What you missed on Head for Points last week
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The British Airways Club changes:
British Airways has extended status for some (not all) who were expecting a mid-year drop
This week’s top travel news stories:
Norse Atlantic drops flights from Gatwick to Las Vegas, image above
Virgin Atlantic continues to tweak its flight schedules: some routes win, some lose
IHG One Rewards devalues points redemptions at top hotels
The Escape Lounge at East Midlands Airport reopens with a new look
Top travel deals this week:
Get a 100% bonus buying Hilton Honors points – click here to buy, and read the article for an example of where you would save 64% over paying cash!
Save 15% on reward nights at new IHG hotels
Credit card news:
American Express launches new Hilton cashback offers saving you up to £75
Get £75 back on £300 spend at selected UK hotels with a new ‘Amex Stays’ promotion
How does the Amex Platinum ‘4 hour grace period’ for Hertz car rentals work?
British Airways and Avios news:
How do you get a British Airways Club Premier card?
How Santiago highlights the oddities of Avios reward pricing, with taxes from £59 to £625
Reviews:
It was Japan Week on the site! Rhys visited Tokyo and Okinawa in March to check out the new Japan Airlines flagship A350-1000, now flying to London Heathrow.
We published three articles on Japan Airlines:
- JAL A350 premium economy review
- JAL A350 business class review
- JAL Sakura Sky View lounge at Tokyo Haneda review
and, in terms of hotel reviews:
Closer to home, Conny checks out Great Western Railway’s First Class lounge at Paddington Station.
Rhys also finds time (no idea how!) to pop over to Los Angeles to review the new Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse.
Hotel news:
IHG One Rewards experiments with opening up all room categories for points redemptions
You can convert Avios INTO Accor Live Limitless hotel points – but should you?
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here and will be updated on the headforpoints.com home page on Sunday morning.
If you are booking a hotel this weekend, click here to read our summary of the best bonus points offers for April from the big chains.
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, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
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