IHG, through its InterContinental brand, had a loose partnership with The Venetian and The Palazzo hotels in Las Vegas. Both hotels were known as ‘InterContinental Alliance Resorts’ but .....

IHG, through its InterContinental brand, had a loose partnership with The Venetian and The Palazzo hotels in .....

27 Oct 202427 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced another exciting new route for winter …. Brussels! Launching on 27th October, Virgin Atlantic will be operating an A330-300 or A350-1000 to Brussels, seven days per .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced another exciting new route for winter …. Brussels! Launching on 27th .....

27 Oct 202427 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 60 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 .....

27 Oct 202427 October 2024 by HfP team • 2 comments

You can now redeem Avios on duty free shopping at London Heathrow. I’m not saying that you will want to, when you see the details, but the option is now there. You may not have heard of Club .....

You can now redeem Avios on duty free shopping at London Heathrow. I’m not saying that you will want to, .....

26 Oct 202426 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

SkyTeam is running a good deal for flights from the UK to Washington and Montreal. You will be flying a combination of Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic. The cheapest flight seems to be .....

SkyTeam is running a good deal for flights from the UK to Washington and Montreal. You will be flying a .....

26 Oct 202426 October 2024 by Rob Burgess

I’m not sure when this went live, but IHG One Rewards – the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme – is offering Hertz President’s Circle status to .....

I’m not sure when this went live, but IHG One Rewards – the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, .....

26 Oct 202426 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

After some delays, Accor has partially opened its TRIBE hotel at Manchester Airport. I think, although I am sure regulars can confirm in the comments, that this will be the nearest hotel to the .....

After some delays, Accor has partially opened its TRIBE hotel at Manchester Airport. I think, although I am .....

26 Oct 202426 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

This is our review of the EPISODE Daan Taipei hotel in Taiwan. For the second half of my Taiwan trip I stayed at the EPISODE hotel, which opened in May 2024. This is the second EPISODE hotel in Taiwan .....

This is our review of the EPISODE Daan Taipei hotel in Taiwan. For the second half of my Taiwan trip I stayed .....

26 Oct 202426 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 4 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 .....

26 Oct 202426 October 2024 by Rhys Jones

For a couple of weeks now, ba.com has not been showing Avios reward availability correctly. I assumed, because it shouldn’t be a difficult one to fix, that it would be cleared up quickly and we .....

For a couple of weeks now, ba.com has not been showing Avios reward availability correctly. I assumed, because .....

25 Oct 202425 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

Whenever we write about travelling in business class to Australia or New Zealand, we generally suggest cash over Avios. There are a number of reasons for this: This is why the current Cathay Pacific .....

Whenever we write about travelling in business class to Australia or New Zealand, we generally suggest cash .....

25 Oct 202425 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points tends to focus on the first two types. I thought it was worth a look at the four loyalty .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points .....

25 Oct 202425 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Our articles on the new British Airways long-haul brunch and late evening meal changes this week caused a lot of discussion. Oliver Ranson of Airline Revenue Economics produced an interesting analysis .....

Our articles on the new British Airways long-haul brunch and late evening meal changes this week caused a lot .....

24 Oct 202424 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 408 comments

News in brief: American Express becomes an official partner of F1 American Express is already a partner of Formula 1 in the Americas, and the company has announced a multi-year expansion of the deal .....

News in brief: American Express becomes an official partner of F1 American Express is already a partner of .....

24 Oct 202424 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments