In 2021 Virgin Red launched a new way of letting you earn Virgin Points – its own train ticket booking platform called Virgin Trains Ticketing. It was originally part of the Virgin Red app but .....

In 2021 Virgin Red launched a new way of letting you earn Virgin Points – its own train ticket booking .....

12 Aug 202512 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Ten days ago, IAG (owner of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling) announced its first half results for 2025. I won’t bore you with all the details, just to say that it is doing well, .....

Ten days ago, IAG (owner of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling) announced its first half results .....

11 Aug 202511 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 260 comments

What is the British Airways On Business scheme redemption chart?  How many On Business points do you need to fly to a particular city? It is surprisingly tricky to find out how many On Business .....

What is the British Airways On Business scheme redemption chart?  How many On Business points do you need .....

11 Aug 202511 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Hilton Honors has teamed up with Enterprise Car Club to offer a generous new member discount. This is especially interesting for anyone who has a Zipcar membership and may be interested in switching .....

Hilton Honors has teamed up with Enterprise Car Club to offer a generous new member discount. This is .....

11 Aug 202511 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 21 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 .....

11 Aug 202511 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

This is our review of the Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace hotel in Versailles, just outside Paris. Hilton is currently running its latest weekends sale for hotels and resorts across the UK, Europe, .....

This is our review of the Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace hotel in Versailles, just outside Paris. Hilton is .....

10 Aug 202510 August 2025 by Conny Urban • 23 comments

aether, as regular readers may remember, is the ‘pay to use’ VIP terminal at Manchester Airport. It originally opened in November 2019 as PremiAir. Little did we know that covid was around the .....

aether, as regular readers may remember, is the ‘pay to use’ VIP terminal at Manchester Airport. It .....

10 Aug 202510 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

World of Hyatt has launched a new ‘buy points’ bonus. You will get a 20% discount when you buy points via this link. To save you doing the maths, a 20% discount is equivalent to a 25% .....

World of Hyatt has launched a new ‘buy points’ bonus. You will get a 20% discount when you buy .....

10 Aug 202510 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

avios.com has launched a new portal called ‘Avios Shop’ letting you spend Avios on ‘real stuff’. For now, the shop only lets you purchase Apple products, although I assume the .....

avios.com has launched a new portal called ‘Avios Shop’ letting you spend Avios on ‘real .....

9 Aug 20259 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments