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In January 2025, American Express moved from AXA to Europ Assistance to provide travel insurance benefits for holders of The Platinum Card. It’s fair to say that this has not gone as well as it .....
In January 2025, American Express moved from AXA to Europ Assistance to provide travel insurance benefits for .....
18 Aug 202518 August 2025 • 95 comments
A long running trend in the travel loyalty industry has been the move away from fixed price reward charts and towards some level of revenue-based redeeming. Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa are the .....
A long running trend in the travel loyalty industry has been the move away from fixed price reward charts and .....
18 Aug 202518 August 2025 • 16 comments
Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the last few years. This is down to three things: We ran a separate piece here which provides a .....
Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the .....
18 Aug 202518 August 2025 • 4 comments
The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select ‘Click here for today’s chat thread’. Thank you.
The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select .....
18 Aug 202518 August 2025
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 .....
18 Aug 202518 August 2025 • Leave a comment
This is our review of the The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Berlin, part of Marriott Bonvoy. Berlin is one of my favourite European cities thanks to the combination of world-leading museums, creative scene, .....
This is our review of the The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Berlin, part of Marriott Bonvoy. Berlin is one of my .....
17 Aug 202517 August 2025 • 14 comments
News in brief: Get a 100% bonus buying IHG One Rewards hotel points IHG One Rewards is offering (another) new 100% bonus for buying points. This offer runs to 28th August. Purchase limits have been .....
News in brief: Get a 100% bonus buying IHG One Rewards hotel points IHG One Rewards is offering (another) new .....
17 Aug 202517 August 2025 • 7 comments
This article is our attempt to decide what Marriott Bonvoy points are worth. How should you value them? Valuing miles and points is a thankless job. We have always published articles on what Avios .....
This article is our attempt to decide what Marriott Bonvoy points are worth. How should you value them? .....
17 Aug 202517 August 2025 • 24 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 .....
17 Aug 202517 August 2025 • Leave a comment
Say what you will about British Airways, but you won’t find many people with a bad word to say about the First Wing in Heathrow Terminal 5. If you are arriving at Terminal 5 in a car and are .....
Say what you will about British Airways, but you won’t find many people with a bad word to say about the .....
16 Aug 202516 August 2025 • 104 comments
This is our review of the Hilton Madrid Airport hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest weekends sale for hotels and resorts across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....
This is our review of the Hilton Madrid Airport hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest weekends sale .....
16 Aug 202516 August 2025 • 36 comments
This article is our attempt to decide what IHG One Rewards points are worth. How should you value them? Valuing miles and points is a thankless job. We have always published articles on what Avios .....
This article is our attempt to decide what IHG One Rewards points are worth. How should you value them? .....
16 Aug 202516 August 2025 • 26 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 .....
16 Aug 202516 August 2025 • Leave a comment
Oman Air joined the oneworld airline alliance on 1st July, which means that you can earn and redeem Avios, and earn British Airways Club tier points, on its flights. Oman Air is an excellent carrier. .....
Oman Air joined the oneworld airline alliance on 1st July, which means that you can earn and redeem Avios, and .....
15 Aug 202515 August 2025 • 63 comments
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