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ENDS SOON: Got a Limited Company? Get points worth 30,000 Avios!
If you have a limited company or LLP, we are running an exclusive special offer with Capital on Tap and its small business Visa credit card.
This is a hugely powerful card. You earn points worth 1 Avios or 1p of cashback for every £1 you spend and it comes with no FX fees and no ATM fees.
Until 12th May, you will receive 10,000 points (worth 10,000 Avios or £100) for making your first purchase, and a further 20,000 points (worth 20,000 Avios or £200) if you spend £20,000 within three months.
This means you will receive a total bonus of 30,000 points (worth 30,000 Avios or £300) if you hit the £20,000 spend target. You will also receive your standard ‘1 point per £1’ as well.
Even if you can’t spend £20,000 within three months, you still qualify for 10,000 bonus points for making just one purchase.
You can find out more in this article. You must apply via this exclusive HfP link to get the bonus.
The annual fee is £99. The offer ends on 12th May.
This week’s top travel news stories:
This crazy hotel promotion could see someone walking home with $200,000 – and everyone could (in theory) pick up $5,200 ….
Gatwick’s The Grain Store Priority Pass restaurant to close for refurbishment
SAS will join SkyTeam on 1st September
Hilton loses yet another LXR hotel
700 Mr & Mrs Smith hotels are now bookable via Hyatt for cash or points – but are the redemptions good value?
Get 1,000 bonus Accor points on your next European hotel booking
Direct lounge to aircraft boarding arrives …. at Teesside International Airport
Eurostar renames its three travel classes
Edinburgh Airport boosts twilight check-in for BA, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2
BA franchise SUN-AIR suspends Manchester-Billund flights
Travel deals of the week:
Fly business class to Dubai from just £1,126 with Lufthansa and SWISS
…. and there are aggressive BA business class fares to the USA via Dublin
There is wide open Avios business class availability to Dubai for early 2025
…, and to the Maldives up to February 2025
It’s back: 7 nights Virgin Voyages full board cruises for two from 120,000 points!
Bid for British Grand Prix Paddock Club ticket packages with Avios …. a LOT of Avios
British Airways & Avios news:
You can now instantly transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Avios via a niche route
Credit card news:
What is the best Virgin Atlantic credit card for you?
Reviews this week:
Rhys heads to Montenegro, the next ‘it’ destination, to see what it has to offer and review the stunning Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay (photo above)
Rob reviews the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead hotel. It might be boring but it is surprisingly good at what it does.
And in Stockholm, we return to the excellent Hotel Reisen and show you why Hyatt’s ‘upgrade to a suite with points at the time of booking’ deals are so good
Hotel news:
Which nine Hilton brands don’t offer upgrades to Gold and Diamond members?
Marriott Homes & Villas launches a new promotion worth 50,000 Bonvoy points
Get 4x Accor points at the Sanderson London and St Martin’s Lane hotels
Get a bonus when buying IHG One Rewards points – click here to buy
Other travel news:
What are the best Tesco Clubcard travel deals?
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here.
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
