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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 .....
16 Dec 202416 December 2024
Last summer, Virgin Red signed a deal on a box at The O2 arena in London with tickets available for members of Virgin Red and Virgin Flying Club. Marriott Bonvoy, of course, has been doing this for .....
Last summer, Virgin Red signed a deal on a box at The O2 arena in London with tickets available for members of .....
15 Dec 202415 December 2024 • 28 comments
As regular readers will know, the move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Virgin Flying Club flight rewards seems to have been cover for slashing the number of reward seats available – if you .....
As regular readers will know, the move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Virgin Flying Club flight rewards .....
15 Dec 202415 December 2024 • 85 comments
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....
15 Dec 202415 December 2024 • 19 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 .....
15 Dec 202415 December 2024 • 1 comment
In an unsurprising move, we believe that British Airways has decided to roll back its much-maligned brunch service. Our source believes that it will end in February. There is already some respite this .....
In an unsurprising move, we believe that British Airways has decided to roll back its much-maligned brunch .....
14 Dec 202414 December 2024 • 141 comments
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....
Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....
14 Dec 202414 December 2024 • 43 comments
This is our review of the DoubleTree Hotel Amsterdam Centraal. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....
This is our review of the DoubleTree Hotel Amsterdam Centraal. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for .....
14 Dec 202414 December 2024 • 11 comments
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....
Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....
14 Dec 202414 December 2024
Virgin Flying Club has finally opened up household accounts to all members, irrespective of their elite status. See here. It’s been a long journey – it is exactly three years since they .....
Virgin Flying Club has finally opened up household accounts to all members, irrespective of their elite .....
13 Dec 202413 December 2024 • 78 comments
This is our review of Saga Premium, Icelandair’s business class cabin. If you’ve been reading my series on Icelandair, then you’ll know that the airline has a slightly different .....
This is our review of Saga Premium, Icelandair’s business class cabin. If you’ve been reading my .....
13 Dec 202413 December 2024 • 49 comments
Hilton has opened up bookings for the Waldorf Astoria New York. The hotel has been closed since 2017 for a top to toe refurbishment. The property, which was actually two hotels – the main hotel .....
Hilton has opened up bookings for the Waldorf Astoria New York. The hotel has been closed since 2017 for a top .....
13 Dec 202413 December 2024
Two UK properties have left Hilton this month. In Glasgow, DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Westerwood Spa & Golf Resort left the group on Tuesday. It is now operating as an independent hotel. .....
Two UK properties have left Hilton this month. In Glasgow, DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Westerwood Spa & .....
13 Dec 202413 December 2024
In a surprising move, Mandarin Oriental is taking over management of two luxury European hotels which HfP rates highly – The Conservatorium in Amsterdam (review here) and Hotel Lutetia in Paris .....
In a surprising move, Mandarin Oriental is taking over management of two luxury European hotels which HfP .....
13 Dec 202413 December 2024 • 32 comments
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