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 qualifying on stays is usually quicker than on nights.. […]
Shangri-La Golden Circle
Shangri-La Golden Circle is the loyalty scheme for the Shangri-La, Traders, Kerry and Hotel Jen chains of hotels. You can use your points for free rooms or convert them into frequent flyer miles, including Avios points. Free Jade status is available if you take out an American Express Platinum card. Here are articles on the scheme, including its new partnership with Taj:
Bits: new BA ‘50% buy Avios’ bonus, My Lounge opens at Gatwick South, Shangri-La’s new Blacklane partnership
10 December 2018 By
News in brief: 50% bonus when you buy Avios British Airways is launching another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion today. Until 16th December you will receive 50% bonus Avios when you buy or gift points. As well as being the highest bonus we have seen for quite […]
Bits: IHG ‘buy points’ bonus, 250 free Shangri-La points, 25% cashback with Gett, WOW Air going bust?
30 November 2018 By
News in brief: Last day for 100% bonus when you buy IHG Rewards Club points IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – is running another sale with a bonus of up to 100% when you buy over 5,000 points. […]
Black Friday 2: 50% credit from Shangri-La, £100 off BA Holidays, £175 Air New Zealand to LA, 30% off Radisson rooms
23 November 2018 By
Some more Black Friday deals! Get 50% cash credit at Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts This is possibly the most original Black Friday deal we’ve covered this year. It is well worth thinking about if you are heading to Asia or the Middle East next year, […]
Get an 8th birthday bonus from Shangri-La Golden Circle
8 November 2018 By
Whilst we don’t cover Shangri-La Golden Circle much on Head for Points, a lot of readers have Jade status in the programme as part of their American Express Platinum charge card benefits package. Shangri-La has only a limited presence in Europe via its luxurious properties in London […]
The little-known way that Amex Platinum gets you Star Alliance Silver and fast track Star Alliance Gold
27 May 2018 By
One of the quirks of American Express Platinum is that you get more benefits than Amex tells you about. This is because some American Express partners have reciprocal deals with other companies. The most obvious example of this is free Marriott Rewards Gold. Amex Platinum comes with […]
What are the best hotel promos for March?
7 March 2018 By
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 […]
IT’S BACK: Get a 35% bonus on hotel transfers to Avios – but is it a good deal?
3 March 2018 By
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 offer can be found here. As with the last two versions of this offer, which […]
How to get hotel elite status from UK credit and charge cards
27 February 2018 By
EDIT: with impeccable timing, the Hilton Honors Visa card was withdrawn from the market one day after this article was published! If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that your travel life could be improved if […]
Bits: new Accor / Avios promo now live, Radisson and Park Inn sale on, triple Shangri-La points
20 February 2018 By
News in brief: New ‘6000 Avios’ Accor promo now active A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Accor (Novotel, Ibis, Sofitel, Pullman, Mercure etc) promotion. You can earn 6,000 Avios or €120 of vouchers for completing 3 x 2-night stays. Today is […]
Bits: Cathay Pacific sale, book HEx tickets inflight with Virgin, Shangri-La conversion bonus
11 November 2017 By
News in brief: Cathay Pacific flash sale Cathay Pacific is running a three day flash sale this weekend, albeit only in Economy. You can’t argue with £469 to Hong Kong, however. Bangkok is the same price and Manila is just £439. Auckland is £749, not […]
Are the seven Amex Platinum hotel status cards worth having?
12 October 2017 By
If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status quickly, there is no easier route than getting an American Express Platinum charge card. It comes with SEVEN hotel status cards. Five of these are given to you directly and two require you to complete a […]
Get a 35% bonus on hotel transfers to Avios – but is it a good deal?
23 September 2017 By
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 offer can be found here. As with the last two versions of this offer, which […]
Which hotel chains let me collect Avios points?
4 April 2017 By
EDIT: Best Western is not in this article but was added as a partner in September 2017 It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you stay. (I ran a sister article […]
American Express Platinum gains a SEVENTH hotel status partner, indirectly
31 March 2017 By
(EDIT: following a comment below, I have reworked this article because my original merging of Marriott and Starwood benefits may have been confusing.) If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start spending […]
Is a 35% bonus on hotel point transfers to Avios a good deal?
7 February 2017 By
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 offer can be found here. The bonus is usually 25%. This time, as they did in […]
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