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American Express has made two announcements today. The first, covered in a separate article, is the temporary offer of a £400 Amex Travel credit when you apply for The Platinum Card and spent £6,000 .....
American Express has made two announcements today. The first, covered in a separate article, is the temporary .....
3 Jul 20243 July 2024 • 103 comments
IHG has announced the opening of its first InterContinental hotel in Cape Town. The company is taking on the Table Bay hotel on the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. It will open in December 2025 .....
IHG has announced the opening of its first InterContinental hotel in Cape Town. The company is taking on the .....
2 Jul 20242 July 2024 • 9 comments
Not many Avios collectors know that you can now double-up when you stay at any Accor hotel. As well as earning Accor Live Limitless points as usual from your Novotel, Mercure, Raffles, Fairmont, .....
Not many Avios collectors know that you can now double-up when you stay at any Accor hotel. As well as earning .....
2 Jul 20242 July 2024 • 14 comments
As an editorial rule, Head for Points does not usually write about hotels which only exist on paper. A contract may be signed but it doesn’t mean that the project will ever happen. We do cover .....
As an editorial rule, Head for Points does not usually write about hotels which only exist on paper. A .....
2 Jul 20242 July 2024 • 16 comments
Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....
Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....
2 Jul 20242 July 2024
One of the most useful benefits of having an American Express Platinum credit card – and one which genuinely helps me justify the £650 fee – is the Fine Hotels & Resorts programme. As .....
One of the most useful benefits of having an American Express Platinum credit card – and one which .....
1 Jul 20241 July 2024
News in brief: An update on HSBC’s 25% Avios transfer bonus As we covered last month, HSBC has launched its ‘roughly annual’ 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card .....
News in brief: An update on HSBC’s 25% Avios transfer bonus As we covered last month, HSBC has launched .....
1 Jul 20241 July 2024 • 88 comments
Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up here to .....
Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....
1 Jul 20241 July 2024
This article shows you how to book domestic QantasLink flights in Australia using Avios. If you are heading down to Australia in the near future, there is an Avios quirk which is good to know about. .....
This article shows you how to book domestic QantasLink flights in Australia using Avios. If you are heading .....
30 Jun 202430 June 2024 • 17 comments
Few people know that you can redeem Virgin Points for holidays on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island retreat in the British Virgin Islands. Necker Island was badly damaged by Hurricane Irma in .....
Few people know that you can redeem Virgin Points for holidays on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island .....
30 Jun 202430 June 2024 • 8 comments
Back in May, Virgin Red took over a box at The O2 in London with seats to be made available to members for points. This will replace the box at the AO Arena in Manchester which will close after the .....
Back in May, Virgin Red took over a box at The O2 in London with seats to be made available to members for .....
29 Jun 202429 June 2024 • 13 comments
The American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2024 tournament which starts on Monday. There will also be a new ‘Amex Pavilion’ on the Hill. If you are wondering what .....
The American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2024 tournament which starts on Monday. There will .....
29 Jun 202429 June 2024 • 43 comments
Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points – see here. The offer runs until 7th July. To put this in perspective, before 2020 Virgin Atlantic had never even run a .....
Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points – see here. The offer runs until .....
29 Jun 202429 June 2024 • 27 comments
On Tuesday I headed down to Stratford to take a pre-opening tour of YOTELPAD, Europe’s first outpost of YOTEL’s ‘extended stay’ brand. YOTEL’s long term (10 years) CEO, .....
On Tuesday I headed down to Stratford to take a pre-opening tour of YOTELPAD, Europe’s first outpost of .....
28 Jun 202428 June 2024 • 38 comments
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