American Express has announced an expansion of its two ‘added value’ hotel booking programmes. 400 new hotels have been added to Fine Hotels & Resorts, for holders of The Platinum .....

American Express has announced an expansion of its two ‘added value’ hotel booking programmes. 400 .....

20 Aug 202520 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once dropped .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use or .....

19 Aug 202519 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

This is our review of the two Amex Cashback credit cards, specifically the Amex Cashback Credit Card and the Amex Cashback Everyday Credit Card. Head for Points is primarily about earning airline .....

This is our review of the two Amex Cashback credit cards, specifically the Amex Cashback Credit Card and the .....

19 Aug 202519 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Accor, the company behind Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, Raffles, Pullman, Fairmont and many other hotel brands, shook up its two subscription cards in 2023. I thought it was worth a look at whether they are .....

Accor, the company behind Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, Raffles, Pullman, Fairmont and many other hotel brands, .....

19 Aug 202519 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

In January 2025, American Express moved from AXA to Europ Assistance to provide travel insurance benefits for holders of The Platinum Card. It’s fair to say that this has not gone as well as it .....

In January 2025, American Express moved from AXA to Europ Assistance to provide travel insurance benefits for .....

18 Aug 202518 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 184 comments

A long running trend in the travel loyalty industry has been the move away from fixed price reward charts and towards some level of revenue-based redeeming. Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa are the .....

A long running trend in the travel loyalty industry has been the move away from fixed price reward charts and .....

18 Aug 202518 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the last few years. This is down to three things: We ran a separate piece here which provides a .....

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the .....

18 Aug 202518 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 17 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 .....

18 Aug 202518 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

This is our review of the The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Berlin, part of Marriott Bonvoy. Berlin is one of my favourite European cities thanks to the combination of world-leading museums, creative scene, .....

This is our review of the The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Berlin, part of Marriott Bonvoy. Berlin is one of my .....

17 Aug 202517 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 14 comments