If you’ve not tried Virgin Trains Ticketing yet, the Virgin Red-owned rail booking app, there is a generous incentive available. You will receive 1,000 Virgin Points with your first booking of .....

If you’ve not tried Virgin Trains Ticketing yet, the Virgin Red-owned rail booking app, there is a .....

6 Aug 20246 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Three new UK airport restaurants have joined Priority Pass. At Birmingham International, The Factory Bar & Kitchen has joined. This is the first restaurant at Birmingham to sign up. At Newcastle .....

Three new UK airport restaurants have joined Priority Pass. At Birmingham International, The Factory Bar & .....

6 Aug 20246 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

We’ve talked a lot about airline status matches recently. Many airlines have become a lot more aggressive in their attempts to poach the best customers of their rivals. If you have elite status .....

We’ve talked a lot about airline status matches recently. Many airlines have become a lot more .....

5 Aug 20245 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 683 comments

SeatSpy is offering Head for Points readers 25% off their first year’s membership of an annual ‘First Class’ plan until 31st August 2024 Since it launched a few years ago, SeatSpy .....

SeatSpy is offering Head for Points readers 25% off their first year’s membership of an annual .....

5 Aug 20245 August 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 35 comments

Over the next week we will be publishing reviews of three Hilton resorts in the Seychelles: the new Canopy Seychelles (review here), the new Waldorf Astoria Platte Island (review here) and Mango .....

Over the next week we will be publishing reviews of three Hilton resorts in the Seychelles: the new Canopy .....

5 Aug 20245 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up here to .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

5 Aug 20245 August 2024 by Rob Burgess

On Business is the British Airways loyalty scheme for small businesses. Having been offline for 18 months after bad things happened, it came back to life a few weeks ago. This HfP article tells you .....

On Business is the British Airways loyalty scheme for small businesses. Having been offline for 18 months .....

4 Aug 20244 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Heathrow Express is running a strong promotion for travel in August, although only a limited number of dates are still available. You can book a one way ticket for just £10. Given that children under .....

Heathrow Express is running a strong promotion for travel in August, although only a limited number of dates .....

4 Aug 20244 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

If you have gained Titanium Elite status in Marriott Bonvoy over the last year or so, perhaps boosted by the 15 free elite nights that the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card offers, you may not .....

If you have gained Titanium Elite status in Marriott Bonvoy over the last year or so, perhaps boosted by the .....

4 Aug 20244 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

A reader dropped me a note to ask if HfP has a smartphone app – which we don’t. However, as I said to the reader – and which I thought I’d repeat here for the benefit of those .....

A reader dropped me a note to ask if HfP has a smartphone app – which we don’t. However, as I said .....

4 Aug 20244 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

One of the criticisms of the two Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit cards was that there is no way of knowing how near you are to triggering your annual voucher. Finally, and it has only taken .....

One of the criticisms of the two Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit cards was that there is no way of .....

3 Aug 20243 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

This is our review of the Hilton Mallorca Galatzo resort hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....

This is our review of the Hilton Mallorca Galatzo resort hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale .....

3 Aug 20243 August 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 9 comments

A new unbranded hotel has popped up on marriott.com – the Park Grand London Kensington. The website is here. Park Grand is a small sub-brand inside the (still relatively small) Montcalm hotel .....

A new unbranded hotel has popped up on marriott.com – the Park Grand London Kensington. The website is .....

3 Aug 20243 August 2024 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Wines has finally become a full Virgin Red partner. It has run various offers in the past to earn points, and wine is a popular redemption for Virgin Points, but you have never been able to .....

Virgin Wines has finally become a full Virgin Red partner. It has run various offers in the past to earn .....

3 Aug 20243 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments