News in brief: Bid on new Marriott Moments events With Marriott Bonvoy now live, Marriott has relaunched its ‘Marriott Moments’ experiences site. You can find it here. It has added a new batch of O2 concert tickets to its website. These are for the renamed […]
Marriott Bonvoy
Marriott Bonvoy is the loyalty scheme for Marriott, Sheraton, Westin, W, Renaissance, The Ritz-Carlton, St Regis, AC and Courtyard hotels amongst others.
You earn points which can be used for free nights or transferred into frequent flyer miles including Avios points.
I published an extensive two-part review of Marriott Bonvoy which can be found here and here. The latest promotions can be found on our 'Hotel Promos' page.
Bits: bid on new Marriott Moments events, Simply Rewards closing – other Visa cashback deals to follow?, Malaysia Airlines promo
15 February 2019 By 121 Comments
Which Marriott Bonvoy hotels are going up in points on 5th March?
13 February 2019 By 38 Comments
Marriott Bonvoy is launched today. Alongside it, Marriott has released the list of hotels changing award category in 2019. “But hang on”, I hear you say. “Didn’t that happen in August when Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest were merged into one award chart?” I […]
Marriott Bonvoy launches tomorrow – and memories of the Starwood brand
12 February 2019 By 33 Comments
Marriott Bonvoy is the new name for the combined Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programme. The programme will launch tomorrow, 13th February, although it will take a while to update all of the marketing material, credit cards and the like. I updated […]
Bits: new 50% ‘buy Avios’ bonus launches today, Virgin launching Tel Aviv, St Regis Venice coming
11 February 2019 By 148 Comments
News in brief: 50% bonus when you buy Avios British Airways is launching another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion today. Until 24th February you will receive 50% bonus Avios when you buy or gift points. This is as high a bonus as we see these days and there […]
What are the best hotel promos for February?
7 February 2019 By 44 Comments
Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Promos’ page which contains details of all of the current offers, together with links to our major articles on […]
Bits: Marriott sending out targeted promos, Radisson redemption changes, Germania goes bankrupt, HFP in Vera
6 February 2019 By 185 Comments
News in brief: Marriott Rewards sending out targeted promotions In the absence of a new global promotion, Marriott Rewards is sending most – but not all – members a targeted offer for the next couple of months. If you didn’t receive one, you may be […]
Transferring hotel points to airline miles … when is it worth it?
5 February 2019 By 59 Comments
All of the major hotel points currencies allow you to transfer your points into airline miles. You will often find the airlines encouraging it – every 9-10 months, British Airways offers a 35% transfer bonus when you move hotel points into Avios. This offer last […]
Has Amex secretly added a new status benefit to the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card?
27 January 2019 By 101 Comments
On Friday I ran a short article on the fact that Marriott has announced that the two UK credit cards earning Marriott points (the closed Marriott Mastercard and the SPG American Express) were not rebranding despite the programme name changing to Marriott Bonvoy on 13th February. […]
LAST CHANCE: EXCLUSIVE Marriott HFP offer – earn 10,000 points for a long weekend in Europe!
26 January 2019 By Leave a Comment
We are now in the last four days for you to book a long weekend in Europe and pick up 10,000 bonus Marriott Rewards points. Marriott has decided to re-run its special promotion exclusively for Head for Points readers for a third and final time! […]
Bits: the future of the SPG / Marriott credit cards, Virgin Hotels San Francisco offer, cheap Avios via Groupon
25 January 2019 By
News in brief: What is happening to the Starwood and Marriott UK credit cards? Over in the US, a major rebranding of the Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest credit cards has been announced ahead of the launch of Marriott Bonvoy on 13th February. Over […]
My review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona (one of our ‘10,000 bonus points’ hotels) – Part 1
23 January 2019 By
This is my review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The Hotel Arts Barcelona is one of the hotels taking part in our current EXCLUSIVE ‘10,000 Marriott Rewards points for booking a long weekend’ promotion. Full details of that offer are here and you […]
My review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona (one of our ‘10,000 bonus points’ hotels) – Part 2
23 January 2019 By
This is part two of my review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel. You can read Part 1 by clicking here. The Hotel Arts Barcelona is one of the hotels taking part in our current EXCLUSIVE ‘10,000 Marriott Rewards points for booking a long […]
Does the falling £ make Marriott’s flight ticket redemptions a good deal?
20 January 2019 By
Back in 2013 Rob wrote about SPG Flights, the Starwood Preferred Guest redemption option where you exchange your Starwood points for a flight ticket. Whilst SPG is now effectively dead, it is still possible to redeem your Marriott Rewards points (which your SPG points have […]
Marriott Bonvoy officially launches on 13th February!
16 January 2019 By
It’s official – the new name for the combined Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest is, as we revealed a few weeks ago, Marriott Bonvoy. The programme will launch on 13th February although it will clearly take a while to update all of […]
ENDS SOON: EXCLUSIVE Marriott HFP offer – earn 10,000 points for a long weekend in Europe!
15 January 2019 By
Good things come in threes. Marriott has decided to re-run its special promotion exclusively for Head for Points readers for a third and final time! To celebrate the merger of Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest into the new Marriott Bonvoy loyalty programme, Marriott is […]
Which hotel schemes let you earn points and credit for multiple rooms?
14 January 2019 By
A reader emailed me recently about IHG’s new mini-Accelerate promotion. (If you are looking at where to book hotel stays this Spring, this promotion will be the most generous offer in the market for most people.) The reader wanted to know if it was possible […]
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