueling fly from the UK this summer?
How does the Avanti West Coast ‘Club Avanti’ loyalty scheme work?
And the Priority Pass 2024 ‘Airport Lounge of the Year’ Excellence Awards go to ….
We published the results of our reader survey – where do you live, what airline and hotel status do you have, how old are you and what credit cards do you hold?
Stories we recommend from other sites:
Travelodge opens hotel at London’s Oval Cricket Ground (Business Traveller)
Jet2 reports ‘truly phenomenal’ response to Bournemouth launch (Travel Weekly)
Why aircraft leasing rates have spiked by as much as 30% (Simple Flying)
IAG and Air Europa formally notified of EU competition concerns over proposed tie-up (FlightGlobal)
Heathrow bank holiday disruption looms as refuellers plan strikes (UK Aviation News)
Aberdeen Airport installs new generation security scanners (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
In Sweden …. Conny visits Hôtel Reisen, Stockholm, which is part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection – image above
In Austria …. We take a look at Austrian Airlines short haul business class. How does it compare with British Airways Club Europe?
In Italy …. Rhys visits Park Hyatt Milan, regarded as one of the best hotels in the chain. How did it stack up?
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
There is wide-open business class Avios availability (9+ seats per day) to the Maldives in November – The Ritz Carlton Maldives resort is pictured above
GOOD NEWS: Virgin Atlantic permanently increases the sign-up bonus on its credit cards
NEW: Avios transfers from Amex Membership Rewards are now INSTANT if ….
Why wheretocredit.com is a handy resource for maximising your frequent flyer miles
How to earn miles and points with Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Do you earn more Avios from BP or Esso when buying fuel? We do the maths
There is good Qatar Airways Australia availability for 180,000 Avios return in Business
How does the Jumeirah One hotel loyalty scheme work?
Thank you for reading
Please drop me a note at rob@headforpoints.com with any feedback. See you next Monday.
Rob, Rhys and Katie @ Head for Points
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