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Hilton launches its Quarter 1 hotel bonus promotion

The Quarter 1 hotel promotions are now up and running.  In general, they are not hugely exciting but, of course, if you are doing the stays anyway then you are crazy not to register for them. I .....

The Quarter 1 hotel promotions are now up and running.  In general, they are not hugely exciting but, of .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

‘Deluxe Family’ hotel rooms …. a real luxury hotel innovation

In a couple of days I will publish a full review of the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel on the Palm in Dubai, a thoroughly modest little hotel where all of the room corridors are lined with gold leaf! I .....

In a couple of days I will publish a full review of the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel on the Palm in Dubai, a .....

by Rob Burgess12 comments

Get triple Membership Rewards points on all bookings via Amex Travel

As per this web page, Amex is offering triple Membership Rewards points (ie 3 per £1) on all bookings made via the Amex Travel website. The offer is valid on bookings made up to January 31st. If you .....

As per this web page, Amex is offering triple Membership Rewards points (ie 3 per £1) on all bookings made .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

Get a 50% bonus on Tesco Clubcard transfers into Virgin Flying Club miles

Here is the first decent promotion of 2013! Tesco has launched a 50% bonus on transfers of Tesco Clubcard points to Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club.  This means that you will receive 375 miles .....

Here is the first decent promotion of 2013! Tesco has launched a 50% bonus on transfers of Tesco Clubcard .....

by Rob Burgess12 comments

Now that’s what I call taxes ….

I have just booked, for reasons that I will explain in a few weeks, a one-way flight from the US to Germany. airberlin New York JFK to Berlin Tegel One-Way Business Class The Avios required were the .....

I have just booked, for reasons that I will explain in a few weeks, a one-way flight from the US to Germany. .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

Get 1,500 Miles & More miles for an Accor hotel stay

The Accor hotel group has launched a special promotion with Lufthansa’s Miles & More, running until 28th February. Full details are here. If you choose to earn airline miles instead of .....

The Accor hotel group has launched a special promotion with Lufthansa’s Miles & More, running until .....

by Rob Burgess

Did you catch the American Express Membership Rewards / Tesco deal yesterday?

Yesterday afternoon saw one of those crazy moments in the miles and points game. It started at 3.36pm, when a poster on Flyertalk callyed Richyo said that he had just redeemed 4,000 American Express .....

Yesterday afternoon saw one of those crazy moments in the miles and points game. It started at 3.36pm, when a .....

by Rob Burgess44 comments

The wheels on the First Class bus go round and round ….

Here is something else I picked up from our Dubai holiday via Gulf News. British Airways has historically had a bad reputation for bussing passengers from the plane to the airport. Things have .....

Here is something else I picked up from our Dubai holiday via Gulf News. British Airways has historically had .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

Claim your £17 Lufthansa discount voucher

Lufthansa has put out a new set of electronic discount vouchers. Go to this website, select your country, and Lufthansa will email you a discount code off your next flight. The UK voucher is worth .....

Lufthansa has put out a new set of electronic discount vouchers. Go to this website, select your country, and .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

What are the best credit card deals for January 2013?

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers’ page for January. It was not a difficult job, for once, because there have been no major changes since the December list came out!  The only .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers’ page for January. It was not a difficult job, for once, .....

by Rob Burgess25 comments

Some historic HfP credit card articles still worth a read

Alongside the post today on the latest credit card news, I wanted to highlight a few articles from last year which are worth a read if you have made a New Year resolution to change the miles and .....

Alongside the post today on the latest credit card news, I wanted to highlight a few articles from last year .....

by Rob Burgess

Further to our Priority Club post yesterday ….

Yesterday I ran an article on changes to the Priority Club loyalty programme for 2013. Here is a further update.  During yesterday, I redeemed a 15,000 Priority Club points voucher that I received .....

Yesterday I ran an article on changes to the Priority Club loyalty programme for 2013. Here is a further .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

What is Priority Club playing at?

Today, as you’ve probably noticed, is January 1st.  Happy New Year to you! It is also the day that Priority Club (the loyalty scheme for Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) makes a .....

Today, as you’ve probably noticed, is January 1st.  Happy New Year to you! It is also the day that .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

BAA WorldPoints goes Heathrow-only from today

BAA WorldPoints enters a new phase today, as the programme becomes Heathrow only. With the sale of Gatwick and the upcoming sale of Stansted, this was a logical move. Heathrow, with an astonishing .....

BAA WorldPoints enters a new phase today, as the programme becomes Heathrow only. With the sale of Gatwick and .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment

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