You can, finally, redeem Virgin Points for six of the eight Virgin Hotels properties – London, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Nashville and Dallas. The two hold-outs are Las Vegas (not .....

You can, finally, redeem Virgin Points for six of the eight Virgin Hotels properties – London, New York, .....

12 Nov 202412 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 5 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 .....

16 Sep 202416 September 2024 by Rob Burgess

Most people don’t realise that the British Airways style of family or household account is actually very rare.  Few other airlines let you pool 100% of the miles earned by your wider .....

Most people don’t realise that the British Airways style of family or household account is actually very .....

24 Aug 202524 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Thank you to the 13,000 people who completed the reader survey we ran on the site over Easter. When we did the same exercise in 2022 we only shared the results with the people who voted. This time we .....

Thank you to the 13,000 people who completed the reader survey we ran on the site over Easter. When we did the .....

23 Apr 202423 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Luxembourgian flag carrier Luxair is launching its latest foray into the UK with flights to Edinburgh. Existing routes include Manchester and London City to Luxembourg. The bad news is the route .....

Luxembourgian flag carrier Luxair is launching its latest foray into the UK with flights to Edinburgh. .....

17 Jul 202517 July 2025 by Rhys Jones

Route news in brief: Norse Atlantic drops Kingston before launch One of the nails in Norwegian’s coffin was that it chose to fly long haul routes from London Gatwick with strong seasonality on a .....

Route news in brief: Norse Atlantic drops Kingston before launch One of the nails in Norwegian’s coffin .....

23 Aug 202323 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Emirates has decided to celebrate the festive season with a secret 20% devaluation of Emirates Skywards miles. This is on top of the very substantial increases in taxes and charges which we’ve .....

Emirates has decided to celebrate the festive season with a secret 20% devaluation of Emirates Skywards miles. .....

23 Dec 202223 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Over the Christmas break, Wizz Air announced plans for a substantial expansion at London Gatwick airport in Summer 2022. This expansion is driven by the acquisition of 15 daily slot pairs from .....

Over the Christmas break, Wizz Air announced plans for a substantial expansion at London Gatwick airport in .....

5 Jan 20225 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

There are three bits of hotel ‘buy points’ news to note today if you want to try to save some money on your next stay. I recently used 9,000 World of Hyatt points per night to upgrade a .....

There are three bits of hotel ‘buy points’ news to note today if you want to try to save some .....

5 Oct 20245 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 35 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 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Hyatt has announced that it is taking over the hotel at the famous La Manga Club in Murcia, Spain. It will open as Grand Hyatt La Manga Club & Resort in mid-2023 following ‘significant .....

Hyatt has announced that it is taking over the hotel at the famous La Manga Club in Murcia, Spain. It will .....

13 Jan 202313 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Hilton has launched its Winter sale for hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% off participating properties when you book a stay between 21st December 2022 and 24th April .....

Hilton has launched its Winter sale for hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....

21 Dec 202221 December 2022 by Sinead Archer • 33 comments

This is our review of the new Park Hyatt London River Thames hotel. Regular readers will remember that we were invited to a media event in the Presidential Suite to celebrate the opening of the hotel, .....

This is our review of the new Park Hyatt London River Thames hotel. Regular readers will remember that we were .....

13 Nov 202413 November 2024 by Conny Urban • 43 comments

This is our review of business class on a Singapore Airlines A350 from London Gatwick to Singapore. With four flights per day out of Heathrow, Singapore Airlines has had to look outside the .....

This is our review of business class on a Singapore Airlines A350 from London Gatwick to Singapore. With four .....

1 Jul 20241 July 2024 by Rhys Jones • 55 comments