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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. 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 .....
30 Dec 202430 December 2024
British Airways launched ‘Avios Balance Boost’ in June 2023. It is a surprisingly good value way of buying Avios. As we haven’t mentioned it for a year I thought it was worth running .....
British Airways launched ‘Avios Balance Boost’ in June 2023. It is a surprisingly good value way .....
29 Dec 202429 December 2024 • 40 comments
Since mid November, Accor LIve Limitless has been running a ‘double points’ promotion for stays in selected European and North African countries, including the UK. I thought it was worth a .....
Since mid November, Accor LIve Limitless has been running a ‘double points’ promotion for stays in .....
29 Dec 202429 December 2024 • 6 comments
American Express is currently running a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. You need to get a move on, however, as it ends on 14th January. The standard bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards .....
American Express is currently running a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. You need to get a move on, .....
28 Dec 202428 December 2024 • 53 comments
Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning Club Eurostar points apart from taking a trip, I thought it was worth a closer look at the .....
Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning .....
28 Dec 202428 December 2024 • 3 comments
American Express is currently offering an increased sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card, from 20,000 to 30,000 points. If you meet the bonus criteria, you will .....
American Express is currently offering an increased sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards .....
27 Dec 202427 December 2024 • 4 comments
As we slowly get back into things after Christmas, Rhys and I are bringing you our annual reflections on our travel year gone by. If you’re looking for exciting tales of new aircraft and .....
As we slowly get back into things after Christmas, Rhys and I are bringing you our annual reflections on our .....
26 Dec 202426 December 2024 • 54 comments
If you work in the travel industry then Christmas is well and truly over. From today, you are fully focused on selling Summer 2025 holidays. The next few days are the busiest booking period of the .....
If you work in the travel industry then Christmas is well and truly over. From today, you are fully focused on .....
26 Dec 202426 December 2024 • 3 comments
The Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia hotel is to be rebranded after going into receivership, according to the Daily Post. The hotel opened in 2021 next to the surf lagoon at Adventure Park Snowdonia .....
The Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia hotel is to be rebranded after going into receivership, according to the Daily .....
26 Dec 202426 December 2024 • 26 comments
Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. Thank you for your support over the past year. We managed to grow page views again – up 12% on 2023 to 32 million, on top .....
Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. Thank you for your support over the .....
25 Dec 202425 December 2024 • 110 comments
Another four short-haul routes seem to be have been axed from the Summer 2025 British Airways schedule. It doesn’t seem to be much more than the usual tweaking although it is of course very .....
Another four short-haul routes seem to be have been axed from the Summer 2025 British Airways schedule. It .....
24 Dec 202424 December 2024 • 119 comments
When Hyatt Gold Passport relaunched as World of Hyatt, it added an interesting new promotion which generally passes people by. It is called Hyatt Brand Explorer. The way that Brand Explorer .....
When Hyatt Gold Passport relaunched as World of Hyatt, it added an interesting new promotion which generally .....
24 Dec 202424 December 2024 • 20 comments
This is our review of the Eurostar Premier lounge at London St Pancras station. It’s been over two years since we last reviewed the lounge so I thought it was worth an update. The name of the .....
This is our review of the Eurostar Premier lounge at London St Pancras station. It’s been over two years .....
24 Dec 202424 December 2024 • 42 comments
Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes you can do a conversion which you would logically not .....
Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd .....
24 Dec 202424 December 2024 • 3 comments
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