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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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The latest UK business travel news:
We go onboard Iberia’s (and the world’s) first Airbus A321XLR …. what can you expect? Image above.
Virgin Atlantic cancels all Cape Town flights for April 2025
…. and delays Accra launch and Tel Aviv return, due to Rolls-Royce engine issues
Jet2 launches a new base at London Luton Airport
Where does British Airways fly to from London City Airport?
The Aspire Heathrow T3 is closing for refurbishment from February
Priority Pass finally gets a proper lounge at Berlin Brandenburg airport
Camp in an ex-Etihad A320 in Tenby, Wales!
Singapore Airlines will refurbish its A350 fleet with brand new business class and First Class
The new Marriott Bonvoy / Nectar partnership looks interesting – here’s why
What are the best hotel promos for November?
Cathay Pacific is offering an exclusive discount to HSBC Premier customers
Get £200 cashback with an easyJet Holidays / American Express offer
Stories we recommend from other sites:
Belmond unveils the Britannic Explorer luxury sleeper train (Business Traveller)
Air New Zealand wants to resume London flights (One Mile At A Time)
Oberoi back on track for UK debut with Mayfair property (Boutique Hotelier)
Singapore Airlines to offer Cristal 2015 Champagne in First Class (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
Park Hyatt London River Thames is London’s newest five star hotel …. how is it? We spent a night. Image above.
We also published a review of Cowley Manor Experimental in the Cotswolds, now under new ownership and refurbished. Image below.
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
We look into Virgin Flying Club’s dynamic pricing:
We had a detailed analysis of the Virgin Flying Club dynamic pricing changes this week:
On how many days does Virgin Flying Club now offer Saver pricing?
The cheapest, and most expensive, redemptions with Virgin Flying Club’s dynamic pricing
Other loyalty news:
STILL RUNNING: Buy Avios for just 0.88p via Finnair Plus! It is VERY easy to transfer them, instantly and free, to your British Airways Executive Club account afterwards as our article explains. The offer ends on Wednesday. Click here to buy.
Is American Express Platinum worth the £650 annual fee? The current sign-up bonus is worth 80,000 Avios!
REGISTER NOW: Accor launches a double points hotel promotion across Europe
You can now redeem Virgin Points at Virgin Hotels – and it can be a decent deal
Get 5,000 Virgin Points by activating Tesco Clubcard auto-convert
How to gift a Marriott Bonvoy reward night to someone else
How to earn Avios on Avis car rentals
When do your Radisson Rewards points expire? How can you stop it?
Do you have a Limited Company?
LAST CHANCE: Get 30,000 Virgin Points with the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ credit card!
Virgin Atlantic has been running a special 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 Monday, 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.
Note that Virgin Money tends to pull its offers during the day, not at midnight, so don’t leave it until Monday if you can.
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 small commission if you apply via our link – 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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