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A reminder ….

The British Airways American Express companion voucher spend target rises to £15,000 in three weeks – what can you do?

This week’s top travel news stories:

EXCLUSIVE: British Airways drops flights to Kuala Lumpur just four weeks before the route was due to launch

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

How could you spend the 80,000 Amex Membership Rewards points you can currently earn for signing up to Amex Business Platinum?

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

American Express in Spain has sharply cut Priority Pass visits via The Platinum Card – you’re now allowed just 20 per year

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

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