News in brief: AerClub Avios from United Airlines finally posting! Last week I wrote an article on how you can earn Avios when flying with United Airlines, even though United is a member of Star Alliance. This is because United has a partnership with Aer […]
Le Club AccorHotels (Novotel, Sofitel)
Le Club AccorHotels is the loyalty scheme for Pullman, Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure and Ibis hotels amongst others. You earn points which can be used for cash credit towards free nights or transferred into frequent flyer miles including Avios points.
I published an extensive two-part review of Le Club AccorHotels which can be found here and here. The latest promotions can be found on our 'Hotel Promos' page.
Bits: AerClub Avios from United arrive after 18 months!, Norwegian drops UK to Singapore, Accor / Economist deal
9 September 2018 By
Bits: 2000 Lufthansa miles with Accor, free Fast Track at Stansted, 10 Miles & More miles per £1 with Blacklane
4 September 2018 By
News in brief: Get 2,000 bonus Miles & More miles with an Accor hotel booking Miles & More is running a lot of special deals this month as part of its 25th birthday celebrations. Nothing is going to top the current Hilton offer, which offers […]
Bits: new Amex hotel and airline offers, Hilton sale stay dates extended, new Hyatt promo
1 September 2018 By
News in brief: New American Express hotel and airline cashback offers A couple of new hotel and airline cashback offers have appeared on American Express statements. You may find some, none or all of these under the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement pages. Remember […]
Which airlines let you transfer miles INTO hotel loyalty programmes?
24 August 2018 By
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 programme. This didn’t used to be the case. If you go […]
Belmond hotel group puts itself up for sale – will IHG strike now?
11 August 2018 By
Back in March I wrote an article on the rumour that IHG, which operates InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, was in talks to buy hotel group Belmond. The story made sense. IHG had been talking about its desire to buy a […]
Get double Accor points (Novotel, Pullman, Ibis, Sofitel, Mercure etc) on UK stays until 30th September
31 July 2018 By
Accor has launched a new promotion for stays at their hotels in the UK and Ireland. Members of Le Club AccorHotels will receive double base points. In the past Accor has given a higher bonus to Platinum members but this time it seems that everyone […]
What are the best hotel promos for July?
15 July 2018 By
Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. Apologies that this edition is a little later than usual. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Promos’ page which contains details of all of the […]
Bits: new Amex hotel cashback deals, 500 Accor points and cocktails at MGallery, 3000 IHG points with Hertz
11 July 2018 By
News in brief: New American Express hotel cashback deals Some new Amex cashback offers have launched. Some, all or none of these deals may be available for sign-up on the ‘Offers’ tab of your online statement page. Remember that you need to check for each […]
Bits: HFP Summer party, new SPG / Marriott O2 concerts, double Radisson Rewards points to 31 August
10 July 2018 By
News in brief: Party …. Thank you to everyone who came to the HFP Summer party last night. It was amazing to see over 200 people in one space, all sharing stories – see the photo below (click to enlarge) taken during the raffle draw. […]
Holiday Tips 1 – earning Avios and other airline miles from car rentals
9 July 2018 By
The sun is out, so I thought it was a good time to update our ‘Holiday Tips’ series in preparation for the Summer season. Future articles will look at earning miles from credit cards abroad, from foreign currency and when booking airport car parking. For […]
Bits: 30% off Eurostar Standard Premier, bonus Accor points at Fairmont / Raffles / Swissotel, Miles & More credit card update
6 July 2018 By
News in brief: 30% off Eurostar Standard Premier tickets Until 16th July, Eurostar is running a 30% off sale in Standard Premier. Standard Premier is, for most people, the sweet spot for Eurostar pricing. You get a Business Premier seat, and the only major differences […]
Get 24% back with up to 4x Accor points at Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure etc – but does it beat triple Avios?
6 June 2018 By
Accor has launched a new ‘double, triple or quadruple points’ promotion for stays in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This could prove to be very generous indeed, with up to 24% of what you spend finding its way back into your pocket. Accor is also […]
Bits: 40% off Accor Super Sale, Tesco Bank says Revolut is a cash advance, Charles Tyrwhitt discount, win 35000 Avios
26 May 2018 By
News in brief: Accor Super Sale – up to 40% off and free breakfast Accor has launched its latest Accor Super Sale, featuring discounts at 2,700 Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery etc hotels worldwide Currently the sale rates are only available to Le Club AccorHotels […]
Bits: IAG ‘to make third €1.5bn Norwegian offer’, new Club World ads, 720 Avios with a NOW TV stick
22 May 2018 By
News in brief: IAG ‘to make a third €1.5bn offer for Norwegian’ Spanish newspaper Expansion reported yesterday (see here, Chrome can translate) that BA’s parent company, IAG, is to make a third offer for Norwegian. This will value the airline at 330 NOK per share, […]
Earn TRIPLE Avios with Accor – at least 7.5 per €1 spent!
22 May 2018 By
Accor and Avios have launched a new ‘bonus Avios’ promotion. This allows you to earn triple Avios on every stay at a Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure, M Gallery, Ibis, Pullman etc hotel. You have six weeks to book and stay – the promotion runs to 4th July. Full […]
1000 Marriott or IHG points from Hertz for almost everyone and an Accor/Hertz status match
22 May 2018 By
A couple of years ago, Hertz and Le Club AccorHotels launched a partnership. It has been pretty quiet since then but it seems that the key benefits – a Hertz status match and a chunk of free Hertz points – are still available. Hertz is offering […]
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