British Airways continues to rebuild its Gatwick schedules and we are now close to where they were pre-pandemic. Short haul operations restarted in 2022 following the launch of BA subsidiary BA .....

British Airways continues to rebuild its Gatwick schedules and we are now close to where they were .....

20 Aug 202420 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 102 comments

This is my pre-opening review of Accor’s 25hours Hotel Paper Island in Copenhagen. It is the first time in 12 years that HfP has reviewed a hotel before it opened to the public. We weren’t .....

This is my pre-opening review of Accor’s 25hours Hotel Paper Island in Copenhagen. It is the first time .....

20 Aug 202420 August 2024 by Conny Urban • 18 comments

Take-off and landing slots at Heathrow are a scarce resource but Qatar Airways has managed to get its hands on another pair thanks to Romanian flag carrier TAROM. ACL, which co-ordinates slots at .....

Take-off and landing slots at Heathrow are a scarce resource but Qatar Airways has managed to get its hands on .....

20 Aug 202420 August 2024 by Rhys Jones

The hotel chains’ insatiable hunger to hoover up more brands continues: Hilton recently acquired of Graduate and Hyatt is reportedly circling The Standard. Marriott has now announced a 20-year .....

The hotel chains’ insatiable hunger to hoover up more brands continues: Hilton recently acquired of .....

20 Aug 202420 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 62 comments

Many of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses.  Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus and potentially move on. However, if you are .....

Many of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses.  Get a card, spend .....

19 Aug 202419 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Zing was launched by HSBC earlier this year, and is aiming to become a key player in the money transfer and travel spend sectors. If you sign up to Zing now, you will receive a £500 per month .....

Zing was launched by HSBC earlier this year, and is aiming to become a key player in the money transfer and .....

19 Aug 202419 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 145 comments

Whilst the clock is ticking down on its move to Star Alliance, following its partial acquisition by Lufthansa, Italy’s ITA Airways is – for now – a member of SkyTeam. This means that .....

Whilst the clock is ticking down on its move to Star Alliance, following its partial acquisition by Lufthansa, .....

19 Aug 202419 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 22 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 .....

19 Aug 202419 August 2024 by Rob Burgess

If you have a credit card, personal loan, savings or Clubcard Pay+ account with Tesco Bank, you will have received multiple communications in recent weeks about the sale of Tesco Bank to Barclays. The .....

If you have a credit card, personal loan, savings or Clubcard Pay+ account with Tesco Bank, you will have .....

18 Aug 202418 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Back in March, Hilton made a rare acquisition – the first major one since it bought Embassy Suites, DoubleTree and Hampton in 1999 – with the $210 million purchase of Graduate Hotels. The name may .....

Back in March, Hilton made a rare acquisition – the first major one since it bought Embassy Suites, .....

18 Aug 202418 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

With the current SAS status match running, we currently have a lot of HfP readers who have Gold status in Star Alliance – albeit this will end on 1st September when SAS joins the SkyTeam airline .....

With the current SAS status match running, we currently have a lot of HfP readers who have Gold status in Star .....

18 Aug 202418 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

American Express has announced that the transfer rate from Membership Rewards points to the Emirates Skywards programme will change from tomorrow, Monday 19th August. It will drop from the current 1:1 .....

American Express has announced that the transfer rate from Membership Rewards points to the Emirates Skywards .....

18 Aug 202418 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is our review of The Hoxton Southwark hotel in London. One of the trendiest hotel brands to emerge in London over the past two decades, The Hoxton is going global with new openings almost every .....

This is our review of The Hoxton Southwark hotel in London. One of the trendiest hotel brands to emerge in .....

17 Aug 202417 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 35 comments

Virgin Red has recently taken a box at The O2 arena in London, and on Wednesday we published an article showing you what it is like inside. It’s looking good! Virgin Red has now released tickets .....

Virgin Red has recently taken a box at The O2 arena in London, and on Wednesday we published an article .....

17 Aug 202417 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments