‘The Travel Brief’, the weekly Head for Points travel trade newsletter
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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 the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team.
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Special feature:
What happens when a new business class seat undergoes a crash test? We went to watch one to find out! Image above.
The latest UK business travel news:
SAS has now joined SkyTeam – what’s the impact in the UK?
American Airlines launches Edinburgh to Philadelphia flights
Norse Atlantic reversing ‘unbundling’ as it launches £259 sale seats to New York
Derry to get a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel next year
Club Eurostar adding annual upgrade vouchers for elite members
Win an Orlando holiday with Nectar and Avios
Virgin Atlantic adds new Riyadh and Accra flights for 2025
Turkish Airlines and Radisson Hotels launch American Express cashback offers
Save 10% on mid-tier and budget Accor hotels into 2025 via a special link
HSBC launches a Heathrow Express discount for current account holders
Get £300 back on a £2,000 Qatar Airways spend with American Express
Stories we recommend from other sites:
Kempinski Frankfurt to reflag as Hilton property (Business Traveller)
Dutch government revises Schiphol flight cuts plan (FlightGlobal)
Manchester Airport slams Which? over ‘misleading’ report and ‘inaccuracies’ (Travel Weekly, image below)
Our latest reviews:
Our reviews section will return next week. We know we said this last week, but it definitely will! Content from Istanbul, Bodrun, Nagoya and Paris, plus a Finnair review series, is on the way ….
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
What is the best Avios business credit card? Either get a 30,000 Avios bonus with BA Accelerating Business (now relaunched, image above) or choose from the other options.
Get a 50% bonus buying Lufthansa Miles & More miles
Elite members of Air Canada Aeroplan can now convert points to Marriott Bonvoy
Do you know that American Express has a private lounge for cardholders at The O2 arena?
Register for a new (and rarely seen) Radisson Hotels bonus points promotion
Get 1,000 Lufthansa Miles & More miles on every Hyatt stay – and keep earning your normal Hyatt points
What are the best hotel promotions for September 2024?
Which hotel loyalty programme is the most rewarding, based on our points valuations?
Are Marriott Bonvoy’s flight ticket redemptions a good deal?
We ran a special series this week on how to earn Avios from a Barclays Premier current account:
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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