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A month ago Rhys sat down with Rami El-Dahshan, the new CEO of No1 Lounges, to chat about his plans – see here. By coincidence I had agreed to have a similar chat with Bora Isbulan, the Deputy .....
A month ago Rhys sat down with Rami El-Dahshan, the new CEO of No1 Lounges, to chat about his plans – .....
3 Mar 20253 March 2025 • 35 comments
Which hotels at Heathrow airport are walkable from the terminals, and don’t require a bus ride? Whilst you are virtually guaranteed to be paying more to sleep within Heathrow airport, you .....
Which hotels at Heathrow airport are walkable from the terminals, and don’t require a bus ride? Whilst .....
12 Mar 202512 March 2025 • 68 comments
Wizz Air has followed US airline Frontier to become the first European airline to launch an unlimited flight subscription package. Wizz Air is selling 10,000 of these annual ‘All You Can .....
Wizz Air has followed US airline Frontier to become the first European airline to launch an unlimited flight .....
15 Aug 202415 August 2024 • 125 comments
This is our review of the new Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood, which used to be a Macdonald hotel. In November last year Rob wrote an article about two former Macdonald Hotels in Manchester and .....
This is our review of the new Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood, which used to be a Macdonald hotel. In .....
16 Jul 202416 July 2024 • 26 comments
Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has been pushing its way onto our radar over the last couple of years. This is down to three things: There are also regular American .....
Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has been pushing its way onto our radar over .....
7 Jul 20247 July 2024 • 12 comments
What is it like being General Manager of an upscale London hotel? To find out, I spent some time earlier this month with Arnaud de Saint-Exupéry. As well as being Hyatt’s Area Vice President for UK .....
What is it like being General Manager of an upscale London hotel? To find out, I spent some time earlier this .....
24 May 202424 May 2024 • 70 comments
When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its new IHG One Rewards loyalty scheme last year, one of the key benefits was confirmable .....
When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its .....
21 Oct 202321 October 2023 • 38 comments
Registration is open today for the Summer 2022 version of American Express Shop Small. The campaign runs from 20th to 26th June. This is far shorter than the 2021 version which ran for almost three .....
Registration is open today for the Summer 2022 version of American Express Shop Small. The campaign runs from .....
13 Jun 202213 June 2022 • 43 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 .....
29 Mar 202529 March 2025 • 1 comment
Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning Club Eurostar points apart from taking a trip, I thought it was worth a closer look at the .....
Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning .....
28 Dec 202428 December 2024 • 3 comments
Iberia Express is offering 25% off Avios redemptions from London Gatwick to Madrid. This means that Economy tickets are reduced to: You need to book via Iberia Plus which means moving .....
Iberia Express is offering 25% off Avios redemptions from London Gatwick to Madrid. This .....
9 Mar 20229 March 2022
This is our review of the Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMA hotel. Canopy is Hilton’s modern lifestyle brand for design-conscious guests. Whilst it tends to offer enough to keep business .....
This is our review of the Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMA hotel. Canopy is Hilton’s modern lifestyle .....
25 Aug 202325 August 2023 • 39 comments
This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles. One will list the facts of the scheme, basically, “How does .....
This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....
15 Feb 202515 February 2025 • 10 comments
Barclaycard has brought back its astonishing sign-up deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. If you apply by 30th May via this link you will receive 50,000 Avios when you spend £3,000 .....
Barclaycard has brought back its astonishing sign-up deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. If you .....
17 Apr 202317 April 2023 • 185 comments
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