What you missed on Head for Points last week
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This week’s top travel news stories:
British Airways devalues Club Europe Avios redemptions – click to see how much more you need to pay (World Traveller Plus and Club World redemptions are also devalued but proportionately less)
This wasn’t the first devaluation of the week: Avios flights on American Airlines, Alaska and LATAM get pricier
In other news:
Virgin Atlantic drops Shanghai flights, its last East Asian destination
Hyatt is in talks to buy The Standard hotel chain
Virgin Atlantic offering double points on some USA routes for a week
British Airways adds London Stansted to Geneva flights
Emirates follows Singapore Airlines in cutting its American Express transfer rate
Virgin Limited Edition joins Preferred Hotels
Radisson Blu Sheffield hotel opens ….
…. as does IHG’s voco Belfast, previously The Gasworks
British Airways and Avios news:
Got BA status? Get SkyTeam status now – and Star Alliance status later – via ITA’s new BA status match
British Airways introduces Grind coffee to short-haul flights
What new Avios earn and spend partners did Qatar Airways bring?
Credit card news:
Many people found this the most useful article of the week! How to turn off the annoying Amex ‘Do you want to pay with points?’ pop-up window
Virgin Atlantic launches a new American Express cashback offer worth up to £250
Are the four Amex Platinum hotel status cards worth having? If so, the current ‘40,000 points + £400 travel credit’ bonus is worth having.
Reviews:
Katie heads to the launch party of the new Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood hotel. What has £10m done to this ex-Macdonald hotel? Image above.
Over in Paris, we review Canopy by Hilton Paris Trocadero – one of the European hotels bookable in the Hilton weekend breaks sale
In Brussels, Rhys reviews the Eurostar Business Premier lounge at Brussels Midi/Zuid
Hotel news:
Mandarin Oriental launches a new American Express cashback deal
How does Club H10, the loyalty programme for H10 Hotels, work?
Other travel news:
Look inside Finnair’s new Schengen Lounge at Helsinki Airport, image above
How to redeem Emirates miles from Milan or Athens to New York
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
