Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage we’ve given it on Head for Points over the past few years. citizenM first started as an .....

Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments

Last year, I wrote that 2025 would be the year of unlimited, fast and free inflight wifi. Qatar Airways is at the forefront of this charge, at least when it comes to long haul services, thanks to its .....

Last year, I wrote that 2025 would be the year of unlimited, fast and free inflight wifi. Qatar Airways is at .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 252 comments

GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the last couple of years with a mix of easy to earn status, generous elite benefits and .....

GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

If you’re still struggling to see a way to earn or retain status in British Airways Club, I wanted to remind you today that the Lufthansa / SWISS / Austrian status match into Miles & More .....

If you’re still struggling to see a way to earn or retain status in British Airways Club, I wanted to .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 23 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 .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

The move to dynamic pricing for Virgin Flying Club redemptions last October effectively killed off any hope that most people had for flying in Upper Class. There is virtually no Upper Class reward .....

The move to dynamic pricing for Virgin Flying Club redemptions last October effectively killed off any hope .....

27 Apr 202527 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

Hilton Honors and ALL (Accor Live Limitless) have added some interesting new UK points redemptions for anyone who doesn’t want to see another hotel room in their free time! Let’s start .....

Hilton Honors and ALL (Accor Live Limitless) have added some interesting new UK points redemptions for anyone .....

27 Apr 202527 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Accor Live Limitless has been running a ‘double and triple points’ promotion for stays in selected European and North African countries, including the UK. You can register here. TODAY, .....

Accor Live Limitless has been running a ‘double and triple points’ promotion for stays in selected .....

27 Apr 202527 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

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 .....

27 Apr 202527 April 2025 by HfP team

It’s back – the 60 day block on booking Aer Lingus redemptions with Avios. In November 2023, we reported how Aer Lingus was blocking Avios redemptions made within 60 days of the date of .....

It’s back – the 60 day block on booking Aer Lingus redemptions with Avios. In November 2023, we .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its new IHG One Rewards loyalty scheme in 2022, one of the key benefits was Confirmable Suite .....

When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Hotels.com is running a promotion for the next month. For all bookings made by 26th May, for travel by 30th September, you will receive 3% back in OneKeyCash instead of the usual 2%. Elite members .....

Hotels.com is running a promotion for the next month. For all bookings made by 26th May, for travel by 30th .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

IHG has launched its European summer hotel sale, covering brands such as InterContinental, Kimpton, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites and many others. The ‘Book Early and Save’ .....

IHG has launched its European summer hotel sale, covering brands such as InterContinental, Kimpton, Holiday .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

United Airlines has announced that its service from Edinburgh to Washington DC is moving to (almost) year-round from ‘summer only’. Instead of ending on 25th October, flights will now .....

United Airlines has announced that its service from Edinburgh to Washington DC is moving to (almost) .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments