The majority of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses.  Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....

The majority of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. .....

30 Oct 201330 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

There is a decent Hilton HHonors promotion running with Avios at the moment, offering 1,000 bonus Avios per night when you stay a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night.  More details are in this article. .....

There is a decent Hilton HHonors promotion running with Avios at the moment, offering 1,000 bonus Avios per .....

26 Oct 201326 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

United Airlines has taken a leaf out of the British Airways promotions book and is currently offering a 25% bonus on all hotel and car hire points transfers. There is a bit of small print to follow: .....

United Airlines has taken a leaf out of the British Airways promotions book and is currently offering a 25% .....

23 Oct 201323 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Every couple of months, IHG Rewards Club generates a wave of publicity – including on Head for Points – by reducing the reward cost of 100 or so properties. They are all offered for 5,000 .....

Every couple of months, IHG Rewards Club generates a wave of publicity – including on Head for Points .....

21 Oct 201321 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Here is a final reminder that Tuesday October 15th is the last day to initiate a transfer of hotel points to British Airways Avios points to receive a 25% bonus. Here is a quick reminder of the .....

Here is a final reminder that Tuesday October 15th is the last day to initiate a transfer of hotel points to .....

14 Oct 201314 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Here is an interesting offer if you are interested in getting Hilton HHonors Gold status. Hilton Gold is generally seen as the best of the mid-tier hotel statuses, because it offers three genuinely .....

Here is an interesting offer if you are interested in getting Hilton HHonors Gold status. Hilton Gold is .....

12 Oct 201312 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

Emails should start arriving soon, if they haven’t already, in the inboxes of selected British Airways Executive Club members who are not members of Hilton HHonors. If you get this email, you .....

Emails should start arriving soon, if they haven’t already, in the inboxes of selected British Airways .....

10 Oct 201310 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Back in August, I wrote about a good Iberia / Hilton promotion. This was offering 1,000 bonus Avios for every weekend night you stayed – a Friday / Saturday / Sunday night would pick up 3,000 .....

Back in August, I wrote about a good Iberia / Hilton promotion. This was offering 1,000 bonus Avios for every .....

9 Oct 20139 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Hilton HHonors has launched its Quarter 4 promotion – ‘More Nights, More Points’ – which will run from October 10th to January 31st. This will operate across all of the Hilton .....

Hilton HHonors has launched its Quarter 4 promotion – ‘More Nights, More Points’ – .....

6 Oct 20136 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

The British Airways promotion offering a 25% bonus on conversions from hotel schemes into Avios is still running for another two weeks. Triggered by this, reader James emailed me to ask whether I .....

The British Airways promotion offering a 25% bonus on conversions from hotel schemes into Avios is still .....

2 Oct 20132 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

When the BA and Iberia loyalty schemes were brought together in November 2011, the biggest inconsistency was in the treatment of points transfers from LeClub Accorhotels.  This covers Novotel, .....

When the BA and Iberia loyalty schemes were brought together in November 2011, the biggest inconsistency was .....

29 Sep 201329 September 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Hilton is promoting the latest version of its iOS booking app with the offer of 1,000 bonus Hilton HHonors points. You will receive the extra 1,000 points for every booking you make through the app .....

Hilton is promoting the latest version of its iOS booking app with the offer of 1,000 bonus Hilton HHonors .....

22 Sep 201322 September 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

British Airways has teamed up with Hilton HHonors, for some reason, to offer a special £100 discount on Club Europe flights this Autumn.   You don’t need to be a Hilton HHonors member to take .....

British Airways has teamed up with Hilton HHonors, for some reason, to offer a special £100 discount on Club .....

14 Sep 201314 September 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Until 15th October, British Airways is offering a 25% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty schemes into Avios. Since most of the hotel programmes allow you to buy points – .....

Until 15th October, British Airways is offering a 25% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major .....

13 Sep 201313 September 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments