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with a new beachside opening

, taking it to 170 weekly flights from the UK

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citizenM Dublin St. Patrick’s marks brand’s entry into Ireland (Business Traveller)

Malaysia Airlines doubles Airbus A330neo order (UK Aviation News)

ESTA fee to almost double as federal funding for Brand USA slashed (Travel Weekly)

Air France-KLM will take majority stake in SAS (Business Traveller)

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one of Europe’s smallest scheduled airlines. How does its business class compare? Image below

Memberships have been cancelled

if you got a lump sum last year when the scheme launched

Hilton for Business ‘new employee’ bonus extended

Until 15th July, so you have 10 days left, you can get a huge sign-up bonus of 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. You can apply here.

This is the biggest bonus you ever see on this credit card, and is TRIPLE the standard amount.

This is worth roughly £300 of free Marriott stays, based on our 0.5p per point valuation, or 25,000 Avios or other airline miles if converted.

There are four good reasons to hold this card long term, and not just for the sign-up bonus:

There is an annual fee of £95 per year. The on-going earning rate is 2 Bonvoy points per £1 spent.

To learn more, click here for our full article on the offer. Please read the bit about whether you qualify for the sign-up bonus. The offer ends on 15th July.

Head for Points receives a commission if you apply via our link – thank you.

You can apply here.

The representative APR is 53.7% variable, including the annual fee.  The representative APR on purchases is 30.0% variable.

Please drop me a note at [email protected] with any feedback.

If you are booking a hotel this week, click here to read our summary of the best bonus points offers for July from the big chains.

See you next Monday,

Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points

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