2024 was a record-breaking year for Heathrow when it welcomed 83.9 million people – three million more than its previous record, set in 2019. By 2031, it wants to be able to accommodate up to .....

2024 was a record-breaking year for Heathrow when it welcomed 83.9 million people – three million more .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

Rob and I were both a bit perplexed this week when Edinburgh Airport sent us a press release saying that “passengers are now able to take liquids in containers of up to two litres through .....

Rob and I were both a bit perplexed this week when Edinburgh Airport sent us a press release saying that .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 23 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways completes Starlink roll-out on 777 fleet Whilst we wait for Virgin Atlantic to start its rollout of Starlink high speed wi-fi in late 2026, Qatar Airways has announced .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways completes Starlink roll-out on 777 fleet Whilst we wait for Virgin Atlantic to .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 9 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 .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select ‘Click here for today’s chat thread’. Thank you.

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select .....

12 Jul 202512 July 2025 by HfP team

Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss announced that the airline would be retiring its onboard bars from 2028, with the last going in 2030. Virgin Atlantic says it was the first airline to .....

Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss announced that the airline would be retiring its onboard .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 38 comments

News in brief: Save £15 on a £150 Wizz Air spend with American Express As we mentioned last week, Wizz Air is now accepting American Express cards, both for flight bookings and in-flight purchases. .....

News in brief: Save £15 on a £150 Wizz Air spend with American Express As we mentioned last week, Wizz Air .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

The current Virgin Atlantic 'buy points' bonus, which will get you a bonus of up to 60%, ends soon. If you are short of points for your next redemption, then now is a good time to top up. This bonus .....

The current Virgin Atlantic 'buy points' bonus, which will get you a bonus of up to 60%, ends soon. If you are .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Katie Ridgers • Leave a comment

Accor Live Limitless has launched a new promotion with Sixt. This could be quite valuable. Remember that Accor points are worth 2 Eurocents each towards a hotel stay, or convert at 1:1 into Iberia .....

Accor Live Limitless has launched a new promotion with Sixt. This could be quite valuable. Remember that Accor .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select ‘Click here for today’s chat thread’. Thank you.

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by HfP team

All good things must come to an end and after 41 years Virgin Atlantic has decided to call time on its onboard bars. The move was announced on Tuesday as part of a suite of updates by CEO Shai Weiss .....

All good things must come to an end and after 41 years Virgin Atlantic has decided to call time on its onboard .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 64 comments

News in brief: British Airways adds three new short haul routes BA announced three new routes to Europe yesterday. Because flights have only just been loaded to ba.com, Avios availability should be .....

News in brief: British Airways adds three new short haul routes BA announced three new routes to Europe .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding agreements as the contracts come .....

News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Last weekend we covered the Turkish Airlines ‘one million miles for six continents’ challenge. It did what it says – you would receive 1,000,000 Miles&Smiles miles if you flew to .....

Last weekend we covered the Turkish Airlines ‘one million miles for six continents’ challenge. It .....

9 Jul 20259 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments