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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 • 34 comments
When is a route not a route? When you haven’t flown it for 18 months. Despite Virgin Atlantic’s hopes of restarting flights to Tel Aviv during the recent ceasefire, it appears that the .....
When is a route not a route? When you haven’t flown it for 18 months. Despite Virgin Atlantic’s .....
30 Apr 202530 April 2025 • 19 comments
We have been waiting a long time for Oman Air to join the oneworld airline alliance. This will allow you to redeem (and earn) Avios on Oman Air flights. With British Airways no longer flying to .....
We have been waiting a long time for Oman Air to join the oneworld airline alliance. This will allow you to .....
30 Apr 202530 April 2025 • 41 comments
This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by train, starting in Gibraltar (there is a station just over the border) then on to Granada .....
This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by .....
3 May 20253 May 2025 • 50 comments
Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage we’ve given it on Head for Points over the past few years. citizenM first started as an .....
Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage .....
28 Apr 202528 April 2025 • 36 comments
Well, this is unexpected. Saudia, the Jeddah-based airline, has opened a new lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4. The airline has worked with Plaza Premium on the design, fit out and operation of the .....
Well, this is unexpected. Saudia, the Jeddah-based airline, has opened a new lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4. .....
29 Apr 202529 April 2025 • 74 comments
GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the last couple of years with a mix of easy to earn status, generous elite benefits and .....
GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the .....
28 Apr 202528 April 2025 • 71 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 .....
28 Apr 202528 April 2025
Iberia has announced changes to Iberia Plus this afternoon. As expected, it will be easier to earn status by crediting British Airways flights to Club Iberia Plus than British Airways Club. You will .....
Iberia has announced changes to Iberia Plus this afternoon. As expected, it will be easier to earn status by .....
12 Feb 202512 February 2025 • 443 comments
Heathrow, as you may have seen from the TV last night or the press this morning, was trailing a major announcement today about its interim investment plans in advance of seeking planning permission .....
Heathrow, as you may have seen from the TV last night or the press this morning, was trailing a major .....
12 Feb 202512 February 2025 • 53 comments
Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. Let me answer the obvious question first. Why are we covering it, given that it doesn’t earn .....
Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. Let me .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 12 comments
As we covered last week, Accor Live Limitless has launched the ALL Terrace at OVO Arena Wembley. This will allow you to redeem your Accor hotel points for VIP tickets for concerts at the arena. At .....
As we covered last week, Accor Live Limitless has launched the ALL Terrace at OVO Arena Wembley. This will .....
12 Feb 202512 February 2025 • 6 comments
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. Before the pandemic, my honest answer was ‘don’t bother – use cash’. .....
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025 • 119 comments
British Airways has, for some time now, been allowing Executive Club members to donate spare or unwanted Avios to projects supported by the BA Better World Community Fund. Until 31st March, IAG .....
British Airways has, for some time now, been allowing Executive Club members to donate spare or unwanted Avios .....
12 Feb 202512 February 2025 • 12 comments
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