Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

Which hotel chains let you collect Avios points?

It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you stay. I ran a sister article to this in November which listed hotel chains which do NOT .....

It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

Earn triple Avios with Accor hotel stays – at least 7.5 per €1 spent

Last week we covered a triple miles promotion that Accor is running with Flying Blue and Miles & More. An Avios version has now launched.  This allows you to earn triple Avios on every stay. The .....

Last week we covered a triple miles promotion that Accor is running with Flying Blue and Miles & More. An .....

by Rob Burgess64 comments

How to use your Starbucks card for free foreign currency conversions

This is one of those silly travel tips which you may, actually, find that you can make use of. If you have a Starbucks plastic payment card or pay via the Starbucks app, you may not know that there is .....

This is one of those silly travel tips which you may, actually, find that you can make use of. If you have a .....

by Rob Burgess44 comments

What are the best credit card deals for April 2017?

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 23 UK travel credit cards can .....

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

by Rob Burgess73 comments

Does the weak £ make Starwood’s flight ticket redemptions a good deal?

Back in 2013 Rob wrote about SPG Flights, the Starwood Preferred Guest redemption option where you exchange your Starwood points for a flight ticket. Two facts made this offer sound quite attractive. .....

Back in 2013 Rob wrote about SPG Flights, the Starwood Preferred Guest redemption option where you exchange .....

by Anika Burnett38 comments

Is Virgin Atlantic’s ‘Miles Plus Money’ feature a good deal?

One of the changes introduced in the Virgin Flying Club revamp earlier this year was a major revamp of ‘Miles Plus Money’.  Today I want to review whether Virgin’s new .....

One of the changes introduced in the Virgin Flying Club revamp earlier this year was a major revamp of .....

by Rob Burgess25 comments

Here’s the full HfP index of articles for March 2017

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: last call for these offers, first World of Hyatt promo, $75m slot sale American Express .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: .....

by HfP team

Are the seven Amex Platinum hotel status cards worth having?

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, changing property every night to maximise your stay .....

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start .....

by Rob Burgess112 comments

Is Eurostar Frequent Traveller ‘part pay with points’ a decent deal?

Over the weekend we are looking at whether it is worth using your Virgin Flying Club miles as part payment for a booking.  (Short answer: it isn’t). We’ve also looked at ‘part pay .....

Over the weekend we are looking at whether it is worth using your Virgin Flying Club miles as part payment .....

by Rob Burgess9 comments

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