Last weekend I posted about a new Foursquare promotion, in association with American Express. Basically, until mid April, you can save £15 off a £50 spend at a Shell garage when you open a .....

Last weekend I posted about a new Foursquare promotion, in association with American Express. Basically, until .....

25 Jan 201325 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Tesco is running an ‘open to all’ promotion on its website, offering 500 bonus Clubcard points to everyone who spends £50 or more on wine from their ‘Finest’ selection.  .....

Tesco is running an ‘open to all’ promotion on its website, offering 500 bonus Clubcard points to .....

24 Jan 201324 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Accor has brought back a sign-up link that gives you instant Platinum status in its Le Club Accorhotels loyalty programme.  This will be very handy if you ever stay at a Novotel, Sofitel, M Gallery, .....

Accor has brought back a sign-up link that gives you instant Platinum status in its Le Club Accorhotels .....

24 Jan 201324 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on with a 25% discount on the number of Avios required.  Given that Iberia also has far lower taxes than .....

If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on with a 25% .....

24 Jan 201324 January 2013 by Rob Burgess

I don’t write much about Flying Blue on Head for Points.  On paper that is strange, because Dutch group KLM and Air France, whose loyalty programme it is, are two of our nearest geographic .....

I don’t write much about Flying Blue on Head for Points.  On paper that is strange, because Dutch group .....

23 Jan 201323 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

I wrote last week that Accor had suspended transfers of Le Club Accorhotels points to Iberia Plus Avios. It seemed that this was the end of the ludicrously generous arbitrage, whereby you got .....

I wrote last week that Accor had suspended transfers of Le Club Accorhotels points to Iberia Plus Avios. It .....

23 Jan 201323 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a Flying Club seat sale, although sadly only for Economy seats. You need to book between 22nd January and 5th February, across the entire Virgin route network. Sadly, the .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a Flying Club seat sale, although sadly only for Economy seats. You need to book .....

23 Jan 201323 January 2013 by Rob Burgess

The last bit of news I picked up from my 10 days in Dubai was the story that Abu Dhabi’s Etihad had bought a 70% stake in airberlin‘s frequent flyer scheme, topbonus. The transaction .....

The last bit of news I picked up from my 10 days in Dubai was the story that Abu Dhabi’s Etihad had .....

22 Jan 201322 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Le Club Accorhotels – which covers Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure etc – is one of the stranger hotel loyalty schemes. Instead of collecting points to redeem for free nights, you redeem points .....

Le Club Accorhotels – which covers Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure etc – is one of the stranger hotel .....

22 Jan 201322 January 2013 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the Ramada Hotel & Suites London Docklands and the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum. I usually find myself in a Regus business centre in Central London once a week, where I can .....

This is my review of the Ramada Hotel & Suites London Docklands and the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum. I .....

21 Jan 201321 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Accor has launched a new UK promotion called ‘Happy Mondays’. It is nice and simple, and potentially a good deal. Every Monday, Accor will make 1,000 UK hotel rooms available at heavily .....

Accor has launched a new UK promotion called ‘Happy Mondays’. It is nice and simple, and .....

21 Jan 201321 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

For the last couple of years, Marriott has been quietly (and unofficially) rolling over ‘extra’ elite nights earned by Silver, Gold and Platinum members.  Marriott has now confirmed via .....

For the last couple of years, Marriott has been quietly (and unofficially) rolling over ‘extra’ .....

21 Jan 201321 January 2013 by Rob Burgess

A new Foursquare offer has been launched, in conjunction with Amex.  This is not as good as some of the older ones, but may well benefit you. Check in at a Shell garage via Foursquare, and you will .....

A new Foursquare offer has been launched, in conjunction with Amex.  This is not as good as some of the older .....

20 Jan 201320 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 27th January, see here for further details.  Note that you need to log-in to see details of the .....

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 27th January, .....

20 Jan 201320 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments