Hilton Honors has offered a status challenge program for years, letting you match your elite status from Marriott Bonvoy, IHG Rewards Club etc for Hilton Gold or Diamond. Hilton has now reduced the .....

Hilton Honors has offered a status challenge program for years, letting you match your elite status from .....

16 Jan 202116 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Is it possible to book multiple rooms at the same property on the same night, earn points from them all and have them all count as qualifying nights for elite status or for a promotion? I’m not .....

Is it possible to book multiple rooms at the same property on the same night, earn points from them all and .....

7 Jan 20217 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

There are three decent ‘buy points’ offers closing today for major hotel programmes. Your options are: Does buying points make sense? Yes, at the right time in the right place. Here is .....

There are three decent ‘buy points’ offers closing today for major hotel programmes. Your options .....

31 Dec 202031 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Hilton Honors has just launched its new Spring promotion, Points Unlimited, which is now open for registration – click here. To give Hilton credit, it is very straightforward with minimal .....

Hilton Honors has just launched its new Spring promotion, Points Unlimited, which is now open for .....

29 Dec 202029 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

News in brief: Hilton Winter sale now on This slipped through the cracks when it launched, but I should mention that Hilton is currently running its Winter sale across Europe, the Middle East and .....

News in brief: Hilton Winter sale now on This slipped through the cracks when it launched, but I should .....

27 Dec 202027 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

This is our review of the DoubleTree Manchester Airport hotel. Last month, the Hilton Manchester Airport hotel quietly rebranded as a DoubleTree. These changes usually happen when a hotel no longer .....

This is our review of the DoubleTree Manchester Airport hotel. Last month, the Hilton Manchester Airport hotel .....

23 Dec 202023 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

Hilton has announced plans to open a resort in Crete in Spring 2021. The Royal Senses Resort will open as part of Hilton’s upscale Curio Collection. Curio is Hilton’s equivalent of .....

Hilton has announced plans to open a resort in Crete in Spring 2021. The Royal Senses Resort will open as part .....

15 Dec 202015 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Hilton Honors has launched another special deal to keep its elite members on side. This is on top of the exceptionally (over?) generous measures we have already seen: With the new offer, all Hilton .....

Hilton Honors has launched another special deal to keep its elite members on side. This is on top of the .....

12 Dec 202012 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

This is our review of the DoubleTree by Hilton Tower of London hotel. After a month of working from the dining room table and getting on my housemates’ nerves, I was glad to be out and about .....

This is our review of the DoubleTree by Hilton Tower of London hotel. After a month of working from the dining .....

7 Dec 20207 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 50 comments

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes. The first thing to say is that it is VERY rare for an airline to allow you to transfer to a hotel .....

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes. The .....

6 Dec 20206 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status cards quickly, there is no easier route than getting The Platinum Card from American Express. It comes with SIX hotel status cards.  Five .....

If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status cards quickly, there is no easier route than getting .....

5 Dec 20205 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Hilton is, arguably, setting the pace amongst the hotel loyalty programmes at the moment: If you could do 15 nights in December (reward nights and day rooms count) you would end the year with 30 elite .....

Hilton is, arguably, setting the pace amongst the hotel loyalty programmes at the moment: If you could do 15 .....

30 Nov 202030 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

There are three ‘100% buy points’ bonuses running at the moment. Let’s start with IHG Rewards Club as this offer ends today. You should also remember that: Click for details of those .....

There are three ‘100% buy points’ bonuses running at the moment. Let’s start with IHG .....

27 Nov 202027 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

News in brief: Hilton Manchester Airport rebrands The Hilton Manchester Airport hotel has quietly rebranded as a DoubleTree. Here is the new website. This is not a great sign. These changes usually .....

News in brief: Hilton Manchester Airport rebrands The Hilton Manchester Airport hotel has quietly rebranded as .....

26 Nov 202026 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments