News in brief: IHG flash sale starts at 9am IHG, owner of the Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental and Indigo brands amongst others, is launching a 72-hour flash sale at .....

News in brief: IHG flash sale starts at 9am IHG, owner of the Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, .....

4 Jan 20174 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

IHG Rewards Club has added a PDF document to its website listing 650 hotels which are changing in price for redemptions from 15th January. You won’t be surprised to hear that 75% of the changes .....

IHG Rewards Club has added a PDF document to its website listing 650 hotels which are changing in price for .....

29 Dec 201629 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

For the last six months or so, Head for Points has been running a ‘world exclusive’ (seriously!) promotion with IHG Rewards Club. Head for Points readers have received DOUBLE IHG Rewards .....

For the last six months or so, Head for Points has been running a ‘world exclusive’ (seriously!) .....

28 Dec 201628 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has launched a website for its Spring 2017 promotion – IHG Accelerate.  Yes, it is repeating .....

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has launched .....

10 Dec 201610 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 139 comments

If you are a member of IHG Rewards Club, you probably received a slightly odd email from them on Saturday morning. Entitled ‘Member booking update’ it said this: We’ve made a change. .....

If you are a member of IHG Rewards Club, you probably received a slightly odd email from them on Saturday .....

21 Nov 201621 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 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

Last Monday was the renewal date for my InterContinental Ambassador membership.  I was happy to hand over $200 for another year of membership and I thought I would explain why. InterContinental, .....

Last Monday was the renewal date for my InterContinental Ambassador membership.  I was happy to hand over .....

8 Nov 20168 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are .....

This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of .....

4 Nov 20164 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth .....

This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of .....

4 Nov 20164 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Just a reminder that, as I originally wrote on Saturday, the latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) PointBreaks redemptions will be .....

Just a reminder that, as I originally wrote on Saturday, the latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday .....

31 Oct 201631 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. These rooms are a .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

29 Oct 201629 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task.  I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be.  I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task.  I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it .....

26 Oct 201626 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This was fundamentally about which cards you should, long term, end up keeping in your wallet .....

18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This .....

24 Oct 201624 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 191 comments

Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by converting something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes .....

Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by .....

24 Oct 201624 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments