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Hotel news in brief: Hilton sells Oasis VIP packages for a record price If you are interested in what people are willing to pay for tickets for the upcoming Oasis concerts at Wembley, here is an .....
Hotel news in brief: Hilton sells Oasis VIP packages for a record price If you are interested in what people .....
23 Jul 202523 July 2025 • 14 comments
After myriad delays, we have a firm date for the launch of the EU’s Entry Exit System – 12th October. From this date, everyone travelling into the EU must have four fingerprints and a .....
After myriad delays, we have a firm date for the launch of the EU’s Entry Exit System – 12th .....
22 Jul 202522 July 2025 • 213 comments
Whilst it has never made a big song and dance of it, Mastercard ranks its credit cards into different tiers. The free Barclaycard Avios card, for example, has a ‘World’ logo on it, whilst .....
Whilst it has never made a big song and dance of it, Mastercard ranks its credit cards into different tiers. .....
22 Jul 202522 July 2025 • 41 comments
IHG, the group behind Kimpton, Regent, InterContinental etc, launched a new programme for luxury travel agents last year to encourage them to book for their clients. ‘IHG Destined’, as it .....
IHG, the group behind Kimpton, Regent, InterContinental etc, launched a new programme for luxury travel agents .....
21 Jul 202521 July 2025 • 81 comments
Loganair is now an Avios earn and burn partner (see our guide here) which means that we will be paying extra attention to changes to its network. The airline opened a base in Southampton this year and .....
Loganair is now an Avios earn and burn partner (see our guide here) which means that we will be paying extra .....
21 Jul 202521 July 2025
On Sunday afternoon I was in Portsmouth at SailGP, as the guest of Accor Live Limitless. We wrote about this a month ago. SailGP – the Formula 1 of sailing – was coming back to the UK for the .....
On Sunday afternoon I was in Portsmouth at SailGP, as the guest of Accor Live Limitless. We wrote about this a .....
21 Jul 202521 July 2025 • 19 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 .....
21 Jul 202521 July 2025
Uber has found (yet another) way of making more money from you. To be fair, some readers may find this valuable. For others, it will be a poor deal. The company has added ‘dynamic currency .....
Uber has found (yet another) way of making more money from you. To be fair, some readers may find this .....
20 Jul 202520 July 2025 • 71 comments
Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways announced that it was adopting Avios as its loyalty currency. You can link your British Airways Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club accounts via the method we .....
Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways announced that it was adopting Avios as its loyalty currency. You can link .....
20 Jul 202520 July 2025 • 14 comments
For the very first time, Hilton is running a special offer on the Hilton Honors Plus Debit Card. This card has proved popular with Head for Points readers because it comes with Gold Elite status in .....
For the very first time, Hilton is running a special offer on the Hilton Honors Plus Debit Card. This card has .....
20 Jul 202520 July 2025 • 41 comments
Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of course. But there are actually 36 airlines which let you earn Avios for some or all of .....
Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of .....
19 Jul 202519 July 2025 • 24 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 .....
19 Jul 202519 July 2025
In our article on the Avios sale yesterday, we discussed some of the weird patterns that we had seen in Avios availability since an IT update on 1st July. This initially led to no First Class seats .....
In our article on the Avios sale yesterday, we discussed some of the weird patterns that we had seen in Avios .....
18 Jul 202518 July 2025 • 91 comments
No1 Lounges has officially opened its new My Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3. The old Club Aspire lounge has been fully refurbished and rebranded ‘to deliver a bold new My Lounge experience, .....
No1 Lounges has officially opened its new My Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3. The old Club Aspire lounge has .....
18 Jul 202518 July 2025 • 40 comments
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