The Travel Brief, your weekly business travel and loyalty round-up - 18th November

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The latest UK business travel news:

We go onboard Iberia's (and the world's) first Airbus A321XLR .... what can you expect? Image above.

Virgin Atlantic cancels all Cape Town flights for April 2025

.... and delays Accra launch and Tel Aviv return, due to Rolls-Royce engine issues

Jet2 launches a new base at London Luton Airport

Where does British Airways fly to from London City Airport?

The Aspire Heathrow T3 is closing for refurbishment from February

Priority Pass finally gets a proper lounge at Berlin Brandenburg airport

Camp in an ex-Etihad A320 in Tenby, Wales!

Singapore Airlines will refurbish its A350 fleet with brand new business class and First Class

The new Marriott Bonvoy / Nectar partnership looks interesting - here's why

What are the best hotel promos for November?

Cathay Pacific is offering an exclusive discount to HSBC Premier customers

Get £200 cashback with an easyJet Holidays / American Express offer

Stories we recommend from other sites:

Belmond unveils the Britannic Explorer luxury sleeper train (Business Traveller)

Air New Zealand wants to resume London flights (One Mile At A Time)

Oberoi back on track for UK debut with Mayfair property (Boutique Hotelier)

Singapore Airlines to offer Cristal 2015 Champagne in First Class (Business Traveller)

Our latest reviews:

Park Hyatt London River Thames is London's newest five star hotel .... how is it? We spent a night. Image above.

We also published a review of Cowley Manor Experimental in the Cotswolds, now under new ownership and refurbished. Image below.

The latest UK travel loyalty news:

We look into Virgin Flying Club's dynamic pricing:

We had a detailed analysis of the Virgin Flying Club dynamic pricing changes this week:

On how many days does Virgin Flying Club now offer Saver pricing?

The cheapest, and most expensive, redemptions with Virgin Flying Club's dynamic pricing

SeatSpy adds new functionality to help you find and book dynamically priced Virgin Atlantic reward seats

Other loyalty news:

STILL RUNNING: Buy Avios for just 0.88p via Finnair Plus! It is VERY easy to transfer them, instantly and free, to your British Airways Executive Club account afterwards as our article explains. The offer ends on Wednesday.

Is American Express Platinum worth the £650 annual fee? The current sign-up bonus is worth 80,000 Avios!

REGISTER NOW: Accor launches a double points hotel promotion across Europe

You can now redeem Virgin Points at Virgin Hotels - and it can be a decent deal

Get 5,000 Virgin Points by activating Tesco Clubcard auto-convert

How to gift a Marriott Bonvoy reward night to someone else

Get 15,000 Membershp Rewards points when you pay an invoice using Bluechain with your Amex Business card

How to earn Avios on Avis car rentals

When do your Radisson Rewards points expire? How can you stop it?

Do you have a Limited Company?

Exclusive SME offer: get 20,000 points (worth 20,000 Avios) with Capital on Tap's Business Rewards Visa

Exclusive SME offer: get 30,000 points (worth 30,000 Avios) with the new Capital on Tap Pro business credit card

Thank you for reading

Please drop me a note at rob@headforpoints.com with any feedback. See you next Monday.

Rob, Rhys and Katie @ Head for Points

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