News in brief: Qatar Travel Festival sale starts on Monday Last January Qatar Airways ran an astonishing sale. This is my article on it from January 2016.  As long as you were happy to start your .....

News in brief: Qatar Travel Festival sale starts on Monday Last January Qatar Airways ran an astonishing sale. .....

5 Jan 20175 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 130 comments

News in brief: More Luxury Travel Diary auctions launched The Luxury Travel Diary site dropped me a line about another wave of its auctions closing soon. Interesting options closing in the next 48 .....

News in brief: More Luxury Travel Diary auctions launched The Luxury Travel Diary site dropped me a line .....

3 Jan 20173 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

Every so often I come across something in the miles and points field which I think that I should have known, but for some reason had never come across.  This is one such quirk. Regular readers will .....

Every so often I come across something in the miles and points field which I think that I should have known, .....

1 Jan 20171 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

News in brief: Last day to buy Starwood points at a possible 50% discount Starwood is offering a very good, but targetted, deal which ends TODAY – a 50% discount when you buy 5,000+ Starwood .....

News in brief: Last day to buy Starwood points at a possible 50% discount Starwood is offering a very good, .....

31 Dec 201631 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

News in brief: The end of the 5,000 points per night UK Hilton redemption Hilton has published its latest list of redemption category changes. With only 11 hotels globally going up in cost, I normally .....

News in brief: The end of the 5,000 points per night UK Hilton redemption Hilton has published its latest list .....

28 Dec 201628 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

News in brief: Travelex holding a flash sale today Travelex is having another of its occasional ‘flash sales’ today.  Between 11am and 1pm, it will be improving the spreads on currency .....

News in brief: Travelex holding a flash sale today Travelex is having another of its occasional ‘flash .....

20 Dec 201620 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Hilton HHonors has extended its current ‘double points’ promotion by a month. Whilst originally due to end on 30th December, ‘Double Up’ will now run until 31st January. You do .....

Hilton HHonors has extended its current ‘double points’ promotion by a month. Whilst originally .....

13 Dec 201613 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

News in brief: Hilton North America flash sale launched Hilton has launched a 3-day Flash Sale covering North America.  This will end at 5am (note am) UK time on Thursday 8th. For bookings between .....

News in brief: Hilton North America flash sale launched Hilton has launched a 3-day Flash Sale covering North .....

6 Dec 20166 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at random, perhaps because they were on promotion or because they didn’t know any .....

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at .....

4 Dec 20164 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Hilton has launched its Winter Sale with decent weekend discounts available across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Whilst it is nominally called the Winter Sale, you can book for any .....

Hilton has launched its Winter Sale with decent weekend discounts available across Europe, the Middle East and .....

16 Nov 201616 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

10 Nov 201610 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it).  This post originally ran last month but I am repeating it today because I thought it would an interesting introduction .....

Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it).  This post originally ran last .....

9 Nov 20169 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

News in brief: Hilton running a ‘40% off’ 4-day APAC flash sale Hilton is due to launch a 96-hour flash sale at 8am today.  Discounts are expected to be up to 40% off Best Available Rate, .....

News in brief: Hilton running a ‘40% off’ 4-day APAC flash sale Hilton is due to launch a 96-hour .....

7 Nov 20167 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

This is my review of the Hilton Honors UK Platinum Visa credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth .....

This is my review of the Hilton Honors UK Platinum Visa credit card. It is part of my series of articles .....

1 Nov 20161 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments