I spent two days in Brussels recently as the guest of Global Hotel Alliance, attending their annual meeting of brand CEOs. I managed to sit down with the CEO of Global Hotel Alliance itself, Chris .....

I spent two days in Brussels recently as the guest of Global Hotel Alliance, attending their annual meeting of .....

7 Jul 20257 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 7 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 .....

7 Jul 20257 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

Hilton Honors has launched a new offer with Qatar Airways Privilege Club, and it’s a very good one. You will earn 750 Avios, credited to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account, when you next .....

Hilton Honors has launched a new offer with Qatar Airways Privilege Club, and it’s a very good one. You .....

6 Jul 20256 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Qatar Airways has launched a new bonus Avios offer for Privilege Club members who book a cash flight this month. Details are here. You will receive: If you are travelling to Australia: You must: You .....

Qatar Airways has launched a new bonus Avios offer for Privilege Club members who book a cash flight this .....

6 Jul 20256 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

IHG One Rewards is offering a new 100% bonus for buying points. This offer runs to 17th July. The maximum number of points you can buy is 400,000 (ie 200,000 plus the 200,000 bonus) although this .....

IHG One Rewards is offering a new 100% bonus for buying points. This offer runs to 17th July. The maximum .....

6 Jul 20256 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is our review of the new Runway lounge in Milan Linate, operated by ITA Airways. Milan Linate airport is a mini secondary hub for ITA Airways, and one of only two airports outside Rome where the .....

This is our review of the new Runway lounge in Milan Linate, operated by ITA Airways. Milan Linate airport is .....

6 Jul 20256 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 2 comments

A reader flagged this evening (Saturday) that a LOT of Avios availability in Club World is currently showing for April, May and June 2026. On many dates you can get FOUR Club World seats. Whilst its .....

A reader flagged this evening (Saturday) that a LOT of Avios availability in Club World is currently showing .....

5 Jul 20255 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

SAS has a lot to answer for. After the huge success – at least in PR terms, although it cost SAS far more than expected – of the SAS Million Mile Challenge last autumn, other airlines have .....

SAS has a lot to answer for. After the huge success – at least in PR terms, although it cost SAS far .....

5 Jul 20255 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

This is our review of the Hyatt House Leeds hotel. We don’t do a lot of ‘extended stay’ hotel reviews here at Head for Points, but it is becoming more relevant and you will be seeing .....

This is our review of the Hyatt House Leeds hotel. We don’t do a lot of ‘extended stay’ .....

5 Jul 20255 July 2025 by Sinead Archer • 29 comments

You might think that the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer programme, which is part of Star Alliance and so accesses a different group of airlines to Avios, is irrelevant to you. The KrisFlyer frequent .....

You might think that the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer programme, which is part of Star Alliance and so .....

5 Jul 20255 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 20 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 .....

5 Jul 20255 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

It’s roughly a year since Hotels.com started to migrate Hotels.com Rewards accounts to the much-derided OneKeyCash. What you might not know is that your OneKeyCash may actually have expired .....

It’s roughly a year since Hotels.com started to migrate Hotels.com Rewards accounts to the much-derided .....

4 Jul 20254 July 2025 by Rob Burgess

Eurostar has launched a new promotion, and it is well worth a look. If two to nine people travel together (so no joy for solo travellers) you can get half-price tickets to Paris, Brussels and Lille .....

Eurostar has launched a new promotion, and it is well worth a look. If two to nine people travel together (so .....

4 Jul 20254 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

We don’t normally give over full articles to a hotel rebranding, but as we did a full review of The Hotel Maria in Helsinki a few weeks ago it seems worth covering. The Hotel Maria opened in .....

We don’t normally give over full articles to a hotel rebranding, but as we did a full review of The .....

4 Jul 20254 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments