What you missed on Head for Points last week
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This week’s top travel news stories:
British Airways orders 44 long haul Airbus and Boeing aircraft
Virgin Voyages joins Virgin Red for earning and burning …. but is it good value?
British Airways extends Tel Aviv cancellations into June
The Standard hotels join World of Hyatt – here are the redemption rates
Top travel deals this week
IHG One Rewards launches its new summer bonus points offer – click here to register
Get a 50% bonus when transferring Avios to Accor Live Limitless hotel points – but should you?
Win 500,000 Avios with Flora at Sainsbury’s!
Club Eurostar launches a big reward seat sale with 20% off everything – worth a look (and an Amex points transfer)? Image below.
Radisson launches a new hotel sale including bonus points
Get 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy points with a ‘Homes & Villas’ booking
Good airport parking and hotel deal from secret IHG link
Get a 30% bonus on hotel points transfers from three schemes to Avios
Credit card news:
Our annual series of travel rewards credit card reviews is back, starting with:
- The Platinum Card from American Express review
- Barclaycard Avios Mastercard review
- The American Express Rewards Credit Card review
- The American Express Gold Preferred Rewards Credit Card review
British Airways and Avios news:
Soft landings to stay at British Airways Club, as 30th April proved
Why you shouldn’t use Avios on Club Europe redemptions from London City Airport, in our opinion!
Reviews:
Carrying on from our trip to Doha two weeks ago, we published a review of the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 4.
We also visited the new-ish Qatar Airways Platinum and Gold Lounge North in Doha which is where elite BA cardholders will go when flying Qatar Airways or British Airways in economy.
Meanwhile, in Spain and Gibraltar:
A review of Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula, Granada (Marriott’s Autograph Collection)
…. and a revisit to the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel which we always find strangely interesting!
Hotel news:
What are the best hotel promos for May? Find out where to stay this month for the best bonuses.
Other stories:
Who won the 10,000 Avios prize from our recent survey?
Work in loyalty? Join us at Mega Event in Dublin on 21st May
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 morning.
If you are booking a hotel this weekend, click here to read our summary of the best bonus points offers for May 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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