The Travel Brief, your weekly business travel and loyalty round-up - 29th July
Rob Burgess
Editor, Head for Points, the UK's biggest frequent flyer and business travel website with 2.6m monthly page views
Welcome to 'The Travel Brief', your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as?links to the latest reviews and features from headforpoints.com .
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From the Farnborough International Airshow:
Qatar Airways unveils Qsuite Next Gen - what has changed? Has the best business class seat just got even better?
The latest UK business travel news:
.... whilst the Avios-only flight to Dubai in October half term 2024 also has seats available following an aircraft swap
Etihad has some excellent business class deals from Dublin to destinations all over Asia including The Maldives
Park Hyatt London opens bookings for stays from 1st November - and rates are very reasonable
The super-cheap Aloft Birmingham hotel deal is back , valid until the end of 2024
Stories we recommend from other sites:
World of Hyatt adds earning and redemption benefits with Under Canvas (Business Traveller)
British Airways unveils funding for 200 aspiring pilots (UK Aviation News)
Hilton to open Hampton hotel on Heathrow’s Bath Road in 2026 (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
Rob visits Hotel Arts Barcelona, managed by The Ritz-Carlton and part of Marriott Bonvoy , image above
.... and also manages to get to Hilton Molino Stucky Venice , a fascinating flour mill conversion, image below
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The latest UK travel loyalty news:
STILL RUNNING: Get 40,000 points (converts to 40,000 Avios) PLUS ￡400 of travel credit with American Express Platinum!
American Express has launched an exceptional deal on The Platinum Card - apply here . You will receive ￡400 to spend at American Express Travel on top of the standard bonus of 40,000 Membership Rewards points.
40,000 Membership Rewards points convert to:
….. and many other non-travel rewards.
You receive your ￡400 Amex Travel credit and 40,000 points after spending ￡6,000 in three months.
Whilst the annual fee is ￡650, this is currently refundable pro-rata if you cancel. Amex is planning to end pro-rata refunds in 'late' 2024 but we don't know exactly when.
Our main article on the '￡400 + 40,000 points' bonus is here . Make sure you read the bit about whether or not you qualify for the bonus.
Don't forget the other benefits of The Platinum Card:
.... and much more.
You can apply for The Platinum Card with the special bonus on this page of the Amex website .
Head for Points receives a commission if you apply via our link - thank you.
Thank you for reading
Please drop me a note at [email protected] with any feedback. See you next Monday.
Rob, Rhys and Katie @ Head for Points
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