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If you have an early morning flight from Heathrow, it can come as a surprise when you realise that, midweek, the first Piccadilly Line train from central London doesn’t arrive at the airport .....
If you have an early morning flight from Heathrow, it can come as a surprise when you realise that, midweek, .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025 • 21 comments
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. If you are not a .....
Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025
If you have considered switching your hotel stays to Hilton but don’t want to go ‘cold turkey’ because you have status with your main chain, Hilton has a solution. Hilton Honors has .....
If you have considered switching your hotel stays to Hilton but don’t want to go ‘cold .....
16 Feb 202516 February 2025 • 35 comments
Eurostar services between London St Pancras and Amsterdam Centraal resumed this week after an eight month break. The disruption was caused by rebuilding work at the station in Amsterdam, which meant .....
Eurostar services between London St Pancras and Amsterdam Centraal resumed this week after an eight month .....
16 Feb 202516 February 2025 • 57 comments
In my previous article, I reviewed ‘the facts’ of the Radisson Rewards loyalty scheme. This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want to focus. The .....
In my previous article, I reviewed ‘the facts’ of the Radisson Rewards loyalty scheme. This .....
16 Feb 202516 February 2025 • 19 comments
Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotels, has a slightly surprising partnership with luxury cruise company Regent Seven Seas. (Note that Regent Seven Seas is no .....
Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotels, has a slightly surprising .....
16 Feb 202516 February 2025 • 8 comments
Whilst the launch was, unsurprisingly, muted due to the pandemic, Royal Air Maroc joined the oneworld airline alliance in 2020. This meant that you can now earn and spend Avios, and earn British .....
Whilst the launch was, unsurprisingly, muted due to the pandemic, Royal Air Maroc joined the oneworld airline .....
15 Feb 202515 February 2025 • 17 comments
How can you earn Avios points for free? It’s certainly an attractive idea – picking up free Avios which you can use for flights, hotels or car hire, or even wine! However, don’t be .....
How can you earn Avios points for free? It’s certainly an attractive idea – picking up free Avios .....
15 Feb 202515 February 2025 • 44 comments
This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles. One will list the facts of the scheme, basically, “How does .....
This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....
15 Feb 202515 February 2025 • 10 comments
HSBC runs fairly regular 25% bonuses on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. As we trailed a couple of weeks ago, a new bonus is now live. There doesn’t seem to be any .....
HSBC runs fairly regular 25% bonuses on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. As we trailed .....
15 Feb 202515 February 2025 • 18 comments
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....
15 Feb 202515 February 2025
I’m sure that many HfP readers have never flown on a propeller aircraft. However, British Airways is bringing back this unique – and pretty slow – experience for the summer. A few .....
I’m sure that many HfP readers have never flown on a propeller aircraft. However, British Airways is .....
14 Feb 202514 February 2025 • 135 comments
This article looks at whether it is worth using your Avios to book a hotel room. I generally try to stay away from the eternal question of ‘What is an Avios worth?’. At the end of the day, .....
This article looks at whether it is worth using your Avios to book a hotel room. I generally try to stay away .....
14 Feb 202514 February 2025 • 14 comments
The high-end Four Seasons hotel chain has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ tab on the statement page of the Amex website, or in the .....
The high-end Four Seasons hotel chain has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. You need to .....
14 Feb 202514 February 2025 • 21 comments
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