The Travel Brief, your weekly business travel and loyalty round-up - 17th March

The Travel Brief, your weekly business travel and loyalty round-up - 17th March

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.

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The latest UK business travel news:

British Airways turns a corner with record punctuality in February 2025

Is easyJet about to launch a loyalty scheme?

Norwegian adds London to Billund flights as SUN-AIR appears to pull its BA franchised route

Gatwick to build eight new aircraft gates in £140m terminal extension

Which airlines have lie-flat business class seats on intra-Europe flights?

IHG opens the voco Zeal Exeter Science Park hotel

The UK's largest Hampton by Hilton hotel will open in Manchester

IHG gains a hotel in Berlin

Get a £100 to £150 discount on Cathay Pacific flights to Sydney

Get 10% off many midscale hotels in Europe until June

How to get the best deals on Gatwick airport parking

The story of the Boeing 747 at British Airways

Marriott Maldives news: W refurbishes, new JW Marriott opens

What is the Virgin Atlantic policy for unaccompanied children?

Which Heathrow airport hotels are walkable from the terminals?

What does 'Hilton for Luxury' get you at Conrad, Waldorf Astoria and LXR hotels?

Stories we recommend from other sites:

Agreement reached for Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Newquay Airport (Business Traveller)

Virgin Atlantic plans electric air taxi service (Travel Weekly)

New trackside hotel opens at Silverstone (Boutique Hotelier)

Airlines update lithium battery policies after Air Busan fire (Simple Flying)

Radisson to open hotel at new Oxford United FC stadium (Business Traveller)

Our latest reviews:

Our reviews section will return next week

The latest UK travel loyalty news:

Buy Global Hotel Alliance stay credit at a 15% discount – is it worth it?

Get double tier points on Virgin Atlantic Holidays - a new permanent offer

We need your help: have you tried using two frequent flyer numbers on the same booking? How did it go?

Should a family of three swap who holds their BA Premium Plus Amex card each year?

New: get 80,000 points (converts to 80,000 Avios) with Amex Platinum - as well as the Amex Gold offer below, there is a great Amex Platinum deal too

Did you know Marriott has guaranteed compensation amounts for benefit failures?

Why 'earn and burn' is not always your best hotel points strategy

NEW: Get a 30,000 points bonus (converts to 30,000 Avios) with ‘free for a year’ Amex Gold

American Express has brought back a special sign-up bonus on American Express Preferred Rewards Gold – apply here.

Remember that this card is free for your first year!

The bonus is increased from 20,000 to 30,000 Membership Rewards points which converts to:

  • 30,000 Avios
  • 30,000 Virgin Points
  • 30,000 Etihad, Flying Blue, Asia Miles, Delta, Qantas or SAS miles
  • 22,500 Emirates Skywards miles
  • 20,000 Singapore Airlines miles
  • 60,000 Hilton Honors points
  • 45,000 Marriott Bonvoy points
  • 90,000 Radisson Rewards points
  • 2,000 Club Eurostar points

….. and many other non-travel rewards.

You receive 30,000 Membership Rewards points after spending £3,000 in three months.

Even better, you get:

  • four passes for any airport lounge in the Priority Pass network
  • 24 x £5 credits to spend at Deliveroo (max one per order and two per month)
  • up to 12,500 bonus Membership Rewards points each year based on your spending (2,500 points per £5,000 spent)

The card is free for the first year. If you keep it beyond the first year there is an annual fee of £195. You receive a further four airport lounge passes and more Deliveroo credits on renewal.

Our main article on the 30,000 points bonus is here. Make sure you read the bit about whether or not you qualify for the bonus.

You can apply for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold with the special bonus on this page of the Amex website.

Head for Points receives a commission if you apply via our links - thank you.

Thank you for reading

Please drop me a note at [email protected] with any feedback. See you next Monday.

Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points

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