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 .....

13 Jan 202513 January 2025 by Rob Burgess

Whilst Iberia will be the first airline to fly the A321XLR from Airbus, Aer Lingus is a close follower and is expecting to receive two by the end of the year. The A321XLR is the newest variant of the .....

Whilst Iberia will be the first airline to fly the A321XLR from Airbus, Aer Lingus is a close follower and is .....

5 Oct 20245 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

In an interesting move, World of Hyatt has launched a new promotion which is restricted to its 320 hotels in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. It could be simpler, unfortunately: For .....

In an interesting move, World of Hyatt has launched a new promotion which is restricted to its 320 hotels in .....

27 Sep 202427 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Whilst it is too early in the calendar year to be worrying about this, by the time autumn arrives you should have a view of whether you will be able to do enough elite nights with your preferred hotel .....

Whilst it is too early in the calendar year to be worrying about this, by the time autumn arrives you should .....

20 Feb 202520 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Thanks to the aeroroutes.com website, we have the updated list of British Airways short haul service cuts for August 2022. This follows on from our article about BA’s flight cancellations in .....

Thanks to the aeroroutes.com website, we have the updated list of British Airways short haul service cuts for .....

12 Jul 202212 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

This is our review of Gulf Air’s Falcon Gold lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. This is, I believe, the last lounge at Heathrow we haven’t reviewed, bar the brand new Saudia lounge which has just .....

This is our review of Gulf Air’s Falcon Gold lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. This is, I believe, the last .....

16 May 202516 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 16 comments

Last night, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick teased a $10 billion order for Boeing planes from an unnamed “British airline”. You didn’t need a crystal ball to predict that this .....

Last night, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick teased a $10 billion order for Boeing planes from an unnamed .....

9 May 20259 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 70 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 .....

28 Oct 202428 October 2024 by Rob Burgess

Marriott Bonvoy has been running a special deal if you buy their hotel points. The offer ends tomorrow, 30th March. Via this page of the website, you will get a 45% bonus on all points purchases. .....

Marriott Bonvoy has been running a special deal if you buy their hotel points. The offer ends tomorrow, 30th .....

29 Mar 202529 March 2025 by Rob Burgess

Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. You will receive a 40% bonus when you buy Avios. You can buy on this page of the Finnair Plus .....

Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. You will .....

21 Feb 202521 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

This is our review of the W Edinburgh hotel. Finally, it’s open: it’s only taken thirteen years for the UK’s second W Hotel from Marriott to open after London’s Leicester .....

This is our review of the W Edinburgh hotel. Finally, it’s open: it’s only taken thirteen years .....

26 Feb 202426 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 57 comments

Virgin Atlantic has brought back its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points. This new 70% bonus offer runs until 23rd June. After that it will drop to 60% until 18th July. If you are short of .....

Virgin Atlantic has brought back its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points. This new 70% bonus offer runs .....

10 Jun 202510 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

We know that HfP readers like to attend ‘experiences’ events in the UK with their airline and hotel points, and we cover the best ones we come across. What we spend less time looking at .....

We know that HfP readers like to attend ‘experiences’ events in the UK with their airline and .....

27 May 202527 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Who has the best premium economy product – Virgin Atlantic, British Airways or Norse Atlantic? Norse Atlantic announced its new Cape Town route this week, going head to head with Virgin Atlantic .....

Who has the best premium economy product – Virgin Atlantic, British Airways or Norse Atlantic? Norse .....

21 Apr 202421 April 2024 by Rhys Jones • 77 comments