Your weekly Head for Points business travel newsletter - 9th October

Welcome to?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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The latest UK business travel news:

Surprise: SAS is taken over by an Air France KLM consortium and will join SkyTeam, leaving Star Alliance

HfP exclusive: British Airways Terminal 5B lounge refresh: details of phase two revealed

Heathrow trials pre-booked security slots

Gatwick extends the daily flight cap following high levels of ATC staff illness

Global Airlines moves (slightly) closer to launch

Marriott to open a W Hotel in Manchester

Crowne Plaza Lille joins Hilton

IHG launches a new European hotel sale for stays until May 2024

Marriott announces yet another hotel brand, launching in the UK

British Airways adds Billund to Dusseldorf flights

Kenya Airways adds extra flights to the UK

Business travel stories we recommend from other sites:

New MICHELIN Key set to recognise "the most exceptional hotels throughout the world” (Business Traveller)

Yorkshire Air Museum: A visit to one of the UK’s largest independent aircraft museums (UK Aviation News)

Loganair owners halt moves to sell carrier (FlightGlobal)

Jet2.com to move its entire Manchester flight programme to Terminal 2 next month (TTG)

Wizz Air to quit Edinburgh in favour of Glasgow (Business Traveller)

What the codes on your boarding pass ACTUALLY mean (MailOnline, with contributions from the HfP team)

Special feature:

Eurostar relaunches Club Eurostar following its merger with Thalys:

• Club Eurostar: are you a winner or a loser under the new programme?
• What are Club Eurostar points worth after the scheme relaunch?

Our latest reviews:

Hotel reviews:

Rhys was in Bali to look at two of the leading luxury resorts:

• Andaz Bali review (World of Hyatt)

• Mandapa, a Ritz Carlton Reserve review (Marriott Bonvoy, image above)

Flapjack and banana bread reviews:

Flapjack or banana bread? We try the new British Airways short haul economy snacks. Only one makes the grade ....

The latest UK travel loyalty news:

Get one year of free mycitizenM+ for just ￡33, saving ￡75. With a guaranteed 10% extra saving on every booking, plus extra benefits, it can quickly pay for itself.

What are the best hotel promotions for October 2023?

Get ￡300 American Express cashback with Qatar Airways

How to avoid the Heathrow Hotel Hoppa fee by using local buses instead

Get a 100% bonus buying Hilton points - click here to buy

Get bonus Avios with Avis car rentals

Get a 100% bonus buying IHG points - click here to buy

Get bonus Virgin Points at Virgin Hotels Glasgow

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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