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This week’s top travel news stories:
Plaza Premium opens a new lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4
Qantas resumes its non-stop flights to Heathrow
Book Oslo to Nairobi for £745 return in Business Class in the Lufthansa 2-4-1 sale
How ‘Discount Booster’ and new app-only deals let you save at Radisson hotels
JetBlue drops all winter season flights from Gatwick and delays restarts at Edinburgh and Dublin
Aer Lingus launches its first ‘Avios only’ flight
How I made a saving with Global Hotel Alliance’s ‘buy money with 15% off’ deal!
Is it time for Virgin Atlantic to launch a ‘Suite Guarantee’? Aircraft swaps are getting far too common
easyJet launches three new routes from London Southend for 2025
Oman Air, soon to join oneworld, is ditching First Class
Credit card news:
IT’S BACK: SME? Get 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus with BA’s Amex card for small businesses
British Airways and Avios news:
Cancellation fee on Club Europe Avios redemptions is now £12.50 each way, not 50p
Where can you fly on British Airways from Terminal 3 for the Qantas and Cathay lounges?
How many Avios do I need to fly to ….? BA no longer publishes an Avios price list, but we do!
Hotel news:
REGISTER NOW: Earn 2,000 Bonvoy points per stay in Marriott’s new autumn promo. If you’ve got the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card, you’ll get 4,000 bonus points per stay.
Is it worth joining Point A Hotels ‘A List’ programme?
Reviews:
Our reviews section will return next week.
Other travel news:
The HfP guide to Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses, London pictured above
Do you know you get a refund with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic if you cancel within 24 hours?
Our series of hotel point valuation articles concludes:
What are Hilton Honors hotel points worth?
What are IHG One Rewards hotel points worth?
What are Marriott Bonvoy hotel points worth?
What are Radisson Rewards hotel points worth?
What are World of Hyatt hotel points worth?
STILL ON: Get 10,000 Avios with the FREE Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card!
Barclaycard has launched a special promotion if you sign up for the free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card by 26th September.
The sign-up bonus is doubled – you will receive 10,000 Avios instead of the usual 5,000 Avios.
If you’ve not had any Barclaycard products for the last two years then you will definitely get the bonus if you spend £1,000 in three months. If you have/had other Barclaycards, the full rules about whether you qualify are in our article here.
This is the ideal credit card to use when American Express is not accepted. You will earn 1 Avios for every £1 spent.
It is also worth using as your primary credit card if you currently have the free British Airways American Express card but don’t spend £15,000 per year to trigger the Companion Voucher. You might as well use the free Barclaycard Avios credit card and just have one credit card for all your spending.
If you spend £20,000 per year on the card you will also earn an upgrade voucher, valid on any Avios redemption. Full details of how that works are in our article here.
You can apply for the free Barclaycard Avios credit card by clicking here.
The representative APR is 29.9% variable.
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
