News in brief: Qatar Airways and Etihad launch UK sales Both Etihad and Qatar Airways have launched sales from the UK in both economy and business class. Neither of these sales are exceptional but if .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways and Etihad launch UK sales Both Etihad and Qatar Airways have launched sales from .....

16 Mar 201716 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

There has been quite a bit of Starwood coverage on Head for Points over the last few months as the merger with Marriott beds in.  One thing I rarely write about, however, is SPG Hot Escapes, which .....

There has been quite a bit of Starwood coverage on Head for Points over the last few months as the merger with .....

15 Mar 201715 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current credit card portfolio may impact what other cards you can get. I thought I would put .....

A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current .....

14 Mar 201714 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

News in brief: “Amex Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this headline last week.  The good news is that it focuses on the US market and not the UK .....

News in brief: “Amex Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this .....

11 Mar 201711 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

News in brief: Starwood launches more concert tickets for The O2 Starwood Preferred Guest launched a new batch of concert tickets for The O2 yesterday. For just 15,000 SPG points (or 45,000 Marriott .....

News in brief: Starwood launches more concert tickets for The O2 Starwood Preferred Guest launched a new batch .....

9 Mar 20179 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Our monthly credit card round-up has always been a popular article, so I’ve decided to trial a similar monthly round-up of the best hotel offers from the major chains. All of the information in .....

Our monthly credit card round-up has always been a popular article, so I’ve decided to trial a similar .....

8 Mar 20178 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

If you are interested in the internal workings of hotel loyalty programmes, you might find this VAT tribunal ruling of interest. Recently published, it is the result of a (failed) appeal by Whitbread .....

If you are interested in the internal workings of hotel loyalty programmes, you might find this VAT tribunal .....

2 Mar 20172 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

News in brief: Get up to 30% discount when you buy Starwood points Starwood is offering a 10%-30% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 30th April. The link to buy is here. The discount is .....

News in brief: Get up to 30% discount when you buy Starwood points Starwood is offering a 10%-30% discount .....

2 Mar 20172 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

As I mentioned yesterday, I am at the Loyalty 2017 conference for three days this week.  The most interesting session from Day 2 was a presentation by the head of Marriott Rewards on the integration .....

As I mentioned yesterday, I am at the Loyalty 2017 conference for three days this week.  The most interesting .....

22 Feb 201722 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Until 8th March, British Airways is offering a 35% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty schemes into Avios – click for my article on that deal. Since most of the hotel .....

Until 8th March, British Airways is offering a 35% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty .....

17 Feb 201717 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

This is my review of the Best Western Hotel Airport Frankfurt. EDIT: When we reviewed this hotel, it was part of Marriott and called Element Frankfurt Hotel. It has now been rebranded as Best Western .....

This is my review of the Best Western Hotel Airport Frankfurt. EDIT: When we reviewed this hotel, it was part .....

11 Feb 201711 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Here is my review of The Westin Palace hotel, my second stop in Madrid. The Westin Palace was a short taxi ride from the Gran Melia Palacio de los Duques (my review of Gran Melia Palacio de los Duques .....

Here is my review of The Westin Palace hotel, my second stop in Madrid. The Westin Palace was a short taxi .....

8 Feb 20178 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 47 comments

It was due a return and now it is back.  I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page for the .....

It was due a return and now it is back.  I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your .....

7 Feb 20177 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

I have an Automobile Association (AA, not to be confused with American Airlines!) membership card in a drawer at home. This may not seem surprising, except that I don’t own a car. My AA .....

I have an Automobile Association (AA, not to be confused with American Airlines!) membership card in a .....

31 Jan 201731 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments