Starwood is offering an exceptional, but targetted, deal at the moment – a 50% discount when you buy 5,000+ Starwood Preferred Guest points. You need to log in here to see what discount is .....

Starwood is offering an exceptional, but targetted, deal at the moment – a 50% discount when you buy .....

6 Nov 20166 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

If you are a Marriott Rewards member,  you may not know that you can – via their partnership with Starwood Preferred Guest – now earn points with every Uber ride you take. Full details .....

If you are a Marriott Rewards member,  you may not know that you can – via their partnership with .....

3 Nov 20163 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains.  Hilton HHonors was the latest to jump on the bandwagon last year. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high .....

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains.  Hilton HHonors was the latest to jump on .....

27 Oct 201627 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task.  I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be.  I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task.  I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it .....

26 Oct 201626 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by converting something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes .....

Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by .....

24 Oct 201624 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling business person who uses their phone heavily outside the UK. It is, if nothing else, genius in .....

Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling .....

22 Oct 201622 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

If you are a Starwood Preferred Guest member who now finds that they can convert their points into Marriott Rewards, you might not be aware of the great value deals that Marriott has in Africa.  Even .....

If you are a Starwood Preferred Guest member who now finds that they can convert their points into Marriott .....

19 Oct 201619 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Wyndham Rewards cancelled this promotion at the last minute.  I have left the original article intact below but do NOT do anything with your Starwood points! (EDIT 1: Wyndham has changed the email .....

Wyndham Rewards cancelled this promotion at the last minute.  I have left the original article intact below .....

11 Oct 201611 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

As I have written another article today about a new indirect benefit of having the American Express Platinum charge card (ie Star Alliance Silver status), I thought it was worth flagging up another .....

As I have written another article today about a new indirect benefit of having the American Express Platinum .....

28 Sep 201628 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

If you are a Marriott Rewards members who has just signed up with Starwood Preferred Guest in order to benefit from status matching and points transfer, you may not know about this deal. Starwood .....

If you are a Marriott Rewards members who has just signed up with Starwood Preferred Guest in order to .....

27 Sep 201627 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, the generous arbitrage that used to be available if you held the American Express .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, .....

26 Sep 201626 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 109 comments

In my discussion of the implications of Marriott’s decision to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest points into Marriott Rewards at the ratio of 1:3, I said that Marriott Travel Packages looked a .....

In my discussion of the implications of Marriott’s decision to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest points .....

25 Sep 201625 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

The merger of the Marriott and Starwood hotel groups completed this morning.  It creates the largest hotel company in the world with a – frankly crazy – rota of 30 brands and 5,700 .....

The merger of the Marriott and Starwood hotel groups completed this morning.  It creates the largest hotel .....

23 Sep 201623 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

I thought I’d drop this in during the afternoon as something to think about …. This morning a Mandarin-speaking reader, who I know fairly well via previous emails, sent me a document which .....

I thought I’d drop this in during the afternoon as something to think about …. This morning a .....

22 Sep 201622 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments