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

If you’re looking for something different from a weekend break, British Airways Holidays is offering free helicopter transfers if you book a trip to Monaco. If you’ve never been in a .....

If you’re looking for something different from a weekend break, British Airways Holidays is offering .....

11 Sep 202311 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Barcelona hotel. It is one of two Barcelona reviews we’ll be running in July because, before I accepted an invitation from Hyatt, I had already booked a .....

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Barcelona hotel. It is one of two Barcelona reviews we’ll be .....

12 Jul 202412 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

British Airways is launching a new Avios promotion today. It is reducing the cost of economy Avios flight redemptions to Jersey by 50% between October and March. It is to promote the resumption of .....

British Airways is launching a new Avios promotion today. It is reducing the cost of economy Avios flight .....

20 Jun 202420 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

There are some decent deals available via the Hilton Experiences platform to see the KLM Open golf tournament in Amsterdam next month. As we have written before, there are often good .....

There are some decent deals available via the Hilton Experiences platform to see the KLM Open golf tournament .....

14 May 202414 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

If you have an American Express Credit Card - as opposed to a Charge Card - you may have seen Plan It appear in the App or in your Online Account for a feature - Instalment Plans from American .....

If you have an American Express Credit Card - as opposed to a Charge Card - you may have seen Plan It .....

22 Nov 202422 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

The British Airways sale has just launched and is running until 14th May. For early birds there are additional sale discounts on selected holidays if you book between now and 30th April. If you had .....

The British Airways sale has just launched and is running until 14th May. For early birds there are .....

26 Apr 202426 April 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 41 comments

Our credit cards directory lists 15 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards.  For the beginner to this hobby, however, there is one obvious piece of plastic to .....

Our credit cards directory lists 15 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel .....

15 Jan 202515 January 2025 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of the Canopy Cannes hotel. Normally Rob likes to pull rank and do hotel reviews in the South of France, as he did twice last year when he reviewed Carlton Cannes, A Regent Hotel .....

This is our review of the Canopy Cannes hotel. Normally Rob likes to pull rank and do hotel reviews in the .....

12 Mar 202412 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 20 comments

This is my review of the Jumeirah Muscat Bay resort in Muscat, Oman. We spent a week in Oman over October half term, split between beach and mountains. Whilst I don’t often write about family .....

This is my review of the Jumeirah Muscat Bay resort in Muscat, Oman. We spent a week in Oman over October half .....

7 Dec 20237 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

This is my review of the Iberia Velazquez lounge in Madrid Terminal 4S, which is Iberia’s flagship facility at its home airport. I was passing through on my return from my trip to Bogota to .....

This is my review of the Iberia Velazquez lounge in Madrid Terminal 4S, which is Iberia’s flagship .....

4 Feb 20244 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 80 comments

This is our review of the JW Marriott Maldives, the next instalment of a series looking at selected Marriott Bonvoy resorts in the Maldives. The first review in this series, looking at the Westin .....

This is our review of the JW Marriott Maldives, the next instalment of a series looking at selected Marriott .....

8 Apr 20238 April 2023 by Sinead Archer • 14 comments

Whilst great Qatar Airways business class deals from the UK have dried up in recent years, mainly due to the joint venture agreement with British Airways, we still see deals out of Europe. Until 30th .....

Whilst great Qatar Airways business class deals from the UK have dried up in recent years, mainly due to the .....

10 Apr 202410 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

On top of your usual elite status tiers, Marriott Bonvoy offers two additional benefits for people who hit 50 and 75 elite nights in a calendar year. You should be able to select your preferred .....

On top of your usual elite status tiers, Marriott Bonvoy offers two additional benefits for people who hit 50 .....

5 Jan 20255 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments