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News in brief: British Airways adds three new short haul routes BA announced three new routes to Europe yesterday. Because flights have only just been loaded to ba.com, Avios availability should be .....
News in brief: British Airways adds three new short haul routes BA announced three new routes to Europe .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025 • 70 comments
News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding agreements as the contracts come .....
News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025 • 32 comments
Last weekend we covered the Turkish Airlines ‘one million miles for six continents’ challenge. It did what it says – you would receive 1,000,000 Miles&Smiles miles if you flew to .....
Last weekend we covered the Turkish Airlines ‘one million miles for six continents’ challenge. It .....
9 Jul 20259 July 2025 • 53 comments
American Express has announced where its second Centurion lounge in Europe will open, almost four years since it opened its first European location at Heathrow Terminal 3. (Technically, American .....
American Express has announced where its second Centurion lounge in Europe will open, almost four years since .....
9 Jul 20259 July 2025 • 20 comments
Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss unveiled a raft of customer experience upgrades at an event in London tonight which we attended. It is a cornucopia of announcements, including: It marks the biggest .....
Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss unveiled a raft of customer experience upgrades at an event in London tonight .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 142 comments
Marriott Bonvoy is bringing its ‘Gourmet Odyssey’ programme back to London, with a six course extravaganza on Saturday 6th September. It is decent value at 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy points .....
Marriott Bonvoy is bringing its ‘Gourmet Odyssey’ programme back to London, with a six course .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 12 comments
Three years ago, HSBC Premier undertook a substantial upgrading of its credit card transfer partners. What was a bit of a laughing stock – although Avios was a partner – suddenly became a .....
Three years ago, HSBC Premier undertook a substantial upgrading of its credit card transfer partners. What was .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 39 comments
A little known benefit of Hilton Honors is the ability to earn points on Lyft rides in the United States and Canada. If you find yourself in the US needing to get somewhere, Lyft may appeal to you. .....
A little known benefit of Hilton Honors is the ability to earn points on Lyft rides in the United States and .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 7 comments
Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that Nectar is an option? ‘Part Pay With Avios’ has, apparently, been very successful .....
Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that .....
7 Jul 20257 July 2025 • 32 comments
Whilst this won’t be of interest to our readers with UK, EU, US or other passports which can use the e-gates at London Heathrow, the airport has brought in a Fast Track Arrivals service for .....
Whilst this won’t be of interest to our readers with UK, EU, US or other passports which can use the .....
7 Jul 20257 July 2025 • 81 comments
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 • 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 • Leave a comment
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 • 33 comments
News in brief: Get a 100% bonus when you buy IHG One Rewards points 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 .....
News in brief: Get a 100% bonus when you buy IHG One Rewards points IHG One Rewards is offering a new 100% .....
6 Jul 20256 July 2025 • 3 comments
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