What you missed on Head for Points last week
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Special feature:
My 1p rule for picking the best ‘Avios and cash’ combination to book
This week’s top travel news stories:
Finnair announces flights to Toronto, which will be bookable with Avios
A big surprise – InterContinental Manchester Deansgate on the way as the Hilton rebrands
Hyatt launches a generous bonus points promotion for its budget brands
Icelandic airline Play cuts its US routes entirely – a budget option to the East Coast disapppears
Lucknam Park hotel to launch Accor’s new Emblems Collection
Get a 70% bonus when you buy Virgin Points – worth it?
Earn 2,000 to 10,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points per stay with a new promotion
Mandarin Oriental takes over the San Clemente Palace island resort in Venice from Kempinski
Win a trip to New York by registering with Virgin Hotels
Earn Tesco Clubcard points (convert to Virgin Points) with EV charging at Tesco stores
Top travel deals this week:
Get 1 month of Super Duolingo free if you are a Marriott Bonvoy member – and if you’re not a Bonvoy member, you can join for free and immediately claim your Super Duolingo code
Get a 100% bonus when you buy IHG One Rewards points
This deal is now dead but if you want to read about it anyway – Book Manchester to New York in Aer Lingus business class for £850 return
Get a free £5 to spend with LNER trains when you join ‘LNER Perks’
Generous Accor hotel points deal if you rent a car from Sixt
Credit card news:
ENDS SOON: Use your £50 of Harvey Nichols credit from Amex Platinum by 30th June
Amex Preferred Rewards Gold cuts its annual spend bonuses but not everyone will be worse off
Get a 20% bonus transferring HSBC Premier credit card points into Qantas Points
Our credit card reviews series continues:
- Review: the Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit card
- Review: the Nectar Credit Card from American Express
British Airways and Avios news:
Big lounge changes in Manchester as the Escape lounge closes and BA moves to a temporary lounge in a corridor by Gate 37
Get double Nectar points (= double Avios) with premium fuels at Esso
NEW: You can now earn Avios with Uber in Ireland as well as the UK
Reviews:
How I got a flat bed on my Iberia flight from Madrid to London – you may not know that Iberia runs a long haul aircraft on one Heathrow-Madrid rotation per day, which means business class passengers get a very comfy trip indeed. Image above.
And on the way TO Spain, we reviewed Iberia Express short haul business class from London Gatwick to Madrid. It is surprisingly good – and remember Iberia Express also flies from Manchester and Edinburgh.
Hotel news:
Get 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 at Hilton’s luxury hotels in Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia
Accor Live Limitless opens up more tickets for its terrace at OVO Arena Wembley
Save 20% in the citizenM hotel sale – and rooms are fully cancellable
Enter a draw to win 100,000 Accor points, worth €2,000, if you stay at two different brands
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 June 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.
If you got a ticket for the Head for Points Summer Party, we (and 499 other readers) will see you on Thursday night!
See you next Saturday,
Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
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