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Norwegian begins to drop flights to secondary airports

Norwegian has announced two changes to its US network which indicate a change of strategy. Older readers will remember that, when Ryanair launched, it focused on flying to random airports in the .....

Norwegian has announced two changes to its US network which indicate a change of strategy. Older readers will .....

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Here’s the full HfP index of articles for November 2018

Here is a full list of the articles we published in November 2018.  Click through to read them in full: Marriott reveals 500 million Starwood Preferred Guest accounts hacked – dating back to 2014 .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in November 2018.  Click through to read them in full: .....

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Is Iceland’s low cost carrier WOW Air going bust?

If you have a booking with WOW Air, you need to keep a very close eye on it. The airline appears to be on the cusp of going bankrupt.  Icelandair has walked away from its agreed deal to buy the .....

If you have a booking with WOW Air, you need to keep a very close eye on it. The airline appears to be on the .....

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Reminder: Get special benefits on luxury hotel bookings via Head for Points

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I launched this service 22 months ago with Emyr Thomas of Bon Vivant, the feedback from Head for Points readers has .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I launched this service 22 .....

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SAVE THE DATE: Head for Points Christmas Party, Tuesday 11th December

Better late than never, we can now announce the details of the 2018 Head for Points Christmas Party. After the success of our expanded Summer Party, which allowed us to welcome 250 readers rather than .....

Better late than never, we can now announce the details of the 2018 Head for Points Christmas Party. After the .....

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No 1 Lounges opens its new Birmingham Airport Clubrooms lounge

No 1 Lounges has opened its 2nd lounge at Birmingham International, by Gate 54.  As we exclusively revealed back in June, the group has opened a second site to cope with demand. Aspire has also just .....

No 1 Lounges has opened its 2nd lounge at Birmingham International, by Gate 54.  As we exclusively revealed .....

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Norwegian launches flights to Rio de Janeiro from London Gatwick

Norwegian announced yesterday that it is launching flights to Brazil.   From 31st March, Norwegian will fly four times per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday) from London Gatwick.  The flights .....

Norwegian announced yesterday that it is launching flights to Brazil.   From 31st March, Norwegian will fly .....

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easyJet to launch a new points-based loyalty scheme

I did a long piece yesterday on easyJet Plus and – in passing – mentioned Flight Club.  This is easyJet’s ‘invite only’ loyalty scheme for top flyers which has a number .....

I did a long piece yesterday on easyJet Plus and – in passing – mentioned Flight Club.  This is .....

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Is easyJet Plus worth the annual membership fee?

easyJet has a loyalty scheme, Flight Club, although they like to keep it low key and it is strictly ‘invite only’.  If you meet the following criteria: you have booked and flown .....

easyJet has a loyalty scheme, Flight Club, although they like to keep it low key and it is strictly .....

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Flybe flights from Newquay are moving to London Heathrow

I mentioned this briefly in my ‘breaking news’ article on the Virgin Atlantic takeover of Flybe on Thursday.  I wanted to repeat it as that article was not emailed and you may have missed .....

I mentioned this briefly in my ‘breaking news’ article on the Virgin Atlantic takeover of Flybe on .....

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How to get GHA Discovery Platinum hotel status for just £16 this weekend

You can get GHA Discovery Platinum hotel status for just £16 at the moment. Business Traveller magazine is running an excellent Black Friday deal this weekend – I believe it ends on Sunday .....

You can get GHA Discovery Platinum hotel status for just £16 at the moment. Business Traveller magazine is .....

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