This is our review of the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% off participating properties for weekend stays up to 8th September 2024.  You must book by 3rd September 2024. You can see ..read more

If you need to be in Birmingham at any point between now and December, Secret Escapes has brought back its excellent deal on Marriott’s Aloft hotel. You are getting a LOT for your money: The price is just £71 per night in July and August and £75 from September to December. This represents a big ..read more

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select ‘Click here for today’s chat thread’. Thank you ..read more

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be interested in improving how they travel. The newsletter also runs on the Head for Points website every Saturday ..read more

This is my review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona. I originally reviewed this hotel back in 2019, and liked it so much that I decided I should bring my family back one day. (I’ve spent over £5,000 in the last year returning to hotels we originally stayed at for free to review!) With my daughter ..read more

News in brief: Finnair adds two daily flights from Heathrow Finnair is adding two additional daily flights from London Heathrow to Helsinki, taking the total to six. This is a year-round change which will start from the launch of the winter timetable on 27th October. The new flights will depart Heathrow at 9.55am and 1.10pm ..read more

British Airways is relaunching flights to Bangkok for the winter 2024 flying season, but these had been scheduled to end in late March when the summer 2025 flying season starts. Given that Easter is late next year, the airline seems to have had second thoughts as it appears to have added additional flights during April ..read more

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select ‘Click here for today’s chat thread’. Thank you ..read more

British Airways has launched two new Avios-only flghts for Easter 2025. These are bookable now. Both flights will operate on Friday 18th April which is Good Friday, returning eight days later. There are two options: Abu Dhabi Faro Abu Dhabi will be the second long haul flight to operate under the ‘Avios only’ scheme. The first is a Dubai service over October half term, which I am booked on. ALL seats in ALL cabins are available for redemption. The Abu Dhabi flight is currently showing as a Boeing 787-9 with old-style Club World and no First Class. Faro will obviously be a typical BA short h ..read more

Better late than never, Turkish Airlines has pulled back the curtain on its new Crystal business class seat. Originally due to be unveiled at Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg in May, the seat was notably absent. A later launch in central London was also rescheduled twice before being pulled at the last minute. Instead, Turkish Airlines decided to go head-to-head with the unveiling of the Qatar Airways’ Qsuite Next Gen (or Qsuite 2.0) at the Farnborough International Airshow. Apparently, not even the airline was sure it was happening until 24 hours prior! Both Rob and I were able to see the ..read more