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 .....

22 August 2020 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

An overwater bungalow at a luxury Maldives resort is, for many people, the dream getaway. (Not mine, to be honest – five days at One & Only Reethi Rah 15 years ago was enough for me – .....

17 August 2020 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Radisson Rewards, the Radisson Blu / Radisson RED / Park Inn / Park Plaza hotel group, has a good promotion to encourage you to book with their mobile app. You will earn 3,000 bonus Radisson Rewards .....

10 August 2020 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Welcome to our (used to be) regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. After a four month hiatus, I have brought back this monthly recap.  Let’s hope I am not tempting .....

5 August 2020 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

We spent last week on Jersey.  If you are interested in a corona-free, mask-free holiday with few other tourists, read on. Historically we do long-haul holidays at Easter and October half-term and .....

27 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

Is it possible to book multiple rooms at the same property on the same night, earn points from them all and have them all count as qualifying nights for elite status or for a promotion? I thought it .....

27 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, potentially changing property every day because .....

23 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This was kept very quiet ….. With absolutely zero fanfare or publicity, big changes have been underway at the huge Park Inn hotel at Heathrow Airport over recent months. If you ever drive to .....

10 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Radisson Rewards has launched a new promotion, and I’m delighted to say that it is already our clear winner for ‘simplest hotel promotion of the year’. You will receive 5,000 bonus .....

3 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Radisson Hotels has launched a ‘Summer Staycations’ promotion covering Radisson and Park Inn properties in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You get quite a lot for your money: €50 .....

30 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Today (Tuesday 30th) is the last day for the current Marriott Bonvoy ‘buy points’ deal – and it is the most generous deal they have ever run. Via this page of the website, you will .....

30 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Is it possible to transfer hotel loyalty points to a friend or partner?  Can you transfer the points for free?  In most cases, the answer is ‘Yes’. Airline schemes are not like this.  .....

23 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Last week was the 12th week that we have been running Head for Points from our various homes. I’d managed the first 80-odd days without any problems, but last Monday I finally hit a bit of a .....

8 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

I mentioned Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in my article today on whether you should buy Radisson Rewards points with a 100% bonus.  I though it was worthwhile giving this Radisson Rewards flash .....

4 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments