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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 Taiwan series:
Rhys recently spent a week in Taiwan to see what China Airlines has to offer and to try out a couple of Taipei hotels.
We published the first batch of his reports this week:
NEW SERIES: Introducing Taiwan’s China Airlines: where do they fly and what can you expect?
What can you do in Taipei and Taiwan?
China Airlines Premium Business Class review – A350 from London to Taipei
Review: Hotel Proverbs, Taipei, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s Design Hotels
Review: EPISODE Daan Taipei hotel, part of JdV by Hyatt
Brunchgate – a special report:
British Airways has sharply cut-back catering on morning and late evening flights in Club World. We take a look:
Brunchgate – aggressive BA service cuts resume with Club World passengers now being served breakfast as late as 1.30pm
BA cuts Club World meal service for departures after 9pm
How many flyers are impacted by BA’s morning and evening meal changes?
The latest UK business travel news:
Aer Lingus launches flights to Indianapolis, redeemable with Avios. Business Class cabin above.
NEW: Get a 30% Virgin Points bonus when you convert American Express Membership Rewards points
Accor’s TRIBE Manchester Airport hotel is now open
American Express becomes a Formula 1 partner
Virgin Atlantic offering £1,677 Upper Class fares to Washington
IHG One Rewards offering Hertz President’s Circle status to Diamond Elite members
Get a 70% bonus buying Virgin Points – click here to buy
Get 4,000 Avios when you spend £125 at The Wine Flyer with your BA American Express card
Cathay CEO: Cathay unlikely to return to Gatwick in short term, could allow Starlux to join oneworld
Four credit and debit cards worth keeping, unused, just for their travel benefits – which are they?
Stories we recommend from other sites:
easyJet expected to gain most ITA remedy slots at Milan Linate (Business Traveller)
Gulf Air opens new option for UK to Singapore flights (UK Aviation News)
Lufthansa eyes airBaltic stake (ch-aviation)
IAG adjusts A321XLR debut after further delays (Airways)
Air India to switch Bengaluru-Gatwick route to Heathrow (Business Traveller)
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
NEW: Spend your Avios on duty free shopping at Heathrow
ba.com is only showing Avios seats for 335 days – but we have a fix
More VIP Champions League packages are available for Avios
Get 3,000 Emirates Skywards miles with a cheap hotel booking
How to earn Virgin Points at Best Western hotels – and get a status match
NEW: Get 30,000 Virgin Points with the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ credit card!
Virgin Atlantic has launched a new offer for its Virgin Money-issued Reward+ credit card.
The standard bonus of 18,000 Virgin Points on the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ credit card is increased to 30,000 Virgin Points!
You need to apply by 18th November and spend £3,000 within your first three months.
There is no special deal on the free Virgin Atlantic Reward credit card which retains its usual bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points.
Our full article on the offer is here.
The representative APR is 69.7% variable, including the annual fee. The representative APR on purchases is 26.9% variable.
Head for Points receives a commission if you apply via our links – thank you.
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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