Kimpton, IHG’s ‘luxury boutique’ brand, is gearing up for its next European opening in Paris. The 149-room hotel is directly opposite InterContinental Le Grand, in a converted retail .....

Kimpton, IHG’s ‘luxury boutique’ brand, is gearing up for its next European opening in .....

28 Jan 202128 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Hyatt is offering (yet another) 30% bonus when you buy World of Hyatt points via this link. The offer runs to 23rd February. This is obviously worth a look if you need to top up your account.  It .....

Hyatt is offering (yet another) 30% bonus when you buy World of Hyatt points via this link. The offer runs to .....

28 Jan 202128 January 2021 by Rob Burgess

US airline JetBlue has recently announced plans to fly to the East Coast from Gatwick and Stansted. It will use a single-aisle Airbus A321LR, a new version of the A321 series with an extended range. .....

US airline JetBlue has recently announced plans to fly to the East Coast from Gatwick and Stansted. It will .....

28 Jan 202128 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

News in brief: Get a 75% bonus buying IHG Rewards Club points IHG Rewards Club has just launched a 75% bonus for buying points. The link to buy is here. We saw numerous offers of a 100% bonus during .....

News in brief: Get a 75% bonus buying IHG Rewards Club points IHG Rewards Club has just launched a 75% bonus .....

28 Jan 202128 January 2021 by Rob Burgess

I just realised that I have only four days left to give away Hilton Honors Gold status to a friend. This is a special benefit that Hilton Honors gave to all Diamond members in December, but it must be .....

I just realised that I have only four days left to give away Hilton Honors Gold status to a friend. This is a .....

27 Jan 202127 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that Nectar is an option? ‘Part Pay With Avios’ has, apparently, been very successful .....

Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that .....

27 Jan 202127 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

A few readers got in touch this week after seeing press coverage of Mastercard’s plan to boost the fees paid by EU retailers when processing sales for UK residents. They thought it may improve .....

A few readers got in touch this week after seeing press coverage of Mastercard’s plan to boost the fees .....

27 Jan 202127 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

Hilton Honors has launched (another) promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 15,000+ points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here.  You have until 5th March to buy. Regular readers .....

Hilton Honors has launched (another) promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 15,000+ points. The .....

27 Jan 202127 January 2021 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of the Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card. We cover this card because Nectar points can now be transferred into Avios points at the rate of 1 : 0.625, in chunks of 400 Nectar .....

This is our review of the Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card. We cover this card because Nectar points can .....

26 Jan 202126 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments