This is an important reminder that the IHG Rewards Club devaluation kicks in from Wednesday. You only have until Tuesday night to lock in one of the 200 hotels which are increasing in price at the .....

This is an important reminder that the IHG Rewards Club devaluation kicks in from Wednesday. You only have .....

15 Feb 201615 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

If you have ever bought Avios, IHG Rewards Club points or various other miles, you may have noticed that your credit card statement showed ‘points.com’ as the merchant. points.com is a .....

If you have ever bought Avios, IHG Rewards Club points or various other miles, you may have noticed that your .....

15 Feb 201615 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader review of ‘The Concorde Bar’ in the new British Airways lounge in Singapore. .....

News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader .....

5 Feb 20165 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Last week, I revealed that IHG Rewards Club is offering Spire Elite members status with Hertz. What I didn’t know at the time is that IHG and Hertz have relaunched and improved their .....

Last week, I revealed that IHG Rewards Club is offering Spire Elite members status with Hertz. What I .....

2 Feb 20162 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc scheme, snuck out a list on its website yesterday with the relatively innocent heading of:  “2016 Reward Nights: Some .....

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc scheme, snuck out a list on its .....

30 Jan 201630 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

News in brief: Get a £15 Amazon gift certificate with your first Azimo transfer I mentioned this offer over Christmas, but I wanted to flag it again because it is still running until the end of the .....

News in brief: Get a £15 Amazon gift certificate with your first Azimo transfer I mentioned this offer over .....

28 Jan 201628 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: Did you win our IHG Rewards Club competition? Thank you to everyone who entered our IHG Rewards Club competition last week.  There was a fantastic response and IHG was very impressed .....

News in brief: Did you win our IHG Rewards Club competition? Thank you to everyone who entered our IHG Rewards .....

27 Jan 201627 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

If you are working towards your IHG Accelerate target – and this is probably the most generous hotel promotion you will see this quarter – there are three little tricks and kinks which can .....

If you are working towards your IHG Accelerate target – and this is probably the most generous hotel .....

26 Jan 201626 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

The latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) PointBreaks redemptions will be open for booking this afternoon.  It is usually about .....

The latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) .....

25 Jan 201625 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

There was much grating of teeth among Head for Points readers before Christmas when Barclaycard made some draconian changes to its credit card policy. It decided that you could not have two .....

There was much grating of teeth among Head for Points readers before Christmas when Barclaycard made some .....

23 Jan 201623 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

News in brief: New IHG Spire Elite benefit launched A few people have emailed me recently to ask if I know anything about the promised new benefits for IHG’s new Spire Elite top tier. The answer .....

News in brief: New IHG Spire Elite benefit launched A few people have emailed me recently to ask if I know .....

23 Jan 201623 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

British Airways has unveiled a range of Avios hotel promotions for people who prefer to earn Avios rather than hotel points when they stay. Full details of all of these offers can be found on the .....

British Airways has unveiled a range of Avios hotel promotions for people who prefer to earn Avios rather than .....

22 Jan 201622 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

All this week, we have been running a competition to give away 50,000 IHG Rewards Club points to one lucky Head for Points reader. 50,000 IHG Rewards Club points will get you: ten PointBreaks .....

All this week, we have been running a competition to give away 50,000 IHG Rewards Club points to one lucky .....

22 Jan 201622 January 2016 by Rob Burgess

Having just booked a number of British Airways Reward Flight Saver redemptions to Germany for various family trips this year, I thought it worth a reminder of something many people forget – it .....

Having just booked a number of British Airways Reward Flight Saver redemptions to Germany for various family .....

20 Jan 201620 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments