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‘The Travel Brief’, the weekly Head for Points travel trade newsletter

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

by Rob Burgess

Our review of Aspire Rewards – and how Priority Pass lounge visits count

Aspire Rewards is the little-known reward scheme for Aspire and Club Aspire airport lounges in the UK, except for those at Heathrow and Gatwick. It isn’t widely used, but it shoud be on your .....

Aspire Rewards is the little-known reward scheme for Aspire and Club Aspire airport lounges in the UK, except .....

by Rob Burgess11 comments

Got a pre-paid hotel room you can’t use? Do mobile check-in anyway ….

Mobile check-in is becoming increasingly common with the big hotel chains. You can check-in via the hotel app, often selecting the exact room you want from a floor plan, and then go straight to your .....

Mobile check-in is becoming increasingly common with the big hotel chains. You can check-in via the hotel app, .....

by Rob Burgess46 comments

What is the best use of American Express Membership Rewards points?

What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? I have written numerous articles before about using American Express Membership Rewards points and a few pieces on how I value airline miles .....

What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? I have written numerous articles before about using .....

by Rob Burgess28 comments

Did you miss any of our 26 central London hotel reviews?

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get around to reviewing hotels on our doorstep. And let’s face it: in London, we are .....

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get .....

by Rhys Jones21 comments

How to boost your Amex spend by using PayPal for online purchases

Trying to buy some trainers for my son from the Decathlon website recently, I was reminded of an interesting trick which you can use at retailers which do not take American Express. This assumes that .....

Trying to buy some trainers for my son from the Decathlon website recently, I was reminded of an interesting .....

by Rob Burgess70 comments

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

by Rhys Jones1 comment

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