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British Airways announced three new routes to Europe yesterday. Because flights have only just been loaded to ba.com, Avios availability should be wide open, even at peak periods. The first new route .....
British Airways announced three new routes to Europe yesterday. Because flights have only just been loaded to .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025 • 72 comments
Marseille Provence Airport opened a new terminal extension designed by Foster + Partners last year. The extension almost doubled the size of the airport and allowed it to refurbish the existing .....
Marseille Provence Airport opened a new terminal extension designed by Foster + Partners last year. The .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025
The Hoxton, which is part of Accor’s Ennismore collection of lifestyle brands, has opened its first Scottish hotel in Edinburgh. The Hoxton has been on a rapid expansion since it merged to .....
The Hoxton, which is part of Accor’s Ennismore collection of lifestyle brands, has opened its first .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025
As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding agreements as the contracts come up for renewal. In late 2024, QHotels rebranded DoubleTree by .....
As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025 • 32 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 • 53 comments
American Express has announced where its second Centurion lounge in Europe will open, almost four years since it opened its first European location at Heathrow Terminal 3. (Technically, American .....
American Express has announced where its second Centurion lounge in Europe will open, almost four years since .....
9 Jul 20259 July 2025 • 18 comments
Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss unveiled a raft of customer experience upgrades at an event in London tonight which we attended. It is a cornucopia of announcements, including: It marks the biggest .....
Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss unveiled a raft of customer experience upgrades at an event in London tonight .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 145 comments
Marriott Bonvoy is bringing its ‘Gourmet Odyssey’ programme back to London, with a six course extravaganza on Saturday 6th September. It is decent value at 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy points .....
Marriott Bonvoy is bringing its ‘Gourmet Odyssey’ programme back to London, with a six course .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 12 comments
Three years ago, HSBC Premier undertook a substantial upgrading of its credit card transfer partners. What was a bit of a laughing stock – although Avios was a partner – suddenly became a .....
Three years ago, HSBC Premier undertook a substantial upgrading of its credit card transfer partners. What was .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 37 comments
A little known benefit of Hilton Honors is the ability to earn points on Lyft rides in the United States and Canada. If you find yourself in the US needing to get somewhere, Lyft may appeal to you. .....
A little known benefit of Hilton Honors is the ability to earn points on Lyft rides in the United States and .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 7 comments
Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that Nectar is an option? ‘Part Pay With Avios’ has, apparently, been very successful .....
Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that .....
7 Jul 20257 July 2025 • 32 comments
Whilst this won’t be of interest to our readers with UK, EU, US or other passports which can use the e-gates at London Heathrow, the airport has brought in a Fast Track Arrivals service for .....
Whilst this won’t be of interest to our readers with UK, EU, US or other passports which can use the .....
7 Jul 20257 July 2025 • 81 comments
I spent two days in Brussels recently as the guest of Global Hotel Alliance, attending their annual meeting of brand CEOs. I managed to sit down with the CEO of Global Hotel Alliance itself, Chris .....
I spent two days in Brussels recently as the guest of Global Hotel Alliance, attending their annual meeting of .....
7 Jul 20257 July 2025 • 7 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 .....
7 Jul 20257 July 2025
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