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Here’s the full HfP index of articles for August 2024

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Here is a full list of the articles we published in August 2024.  Click through to read them in full:

Head for Points article index

How I turned my expiring Etihad Guest miles into cash with the Etihad Guest Reward Card

Hotel news: Graduate Oxford bookable, Hotel Indigo opens in Oman, a new IHG Maldives resort

How does Hilton’s ‘guaranteed connecting hotel rooms’ feature work?

IT’S BACK: SME? Get 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus with BA’s Amex card for small businesses

Plaza Premium opens a new lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4

Do you know you get a refund with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic if you cancel within 24 hours?

How many Avios do I need to fly to ….?

Get British Airways Bronze equivalent status for $49 by matching virtually any HOTEL status!

News: Qantas resumes non-stop London, Aer Lingus launches an ‘Avios only’ flight

JetBlue makes its London Gatwick flights seasonal

Cancellation fee on Club Europe Avios redemptions now £12.50 each way, not 50p

REGISTER NOW: Earn 2,000 Bonvoy points per stay in Marriott’s new autumn promo

What are World of Hyatt hotel points worth?

ENDS TUESDAY: Get 40,000 points (40,000 Avios) + £400 travel credit with Amex Platinum

Is it time for Virgin Atlantic to launch a ‘Suite Guarantee’?

What are Radisson Rewards hotel points worth?

The HfP guide to Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses

How ‘Discount Booster’ and new app-only deals let you save at Radisson hotels

What are Marriott Bonvoy hotel points worth?

Where can you fly on British Airways from Terminal 3 for the Qantas and Cathay lounges?

What are IHG One Rewards hotel points worth?

Is it worth joining Point A Hotels ‘A List’ programme?

Book Oslo to Nairobi for £745 return in Business Class in the Lufthansa 2-4-1 sale

How I made a saving with Global Hotel Alliance’s ‘buy money with 15% off’ deal!

Oman Air ditches First Class

Three new easyJet routes for London Southend Airport

What are Hilton Honors hotel points worth?

How to pay your business bills with a credit card using Bluechain

How do British Airways Executive Club Household Accounts work?

What are Accor Live Limitless hotel points worth?

Review: the refurbished Aspire Lounge at Belfast City Airport, used by BA

Delta Air Lines offering free wifi for all customers

Virgin Atlantic launches a new flight and holidays sale

Hyatt to buy The Standard hotel group

£400 + 40,000 POINTS: What is the best use of your American Express Platinum sign-up bonus?

Qatar Airways takes a 25% stake in South Africa’s Airlink

Qatar Airways expands online Avios booking to more carriers

London City Airport gets approval to increase passenger numbers

What do we think of the new HSBC Premier World Elite credit card benefits?

Crazy, crazy SWISS and Lufthansa 2-4-1 business class flight deals, many from the UK

Where does British Airways fly from London Gatwick this winter?

(P)review: 25hours Hotel Copenhagen Paper Island, part of Accor Live Limitless

Qatar Airways adds more Heathrow flights using TAROM slots

Marriott adds its 36th (?) brand in deal with Sonder

Which airline credit card is best for long term spending?

Your introduction to Zing, HSBC’s new multi-currency and FX payments app

Use Virgin Points to fly ITA to Dubai for €70 tax, plus their other long haul options

Got a Tesco credit card? Will you be disqualified from Barclaycard Avios bonuses?

Graduate Cambridge hotel now bookable via Hilton

Get a free First Class upgrade on Heathrow Express if you are Star Alliance Gold

Last day to transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Emirates before the rate devalues

Review: The Hoxton Southwark hotel brings the vibes

Redeem Virgin Points for December events at The O2, including Paul McCartney

Get 200 free Club Eurostar points, worth £15 – virtually no effort required

REGISTER NOW: Hilton launches its bonus points promotion for September to December stays

Get a mystery bonus when you buy Marriott Bonvoy points

Czech Airlines to leave SkyTeam

BONUS DOUBLED: Get 10,000 Avios with the FREE Barclaycard Avios Mastercard!

Is ‘wait and see’ a better points strategy than ‘earn and burn’?

Wizz Air launches £429 ‘All You Can Fly’ subscription …. but what’s the catch?

NoMad London hotel now bookable via Hilton, with a 4-4-3 deal for cash stays

Luton Airport launches its own rewards platform – myLLA

BOOK NOW: Virgin Atlantic extends Cape Town to April 2025, wide open for points

Qatar Airways introduces caviar in Business Class as the quality gap keeps widening

What’s inside the Virgin Red Room VIP box at The O2?

Get cheap Avios via the Nectar ‘Great Fruit & Veg Challenge’

Expedia halts the roll-out of One Key – but it is too late for UK members

Singapore Airlines adjusts its UK flights – boosts Gatwick, tweaks Manchester

Amazon launches a new UK credit card with Barclaycard

Big changes appear to be coming to the Aer Lingus credit card

How does the British Airways status extension for new parents work?

Avios Group at risk for £600 million of unpaid VAT in HMRC investigation

ENDS TUESDAY: Get 40,000 points (40,000 Avios) + £400 travel credit with Amex Platinum

Tim’s American Express Platinum Dining maps can help you spend your £300 credit

A positive suggestion for improving the British Airways American Express cards

Review: Domes Novos Santorini, Autograph Collection (Marriott Bonvoy)

What are American Express Centurion airport lounges, and where are they?

Review: Abu Dhabi Pearl Lounge Terminal A – used by British Airways and Priority Pass

The Warsaw Marriott hotel mysteriously closes

Get a 100% bonus buying Hilton Honors points

Qantas reroutes its direct London to Perth flight – and adds a refuelling stop

£400 + 40,000 POINTS: If you cancel Platinum, the Amex Rewards Card keeps your points alive

Review: Mango House Seychelles, part of Hilton’s LXR brand

OFFERS: Get a good deal with Groupon Travel

Get 5,000 Virgin Points for activating Tesco Clubcard Auto-Convert

Exclusive: British Airways pulls out of Beijing

Receive between 2,500 and 300,000 Avios (or cash) with Nutmeg’s ISA transfer offer

Inside a Hawksbill Pool Villa at Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island

BA news: earn Avios at Gail’s, Bangkok Airways codeshare relaunched

MOVE FAST: New British Airways Cape Town flight added, lots of Avios availability

Review: Waldorf Astoria Seychelles – paradise on Platte Island

Get a 20% discount buying World of Hyatt hotel points

Good value Canary Wharf hotel deal via Secret Escapes

What are the best hotel promos for August 2024?

Review: the Canopy by Hilton Seychelles Resort

Get 1,000 Virgin Points with your first Virgin Trains Ticketing booking

New Birmingham, Newcastle and Heathrow restaurants join Priority Pass – but not for Amex

(DEAL DEAD) Get British Airways Silver equivalent status by matching your HOTEL status!

EXCLUSIVE OFFER: Save 25% on a SeatSpy annual subscription

HfP in the Seychelles: Let’s start with how to get there

Don’t be taken in by BA’s incorrect On Business email this week

Heathrow Express still offering £10 August tickets – and now with 10 points per £1 on top!

Got Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite hotel status? You get United Airlines status for free

How to add Head for Points to your phone home screen, just like an app

FINALLY: Check progress towards your annual voucher in the Virgin credit card app

Review: Hilton Mallorca Galatzo – bookable in the Hilton sale

The Park Grand London Kensington hotel joins Marriott Bonvoy

NEW: Earn Virgin Points with every Virgin Wines purchase

Review: the refurbished Singapore Airlines First Class Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2

Get a 30% bonus converting American Express points to Marriott Bonvoy – worth it?

DEAL DEAD: IAG scraps its plan to buy Air Europa

Virgin Atlantic closing two more routes

Review: the refurbished Singapore Airlines SilverKris Business Class Lounge at Heathrow T2

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