Naughty, naughty, naughty.  And very disappointing, too. For the last couple of years, Club Carlson has been making a special effort to force itself into the top tier of hotel loyalty programmes.  .....

Naughty, naughty, naughty.  And very disappointing, too. For the last couple of years, Club Carlson has been .....

2 Jul 20132 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

The Starwood American Express card is currently one of my recommended choices, due to the excellent 20,000 SPG points that you receive as a sign-up bonus. This is my original article on the 20,000 .....

The Starwood American Express card is currently one of my recommended choices, due to the excellent 20,000 SPG .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

The BBC News website ran an interesting piece of research recently into airline pricing – in particular, how it jumps around.  This was linked to a BBC programme “Flights and Fights: .....

The BBC News website ran an interesting piece of research recently into airline pricing – in particular, .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

I was reminded recently of the Le Club Accorhotels (the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery etc) Facebook app. I have not written about this before, so it is worth running .....

I was reminded recently of the Le Club Accorhotels (the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, M .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

We had a grand total of 133 teams enter the Head for Points league as part of the redspottedhanky.com Wimbledon competition! The reason for running this – apart from it being a bit of fun .....

We had a grand total of 133 teams enter the Head for Points league as part of the redspottedhanky.com .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when booking airport car parking.  Today I want to recap the best ways to earn points when using .....

In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when .....

30 Jun 201330 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

It is over a year since I last looked at Avios Recycling, so I thought it was worth revisiting it again to see if it offers a decent way of earning extra Avios points. The site is run on behalf of .....

It is over a year since I last looked at Avios Recycling, so I thought it was worth revisiting it again to see .....

30 Jun 201330 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo and Crowne Plaza are running a ‘2 for 1’ promotion across the UK this Summer. This is the special booking link. You can book up to 31st July, .....

Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo and Crowne Plaza are running a ‘2 for 1’ promotion .....

30 Jun 201330 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I wrote earlier this week about the free night at selected 5-star Melia hotels that has been offered to all UK American Express Platinum cardholders. (You can still get this if you sign up for the .....

I wrote earlier this week about the free night at selected 5-star Melia hotels that has been offered to all UK .....

29 Jun 201329 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

IHG Rewards Club went live yesterday.  This replaces Priority Club as the rewards programme for Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites and .....

IHG Rewards Club went live yesterday.  This replaces Priority Club as the rewards programme for Holiday Inn, .....

29 Jun 201329 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

British Airways has announced the first routes to fly its new Boeing 787 aircraft, the first of which was quietly delivered this week ahead of a large public unveiling alongside the first A380, due in .....

British Airways has announced the first routes to fly its new Boeing 787 aircraft, the first of which was .....

29 Jun 201329 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

A new list of Priority Club PointBreaks properties emerged yesterday. For once, there are some fairly decent properties available – but, as always, if there is a hotel in somewhere where you .....

A new list of Priority Club PointBreaks properties emerged yesterday. For once, there are some fairly decent .....

28 Jun 201328 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I ran a couple of articles recently (here and here) on buying coins from the Royal Mint at face value. Whilst this sounds slightly crazy, it allows you to ‘manufacture’ credit card .....

I ran a couple of articles recently (here and here) on buying coins from the Royal Mint at face value. Whilst .....

28 Jun 201328 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Just a quick reminder that June 30th is the last day to register for Starwood‘s ‘Double Take’ promotion. My original post on this promotion is here.  Basically, you will earn double .....

Just a quick reminder that June 30th is the last day to register for Starwood‘s ‘Double .....

28 Jun 201328 June 2013 by Rob Burgess