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

I’m delighted to launch another exclusive Head for Points competition today.  One lucky reader is going to walk away with 50,000 IHG Rewards Club points! 50,000 IHG Rewards Club points will .....

I’m delighted to launch another exclusive Head for Points competition today.  One lucky reader is going .....

18 Jan 201618 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

It’s time for our first competition of 2016. I’ve teamed up with IHG Rewards Club, the loyalty scheme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo and .....

It’s time for our first competition of 2016. I’ve teamed up with IHG Rewards Club, the loyalty .....

16 Jan 201616 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....

13 Jan 201613 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

PointsHound is a hotel booking service which works in a similar way to Kaligo.com and Rocketmiles.  You earn a chunk of frequent flyer miles for booking with them but your stays will not earn you .....

PointsHound is a hotel booking service which works in a similar way to Kaligo.com and Rocketmiles.  You earn .....

13 Jan 201613 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

I wrote a long article on the second, Spring 2016, version of the Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club just before Christmas. If you got lucky with the offer they targetted you for, it is .....

I wrote a long article on the second, Spring 2016, version of the Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club .....

11 Jan 201611 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

A reader suggested that I write an article about ‘mattress runs’ – booking a hotel room without the intention of spending the night, purely for the purpose of triggering a .....

A reader suggested that I write an article about ‘mattress runs’ – booking a hotel room .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

News in brief: An IHG points bargain in San Francisco A new Holiday Inn Express opened in San Francisco a few weeks ago.  This would not normally be big news, even on Head for Points. What is .....

News in brief: An IHG points bargain in San Francisco A new Holiday Inn Express opened in San Francisco a few .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Barclaycard issues two of the most popular non-American Express travel credit cards: The Hilton HHonors Platinum Visa (read my review here) – which has the easiest high value bonus in the .....

Barclaycard issues two of the most popular non-American Express travel credit cards: The Hilton HHonors .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

This is my review of the Holiday Inn Brent Cross hotel in London. Just in case you were getting the impression from my recent Middle East trip report that my life is one long Krug-sipping vacation .....

This is my review of the Holiday Inn Brent Cross hotel in London. Just in case you were getting the impression .....

3 Jan 20163 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

There are two InterContinental hotels in New York. The InterContinental Times Square property tends to get all of the coverage on HfP because it is new and, more importantly, the other hotel has been .....

There are two InterContinental hotels in New York. The InterContinental Times Square property tends to get all .....

1 Jan 20161 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

In general, when I write about IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental scheme), I say that I value their points at 0.5p. This is based on my tendency to redeem 50,000 points .....

In general, when I write about IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental scheme), I .....

30 Dec 201530 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments