The weekly Head for Points business travel newsletter - 17th April
Rob Burgess
Editor, Head for Points, the UK's biggest frequent flyer and business travel website with 2.6m monthly page views
Welcome to?your weekly 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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The newsletter is a little shorter this week due to a lack of major announcements over Easter.
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The latest UK business travel news:
Aer Lingus is moving to New York JFK's Terminal 7 - and into BA's old Concorde Room lounge.
British Airways launches 'Avios-only' flights - where every seat on selected flights is available for redemption.
Business travel stories we recommend from other sites:
Former Holiday Inn Mayfair to become “sustainable luxury hotel” (Business Traveller)
Boeing foresees reduced 737 MAX production due to parts issue (Simple Flying)
Qatar Airways to resume flights to Birmingham in July (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
In New York, Rhys attends the opening night party of Virgin Hotels New York City - here is his review.
Rhys reviews the Plaza Premium lounge in London Gatwick's North Terminal , formerly the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse.
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The latest UK travel loyalty news:
Get a Hilton Diamond status match with just 14 nights. You'll instantly get Gold for 90 days.
SPECIAL PROMOTION - Get a huge 60,000 points PLUS ￡200 travel credit, and great benefits, with American Express Platinum
American Express has launched an exceptional deal on The Platinum Card. The bonus is doubled to 60,000 Membership Rewards points which converts to 60,000 Avios, 60,000 Virgin Points and lots of other good stuff.
Even better, American Express is throwing in a ￡200 travel credit too. Once you have triggered the 60,000 points (￡6,000 spend in six months required) you will also be given ￡200 to spend at Amex Travel.
Whilst the annual fee is ￡575, this is refundable pro-rata if you cancel once you've banked the bonus.
Our main article on the '60,000 points plus ￡200 travel credit' bonus is here . Make sure you read the parts about whether or not you qualify for the bonus. You can apply for The Platinum Card with the special bonus on this page of the Amex website .
The representative APR is?462.4%?variable based on an assumed ￡1,200 credit limit and ￡575 annual fee. The interest rate on purchases?is?29.4% APR?variable.
Head for Points will receive a commission from American Express if you apply via our link. Thank you.
Thank you for reading
Thank you for reading. Please drop me a note at [email protected] with any feedback.
See you next Monday.
Rob, Rhys and Sinead @ Head for Points
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