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 by Rob Burgess

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 by Rob Burgess • 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 by Rob Burgess

Here is a full list of the articles we published in June 2024.  Click through to read them in full: How to book domestic QantasLink flights in Australia with Avios points How to redeem Virgin .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in June 2024.  Click through to read them in full: How .....

30 Jun 202430 June 2024 by HfP team

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 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

30 Jun 202430 June 2024 by HfP team • 4 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 by Rob Burgess • 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 by Rob Burgess • 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 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

This is our review of the Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place, part of Marriott Bonvoy. The Marriott Bonvoy® American Express Credit Card® is currently offering .....

This is our review of the Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place, part of Marriott Bonvoy. .....

29 Jun 202429 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 25 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 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

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 .....

29 Jun 202429 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 1 comment

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 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

City of Derry Airport in Northern Ireland doesn’t have a lot of activity, but I have a soft spot for any airport which lists ‘Lourdes’ as one of its handful of destinations. .....

City of Derry Airport in Northern Ireland doesn’t have a lot of activity, but I have a soft spot for any .....

28 Jun 202428 June 2024 by Rob Burgess