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A reminder ….
This week’s top travel news stories:
Become a points millionaire …. by taking 15 SkyTeam flights. SAS has launched a crazy promotion, worth a huge £10,000 of points to everyone who completes it, to celebrate its move from Star Alliance to SkyTeam ….
…. but the rules have already had to be tweaked once
Aer Lingus launches Nashville as its first A321XLR route
The Park Hyatt London River Thames hotel is open – we went down for a look
Get quadruple Accor Live Limitless points (worth 20% back) at selected new hotels
A Louis Vuitton cafe opens in Heathrow Terminal 2
Get £75 back on a £300 spend at selected UK hotels as ‘Amex Stays’ returns
Excellent £100 Hyatt / American Express hotel cashback deal launched
See an NFL game in Munich from VIP seats with Marriott Bonvoy points
How does the Skywards+, the Emirates PAID loyalty programme, work?
Holiday Inn Winchester has now rebranded as voco Winchester after a full refurbishment
What is the cheapest way to top up your Virgin Points?
Four UK Sleeperz hotels rebrand to Marriott’s Four Points Plus chain, image below
… which, as we covered separately, is the new name for Four Points Express
Top travel deals this week:
Get 3,000 Virgin Points AND 12 bottles of wine for just £66!
British Airways has started offering ‘hot deals – the first has already ended but you could get £1,500 Club World return flights to India
British Airways and Avios news:
Get 250 Avios for joining Marriott Bonvoy – no hotel stay required!
The new ba.com website is now accessible via a special URL
Use Avios for VIP Champions League packages via Qatar Airways Privilege Club
Credit card news:
Amex Platinum makes a permanent increase to its sign-up bonus – now 50,000 points, which converts to 50,000 Avios
Sainsury’s Bank has stopped accepting applications for all of its credit cards
We ran two articles looking at American Express supplementary cards and how they work:
Special bonuses launched for adding free Amex supplementary cards to your account
Can you get an Amex sign-up bonus if you already have the same card as a supplementary?
Reviews:
Our reviews section will return next week
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here and will be updated on headforpoints.com on Sunday.
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