If you are based in Edinburgh, here is a genuinely different way to spend your Virgin Points. On Sunday 24th August, Graham Norton will be hosting a one-off live 3-hour show on Virgin Radio, broadcast .....

If you are based in Edinburgh, here is a genuinely different way to spend your Virgin Points. On Sunday 24th .....

4 Aug 20254 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

For the past decade, Cathay Silver members and their oneworld equivalents have had a choice as they step into the bright terminal of Hong Kong Airport: do they choose the airy, glossy, stone of the .....

For the past decade, Cathay Silver members and their oneworld equivalents have had a choice as they step into .....

4 Aug 20254 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 145 comments

The Barclays Premier Current Account is the only UK current account with the option to collect monthly Avios to spend with British Airways through Barclays Avios Rewards. (Frankly, if you earn .....

The Barclays Premier Current Account is the only UK current account with the option to collect monthly .....

4 Aug 20254 August 2025 by HfP Partner Content • 123 comments

This is our review of the London Marriott Grosvenor Square hotel in Mayfair. Some of you may remember the Marriott Grosvenor Square as the host of our winter party in January 2020, our last .....

This is our review of the London Marriott Grosvenor Square hotel in Mayfair. Some of you may remember the .....

4 Aug 20254 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 45 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 .....

4 Aug 20254 August 2025 by Rob Burgess

American Express launched FREE pre-booking at Priority Pass lounges for its Platinum and Business Platinum cardholders this week. Full details and the small print are in this article. Unfortunately .....

American Express launched FREE pre-booking at Priority Pass lounges for its Platinum and Business Platinum .....

3 Aug 20253 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

Ascott Star Rewards probably isn’t a name you are familiar with. However, it is becoming better known in the UK after Chelsea FC signed a four year deal with the Singaporean hospitality group to .....

Ascott Star Rewards probably isn’t a name you are familiar with. However, it is becoming better known in .....

3 Aug 20253 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

3 Aug 20253 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

In this article I want to look at which airlines you can book with Avios points. You know about British Airways, of course.  But there are actually 34 airlines which let you use Avios for .....

In this article I want to look at which airlines you can book with Avios points. You know about British .....

2 Aug 20252 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

As had been widely predicted, it seems that London will be one of the first (if not the first) long haul destination to launch Riyadh Air’s operations. The start-up airline, which is backed by .....

As had been widely predicted, it seems that London will be one of the first (if not the first) long haul .....

2 Aug 20252 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 33 comments

KM Malta Airlines, the new national carrier of Malta with daily services to Heathrow, has launched a status match. This is a good opportunity for anyone who travels to Malta on a regular basis to make .....

KM Malta Airlines, the new national carrier of Malta with daily services to Heathrow, has launched a status .....

2 Aug 20252 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 18 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 .....

2 Aug 20252 August 2025 by Rob Burgess

British Airways and American Express have a little known credit card for small businesses – the British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card (‘Accelerating Business’ for .....

British Airways and American Express have a little known credit card for small businesses – the British .....

1 Aug 20251 August 2025 by Rob Burgess

Today, Heathrow (re-)submits its proposed masterplan for the third runway to the Government. As everyone will know, this has been an on-again off-again saga for …. well, decades. Most recently, .....

Today, Heathrow (re-)submits its proposed masterplan for the third runway to the Government. As everyone will .....

1 Aug 20251 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 193 comments