Radisson Rewards, the loyalty scheme for Radisson, Park Inn, Park Plaza, art’otel and various other hotel brands, is dropping Avios as a conversion partner. The message was tucked away at the .....

Radisson Rewards, the loyalty scheme for Radisson, Park Inn, Park Plaza, art’otel and various other .....

1 Sep 20251 September 2025 by Rob Burgess • 23 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 .....

1 Sep 20251 September 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

How many British Airways Avios points do you need to fly to a particular city? It is surprisingly tricky to find out how many Avios are required for a particular route.  The ‘Avios Spending .....

How many British Airways Avios points do you need to fly to a particular city? It is surprisingly tricky to .....

31 Aug 202531 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

News in brief: £400 F&B allowance on Avios tickets at The NinetyThird cut As we covered in detail here (so I won’t repeat myself), Qatar Airways auctions, for Avios, a pair of tickets for .....

News in brief: £400 F&B allowance on Avios tickets at The NinetyThird cut As we covered in detail here .....

31 Aug 202531 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 10 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 .....

31 Aug 202531 August 2025 by HfP team • 4 comments

Recent months have seen a substantial rise in Avios fraud on British Airways Club accounts. What is odd is that I haven’t been able to work out how it is being done, and seemingly neither does .....

Recent months have seen a substantial rise in Avios fraud on British Airways Club accounts. What is odd is .....

30 Aug 202530 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 129 comments

Preferred Hotels is currently running an interesting status deal for holders of World Elite and World Mastercard credit cards. This includes the two HSBC Premier and the two Barclaycard Avios credit .....

Preferred Hotels is currently running an interesting status deal for holders of World Elite and World .....

30 Aug 202530 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Since July, Hilton Honors has been running a generous offer with Qatar Airways Privilege Club. You will earn 750 Avios, credited to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account, when you next stay at any .....

Since July, Hilton Honors has been running a generous offer with Qatar Airways Privilege Club. You will earn .....

30 Aug 202530 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 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 .....

30 Aug 202530 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

American Express has launched an increased sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card, up from 20,000 to 40,000 points. If you meet the .....

American Express has launched an increased sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express .....

29 Aug 202529 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

News in brief: British Airways drops plans to remove bottled water According to cabin crew blog PYOK, British Airways has abandoned plans to stop giving individual water bottles to passengers. During .....

News in brief: British Airways drops plans to remove bottled water According to cabin crew blog PYOK, British .....

29 Aug 202529 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

News in brief: Marriott adds H15 in Krakow to The Luxury Collection After the usual construction delays during refurbishment, Marriott’s The Luxury Collection now has a property in Krakow as H15 .....

News in brief: Marriott adds H15 in Krakow to The Luxury Collection After the usual construction delays during .....

29 Aug 202529 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

As we mentioned yesterday, American Express has launched huge sign-up bonuses on Preferred Rewards Gold, The Platinum Card, Business Gold and Business Platinum, worth between 40,000 and 120,000 .....

As we mentioned yesterday, American Express has launched huge sign-up bonuses on Preferred Rewards Gold, The .....

28 Aug 202528 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

HSBC runs fairly regular 25% bonuses on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. A new bonus is now live. People have been contacted about it, but oddly it was tucked away at the .....

HSBC runs fairly regular 25% bonuses on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. A new bonus .....

28 Aug 202528 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments