IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. You need to register here. A bit of thinking is involved because you need to choose between TWO different options. .....

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. You need to register here. .....

7 May 20257 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

If you were an Avios collector when British Airways was a Tesco Clubcard partner, you’ll know that there were weird and wonderful ways of picking up points for buying obscure products. The .....

If you were an Avios collector when British Airways was a Tesco Clubcard partner, you’ll know that there .....

7 May 20257 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

Eurostar has launched a big Club Eurostar redemption sale. All reward seats are discounted by 20%. This isn’t as generous as the 40% offer which ran in February 2024, but: 20% is a generous .....

Eurostar has launched a big Club Eurostar redemption sale. All reward seats are discounted by 20%. This .....

7 May 20257 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

One of the hot topics during the transition from British Airways Executive Club to The British Airways Club was the issue of ‘soft landings’. A ‘soft landing’ occurs when you .....

One of the hot topics during the transition from British Airways Executive Club to The British Airways Club .....

6 May 20256 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 140 comments

Radisson has launched a sale covering 600 hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Full details are here. It is worth a look if you currently have top-tier VIP status via the Club .....

Radisson has launched a sale covering 600 hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Full .....

6 May 20256 May 2025 by Rob Burgess

Last month Rhys flew out to Los Angeles to take a look at the brand new Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse. Situated in the Tom Bradley International Terminal, it is the first entirely new Clubhouse to open .....

Last month Rhys flew out to Los Angeles to take a look at the brand new Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse. Situated in .....

6 May 20256 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

If you work in travel or loyalty, you are probably familiar with Airline Information’s conferences and events. Mega Event is its biggest event of the year, pulling together its different .....

If you work in travel or loyalty, you are probably familiar with Airline Information’s conferences and .....

6 May 20256 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Marriott is offering 40,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points if you book a home or villa rental through its ‘Homes & Villas’ platform. This is on top of your base points of 5 per $1 spent .....

Marriott is offering 40,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points if you book a home or villa rental through its .....

6 May 20256 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This is our review of the new-ish Qatar Airways Platinum & Gold Lounge North at Doha’s Hamad Airport, which is where you may end up if you are flying in Economy with a British Airways Gold .....

This is our review of the new-ish Qatar Airways Platinum & Gold Lounge North at Doha’s Hamad .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios (and this is an article aimed at newcomers), I generally recommend that you try Club Europe business class on short-haul redemptions from Heathrow .....

If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios (and this is an article aimed at newcomers), I generally .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This is our review of The American Express Rewards Credit Card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is our review of The American Express Rewards Credit Card. It is part of our series of articles looking .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 3 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 .....

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel, we arrived by train in Granada for the second leg of our .....

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 18 comments

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will sometimes refer to as Amex Platinum. Is The Platinum Card worth the £650 fee? We look at the .....

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments