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London City releases more details on its forthcoming lounge headforpoints.com/2026/10/25…

London City releases more details on its forthcoming lounge

London City Airport and Aspire Pre-Flight Hospitality have announced more details about the forthcoming lounge at the airport, and it gets more intriguing.

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How to ‘top up’ a Marriott Bonvoy hotel free night certificate headforpoints.com/2026/10/25…

How to 'top up' a Marriott Bonvoy hotel free night certificate

A 2026 improvement to Marriott Bonvoy was the ability to top up 'fixed value' free night vouchers by up to 25,000 points. Here's how it works.

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BA Q&A: How do you claim missing Avios points? headforpoints.com/2026/10/25…

How do I claim missing Avios points?

We take a look at how you can reclaim Avios points if you forget to include your British Airways Club number on your booking or they simply never appeared.

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Dates for your diary – miles and points offers about to close which you shouldn’t miss headforpoints.com/2026/10/25…

Miles and points deals about to close which you shouldn't miss

Here is a round of up of the top frequent flyer and hotel loyalty bonus points and sale promotions which are due to close in the next couple of weeks.

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Dragonpass goes head-to-head with Priority Pass with its own ‘buy direct’ lounge card headforpoints.com/2026/10/24…

Dragonpass goes head-to-head with Priority Pass cards

Dragonpass has never tried to directly compete with Priority Pass by selling airport lounge subscription cards directly to the public - until now

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Get £75 back on a £300 spend at selected UK hotels as ‘Amex Stays’ returns headforpoints.com/2026/10/24…

Get £75 back on a £300 spend at 50+ UK hotels with 'Amex Stays'

American Express has brought back 'Amex Stays', a generous cashback offer with 50+ UK hotels. You will save £75 on a £300 spend by 1st June 2026.

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Get a 20% discount when you buy World of Hyatt hotel points – and limit doubled headforpoints.com/2026/10/24…

LAST DAY: Get a 20% discount buying World of Hyatt points - cap doubled

World of Hyatt has launched a new 'buy points' offer. You will get a 20% discount when you buy 7,000+ points and the annual cap is doubled to 110,000 points.

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BA Q&A: Can you pay for British Airways buy on board food and drink catering with Avios? headforpoints.com/2026/10/24…

Can you pay for British Airways onboard catering with Avios?

We look at how you can pay for food and drink on British Airways using Avios, and whether it's worth it (not the food itself, just the redemption rate!).

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Busy week? Here’s what you missed on Head for Points: headforpoints.com/2026/10/24…

What did you miss on Head for Points last week?

Here's a summary of our news and deals from the last seven days

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Accor makes its ibis and Voyager discount cards effectively free for a year headforpoints.com/2026/10/23…

Accor makes its ibis and Voyager discount cards effectively free

Accor will refund you the entire €99 fee for the ibis card or the €179 fee for the Voyager card back in ALL Accor points if you complete a stay by 22nd January.

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Bits: Qatar Airways adds more Sydney flights, Hilton trialling ‘pay with points’ at check-out headforpoints.com/2026/10/23…

Bits: Qatar adds Sydney flights, Hilton trials 'pay with points at check-out'

If you're looking to fly down under, Qatar Airways has added a new option with flights to the new Western Sydney Airport (airport code WSI), opening this weekend.

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Buy Global Hotel Alliance stay credit at a 15% discount – is it worth it? headforpoints.com/2026/10/23…

Buy Global Hotel Alliance stay credit with a 15% discount

Global Hotel Alliance is letting you buy DISCOVERY Dollars with a 15% discount at the moment. I take a look at whether it is worth it or not.

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BA Q&A: Can you transfer Avios points to someone else? headforpoints.com/2026/10/23…

Can you transfer Avios points to someone else?

You can transfer your Avios points to another person, but it can be complicated and - if you don't know how the system works - although no longer expensive.

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Bits: Avios changes at BA Holidays, BA completes A350 Starlink + Virgin starts on 787 fleet headforpoints.com/2026/10/22…

Bits: Avios tweaks at BA Holidays, BA completes A350 Starlink roll-out

British Airways Holidays is changing the way it awards Avios when you book. Most readers should be better off but don't be fooled into thinking its a slam dunk.

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BOOK NOW (1pm): New ‘Avios only’ flights for August 2027 headforpoints.com/2026/10/22…

BOOK TODAY: New Avios-only flights for August 2027

Two new Avios-only flights are launching today (Thursday) for August 2027. You could make a substantial saving over the cash price for these trips.

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BA cuts bonus tier points on flights by up to 60% (on top of increased tier thresholds) headforpoints.com/2026/10/22…

BA cuts bonus tier points on flights by up to 60%

If you thought that the changes in British Airways tier thresholds yesterday were manageable (Silver up 6.7%, Gold up 5%), you didn't have the full story.

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EXCLUSIVE: BA increasing tier point requirements for Silver and Gold status headforpoints.com/2026/10/21…

BA increasing tier point requirements for Silver and Gold status

With no formal announcement, British Airways has snuck out new higher tier point requirements for Silver and Gold status in The British Airways Club.

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There’s a lot of nonsense being posted about the BA Holidays Avios changes from people who presumably failed GCSE Maths. Someone on FlyerTalk has helpfully worked it out:
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NEW: Get 100,000 points (=100,000 Avios) + £150 voucher with American Express Business Platinum headforpoints.com/2026/10/21…

NEW: Get 100,000 points + £150 with Amex Business Platinum!

Points convert to up to 100,000 Avios!

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Amex Platinum and Business Platinum introduce new wellness benefits headforpoints.com/2026/10/21…

What do you think of Amex Platinum's new Gen Z benefits?

American Express Platinum has partnered with lululemon, Oura rings and mediation app Calm in an attempt to lure a younger market to the card. Will it work?

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