What you missed on Head for Points last week
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HUGE NEW BONUS: Get 40,000 points (converts to 40,000 Avios) PLUS £400 of travel credit with American Express Platinum!
American Express has launched an exceptional deal on The Platinum Card – apply here. You will receive £400 to spend at American Express Travel on top of the standard bonus of 40,000 Membership Rewards points.
40,000 Membership Rewards points convert to:
- 40,000 Avios
- 40,000 Virgin Points
- 40,000 Emirates, Etihad, Flying Blue, Asia Miles, Delta, Finnair, Qantas or SAS miles
- 26,666 Singapore Airlines miles
- 80,000 Hilton Honors points
- 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points
- 180,000 Radisson Rewards points
- 2,666 Club Eurostar points
….. and many other non-travel rewards.
You receive your £400 Amex Travel credit and 40,000 points after spending £6,000 in three months.
Whilst the annual fee is £650, this is currently refundable pro-rata if you cancel. Amex is planning to end pro-rata refunds in ‘late’ 2024 but we don’t know exactly when.
Our main article on the ‘£400 + 40,000 points’ bonus is here. Make sure you read the bit about whether or not you qualify for the bonus.
Don’t forget the other benefits of The Platinum Card:
- £300 of annual dining credit
- £100 of annual Harvey Nichols credit
- two ‘unlimited use’ Priority Pass airport lounge cards which admit four people between them
- travel and car hire insurance
- elite status with Hilton, Marriott, Radisson and Melia
- Eurostar lounge access
…. and much more.
You can apply for The Platinum Card with the special bonus on this page of the Amex website.
The representative APR is 694.9% variable, including the annual fee. The representative APR on purchases is 30.0% variable.
In other news …..
This week’s top travel news stories:
The Park Hyatt Marrakech resort finally opens – 13 years late, image above
Earn double Hilton Honors elite night credits for the rest of 2024!
British Airways gains two good new European lounges
Amex PERMANENTLY increases the sign-up bonus on the BA Premium Plus card
Eurostar changes lounge access rules for Avantage members of Club Eurostar
The Ibis Earls Court hotel has been refurbished and split into two
Lufthansa’s purchase of Italian airline ITA has been approved – what happens next?
Emirates has announced which routes will get its new business class this summer
The new Virgin Hotels London is now open for bookings and will be available for Virgin Points from October
ITA launches flights from Rome to Bangkok
Redeem your Virgin Points for family passes to Merlin attractions
Virgin Atlantic guts the redemption that no-one could book
American Express is bringing back its lounge at Wimbledon, image below
Travel deals of the week:
Get a 70% bonus buying Virgin Points – pay as little as 0.88p per point. Click here to buy.
British Airways and Avios news:
How to book domestic QantasLink flights in Australia with Avios
Credit card news:
New: Get 40,000 points and a £400 Amex Travel credit with Amex Platinum. Click here to apply.
Save £200 on a Qantas flight with a new Amex cashback offer
Amex and Expedia launch a new cashback offer
An update on HSBC’s 25% Avios transfer bonus which wasn’t running very smoothly
Reviews:
Rhys jets off to Singapore this week:
- Singapore Airlines A350 business class review from Gatwick
- Review: Andaz Singapore hotel
- Singapore Airlines A380 business class review to Heathrow
Meanwhile, back in Europe, he reviews the fully refurbished Brussels Marriott Grand Place Hotel
Hotel news:
A new InterContinental in Crete opens
…. whilst IHG will open InterContinental Table Bay in Cape Town’s V&A waterfront
Don’t miss out: our round-up of the best hotel promotions for July is here
Get 1,000 bonus Accor ALL points on your next stay if you link your account to a Qatar Airways Avios account
Other travel news:
How to redeem Virgin Points for a Necker Island holiday, image above
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
