PointsHound is a hotel booking service which works in a similar way to Kaligo.com and Rocketmiles.  You earn a chunk of frequent flyer miles for booking with them but your stays will not earn you .....

PointsHound is a hotel booking service which works in a similar way to Kaligo.com and Rocketmiles.  You earn .....

13 Jan 201613 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Well, this one crept up from nowhere on me.  Given that I only live a relatively modest stroll from this hotel, the conversion of the former Regency Hotel into the DoubleTree by Hilton London .....

Well, this one crept up from nowhere on me.  Given that I only live a relatively modest stroll from this .....

13 Jan 201613 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Qatar Airways has kicked off another amazing round of business class deals under the heading of ‘Qatar Travel Festival’. This is a genuinely impressive package: Very, very cheap business .....

Qatar Airways has kicked off another amazing round of business class deals under the heading of ‘Qatar .....

12 Jan 201612 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 167 comments

Tesco Bank runs regular promotions offering 100 Clubcard points (sometimes more, sometimes less) if you are prepared to hand over your insurance renewal dates. That is 240 free Avios points or 250 .....

Tesco Bank runs regular promotions offering 100 Clubcard points (sometimes more, sometimes less) if you are .....

12 Jan 201612 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches new ‘Our Trip’ group booking tool British Airways is quietly trialling a new application called ‘Our Trip’ which will help groups of .....

News in brief: British Airways launches new ‘Our Trip’ group booking tool British Airways is .....

12 Jan 201612 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

The British Airways Winter Sale, for flights from the UK, is currently underway.  This is valid in all classes for departures from the UK, for bookings until 2nd February. I wrote about some of the .....

The British Airways Winter Sale, for flights from the UK, is currently underway.  This is valid in all .....

11 Jan 201611 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

I wrote a long article on the second, Spring 2016, version of the Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club just before Christmas. If you got lucky with the offer they targetted you for, it is .....

I wrote a long article on the second, Spring 2016, version of the Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club .....

11 Jan 201611 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London last year after the hotel let me have a tour of its facilities and suites. It is a genuinely .....

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London last .....

11 Jan 201611 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Well, I never expected this story to reach the hallowed pages of the Daily Mail, but there you go.  I have, a couple of times, mentioned that it is possible to buy face value commemorative coins from .....

Well, I never expected this story to reach the hallowed pages of the Daily Mail, but there you go.  I have, a .....

10 Jan 201610 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

The third article today is our regular ‘last chance’ feature which reminds you of promotions which are about to close and which you may have forgotten.  This one is too important to .....

The third article today is our regular ‘last chance’ feature which reminds you of promotions which .....

10 Jan 201610 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

10 Jan 201610 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

A reader suggested that I write an article about ‘mattress runs’ – booking a hotel room without the intention of spending the night, purely for the purpose of triggering a .....

A reader suggested that I write an article about ‘mattress runs’ – booking a hotel room .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

News in brief: An IHG points bargain in San Francisco A new Holiday Inn Express opened in San Francisco a few weeks ago.  This would not normally be big news, even on Head for Points. What is .....

News in brief: An IHG points bargain in San Francisco A new Holiday Inn Express opened in San Francisco a few .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Barclaycard issues two of the most popular non-American Express travel credit cards: The Hilton HHonors Platinum Visa (read my review here) – which has the easiest high value bonus in the .....

Barclaycard issues two of the most popular non-American Express travel credit cards: The Hilton HHonors .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments