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and what the new airline has planned.
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, its first route to Mexico
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until Tuesday
for travel between September and early December
JetBlue launches Boston-Edinburgh service (Business Traveller)
CAA accepts Gatwick airline price cap commitments (Travel Weekly)
Five Guys moves into UK airports with Heathrow restaurant (Restaurant)
‘I flew on the hyped Global Airlines A380 from Manchester to New York and it was extremely bizarre’ (Manchester Evening News)
Southampton Airport completes installation of next generation scanners (Business Traveller)
We find out on a trip from London to Dublin.
Need a hotel in Malta? following a major refurbishment. Image (from our window) below.
– how does the pricing compare to BA?
– click here to buy
We do our annual update.
– a new option
Our annual series of travel credit card reviews continues:
Until Tuesday, American Express has brought back a special sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card – apply here.
Remember that this card is free for your first year!
The bonus is increased from 20,000 to 30,000 Membership Rewards points which converts to:
…. and many other non-travel rewards.
You receive 30,000 Membership Rewards points after spending £3,000 in three months.
Even better, you get:
The card is free for the first year. If you keep it beyond the first year there is an annual fee of £195. You receive a further four airport lounge passes and more Deliveroo credits on renewal.
Our main article on the 30,000 points bonus is here. Make sure you read the bit about whether or not you qualify for the bonus.
You can apply for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card with the special bonus on this page of the Amex website.
The offer ends this Tuesday, 27th May 2025.
The representative APR is 87.3% variable, including the annual fee. The representative APR on purchases, and in the first year which has no fee, is 30.0% variable.
PS. If you have a British Airways American Express card, and so can’t get the Gold bonus, remember that you WILL qualify for the 80,000 points (=80,000 Avios) bonus on The Platinum Card. Click here to read more. Click here to apply.
Head for Points receives a commission if you apply via our link. Thank you.
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 May and June from the big chains.
See you next Monday,
Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
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