Another four short-haul routes seem to be have been axed from the Summer 2025 British Airways schedule. It doesn’t seem to be much more than the usual tweaking although it is of course very .....

Another four short-haul routes seem to be have been axed from the Summer 2025 British Airways schedule. It .....

24 Dec 202424 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

When Hyatt Gold Passport relaunched as World of Hyatt, it added an interesting new promotion which generally passes people by.  It is called Hyatt Brand Explorer. The way that Brand Explorer .....

When Hyatt Gold Passport relaunched as World of Hyatt, it added an interesting new promotion which generally .....

24 Dec 202424 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is our review of the Eurostar Premier lounge at London St Pancras station. It’s been over two years since we last reviewed the lounge so I thought it was worth an update. The name of the .....

This is our review of the Eurostar Premier lounge at London St Pancras station. It’s been over two years .....

24 Dec 202424 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes you can do a conversion which you would logically not .....

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd .....

24 Dec 202424 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is our review of Scandinavian Airlines long haul business class. You may not know it, but Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was the first airline to fly over the North Pole on a commercial flight, when .....

This is our review of Scandinavian Airlines long haul business class. You may not know it, but Scandinavian .....

23 Dec 202423 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

Eurostar offers three classes of travel on its services from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond, all the way from Eurostar Standard to Eurostar Premier. Last month, Eurostar relaunched .....

Eurostar offers three classes of travel on its services from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond, .....

23 Dec 202423 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

In late 2021, Virgin Atlantic announced a mini-overhaul of Flying Club. Easily missed as it was during the pandemic, it introduced features such as: There was another change which Virgin Atlantic .....

In late 2021, Virgin Atlantic announced a mini-overhaul of Flying Club. Easily missed as it was during the .....

23 Dec 202423 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

A few years ago, Marriott decided to get into the home rental industry. It started in the UK with a pilot program under the name of Tribute Portfolio Homes. It allowed the brand to offer premium and .....

A few years ago, Marriott decided to get into the home rental industry. It started in the UK with a pilot .....

23 Dec 202423 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 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 .....

23 Dec 202423 December 2024 by Rob Burgess

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....

22 Dec 202422 December 2024 by HfP team • 75 comments

I was on LinkedIn last week when a post appeared asking if I owned a restaurant – and if I did, was I interested in joining the Amex Dining 10% cashback programme? I clicked the link and it took .....

I was on LinkedIn last week when a post appeared asking if I owned a restaurant – and if I did, was I .....

22 Dec 202422 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

This is our review of the Scandinavian Airlines lounge in Copenhagen. The visit was part of a trip to review the SAS long-haul business class service which was organised by the airline. Whilst most of .....

This is our review of the Scandinavian Airlines lounge in Copenhagen. The visit was part of a trip to review .....

22 Dec 202422 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 28 comments

British Airways has teamed up with Porter Airlines to offer improved access to smaller cities in Canada. This is in addition to, and not a replacement for, the current deal with WestJet. Porter is .....

British Airways has teamed up with Porter Airlines to offer improved access to smaller cities in Canada. This .....

22 Dec 202422 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....

21 Dec 202421 December 2024 by HfP team • 37 comments