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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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British Airways Amex tier point earning special:
Last Saturday we broke the news of how you can earn British Airways tier points from American Express Premium Plus credit card spend. Here’s our follow-up article after the official confirmation on Wednesday.
Now we’ve had the Amex details, what’s the cheapest route to British Airways Club Bronze status given the THREE tier point bonuses available?
This week’s top travel news stories:
Excellent £99 offer for the aether private terminal at Manchester Airport
British Airways extends Tel Aviv cancellations, allows EL AL rebooking
Marriott ends its Manchester United sponsorship deal
Marriott adds three high-end aparthotels in Edinburgh
Qatar Airways announces a dining partnership with Yannick Alleno
KLM trials a 100% sustainable aviation fuel surcharge on the London City to Amsterdam route
New hotels openings worth a look: Hotel Indigo London Clerkenwell, JW Marriott Crete, Luxembourg Marriott, Crete image below
Hilton launches a rare Asia Pacific cashback offer with American Express
How does the Amex Gold (and Platinum) ‘The Hotel Collection’ $100 credit work?
How to use your £100 Amex Platinum Dining credit for an Ivy gift card – remember that you will ‘use it or lose it’ on 30th June
Stories we recommend from other sites:
Dublin Airport expands Platinum VIP private terminal service (Business Traveller)
Air India temporarily suspends two UK routes following Ahmedabad crash (TTG)
United signals 50% hike in Dublin transatlantic capacity (Travel Weekly)
Dishoom expands into overnight stays with Notting Hill launch (Boutique Hotelier)
Eurostar unveils summer menus for Premier customers (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
No reviews this week – we were too busy planning the summer party! A full report from our party last Thursday, generously sponsored by Heathrow Express, will appear next week. Image above.
If you still have a copy of FT Weekend, Claer Barrett wrote about our summer party in her column – see page 12 of the main FT Weekend news section.
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
The top deal of the week was £750 of VIP hospitality tickets to SailGP in Portsmouth for just 6,000 Accor Live Limitless points – but our readers snapped them up quickly!
REGISTER NOW: IHG offering triple points at Crowne Plaza, voco and three other brands
Why crediting Hertz rentals to IHG One Rewards is surprisingly attractive
Free Wall Street Journal digital subscription for Accor Platinum and Diamond members
Why the Marriott Bonvoy 60,000 points sign-up bonus is a great way to (re-)start with American Express
Good value cricket redemptions at Old Trafford with Hilton Honors
Get double Qantas Points on Qantas flights to Australia
Which of the two Barclaycard Avios Mastercards is best for you? The paid card has a bonus of 25,000 Avios ….
Thank you for reading
Please drop me a note at rob@headforpoints.com with any feedback.
If you are booking a hotel this week, click here to read our summary of the best bonus points offers for June from the big chains.
See you next Monday,
Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
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