Virgin Trains Ticketing, the standalone rail booking app from Virgin Red, is offering 2,000 bonus Virgin Points when you buy a Railcard. This offer also lets you beat the increase in Railcard fees .....

Virgin Trains Ticketing, the standalone rail booking app from Virgin Red, is offering 2,000 bonus Virgin .....

13 Feb 202513 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is our review of the EAST Hong Kong hotel in Taikoo, Hong Kong. The hotel is one of two Swire-owned hotels in Hong Kong, the other being the iconic Upper House in Admiralty which is part of The .....

This is our review of the EAST Hong Kong hotel in Taikoo, Hong Kong. The hotel is one of two Swire-owned .....

18 Apr 202418 April 2024 by Rhys Jones • 11 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 .....

21 Oct 202421 October 2024 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of the DoubleTree Hotel Amsterdam Centraal. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....

This is our review of the DoubleTree Hotel Amsterdam Centraal. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for .....

14 Dec 202414 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 11 comments

This is our review of the Hilton Frankfurt City Centre hotel. For Hilton’s ‘Stay Longer and save up to 20%*’ promotion, last week I took a whirlwind trip to visit two Hilton hotels .....

This is our review of the Hilton Frankfurt City Centre hotel. For Hilton’s ‘Stay Longer and save .....

3 Sep 20233 September 2023 by Sinead Archer • 27 comments

This week, British Airways is celebrating 25 years of flying from London City Airport. BA Cityflyer now serves 26 short haul destinations from the airport, with the furthest being Mykonos. If you've .....

This week, British Airways is celebrating 25 years of flying from London City Airport. BA Cityflyer now serves .....

9 Nov 20249 November 2024 by Conny Urban • 94 comments

This is an interesting one. IHG is adding the Lythe Hill Hotel to its voco brand later in the Spring. Lythe Hill is a historic country house hotel set in 22 acres of woodland on the Surrey / Sussex .....

This is an interesting one. IHG is adding the Lythe Hill Hotel to its voco brand later in the Spring. Lythe .....

4 Mar 20234 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning Club Eurostar points apart from taking a trip, I thought it was worth a closer look at the .....

Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning .....

28 Dec 202428 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

American Express has launched a batch of new ‘100% cashback’ offers this morning. Unscientifically, the offers appear to be targetted at free cards and the cheaper paid cards, such as the .....

American Express has launched a batch of new ‘100% cashback’ offers this morning. .....

20 Dec 202120 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

This is our review of the United Airlines Global Services lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 2. It is part of our collection of UK airport lounge reviews.  You can see our full list of UK airport .....

This is our review of the United Airlines Global Services lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 2. It is part of .....

13 Sep 202313 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

This is the second half of a review of Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island resort in the British Virgin Islands. Tom, the author, runs The Good, The Bad and The Luxurious, probably the leading .....

This is the second half of a review of Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island resort in the British Virgin .....

7 May 20237 May 2023 by HfP team • 59 comments

Hyatt announced some changes to its ‘Guest of Honour’ benefit last month. I won’t go into it again but our full article is here. Put very simply, the ‘Guest of Honour’ .....

Hyatt announced some changes to its ‘Guest of Honour’ benefit last month. I won’t go into it .....

4 Jan 20244 January 2024 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of the Canopy Boston Downtown hotel in Boston. Almost by accident, I’ve found myself staying at a number of Canopy hotels recently. This includes Canopy San Francisco SoMa .....

This is our review of the Canopy Boston Downtown hotel in Boston. Almost by accident, I’ve found myself .....

8 May 20248 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. IHG One Rewards is the loyalty scheme covering InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza and .....

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. IHG One Rewards is the .....

28 Sep 202328 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments