The Farnborough Air Show last week was suprisingly low on new aircraft orders.  This year will be the first for a long time where Airbus and Boeing will see a net reduction in their order books. .....

The Farnborough Air Show last week was suprisingly low on new aircraft orders.  This year will be the first .....

17 Jul 201617 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

The general view of hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons for .....

The general view of hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is .....

16 Jul 201616 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Until Monday, Hilton HHonors (the new Hilton Tallinn Park, recently reviewed here, is pictured above) is offering an 80% bonus when you purchase points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is .....

Until Monday, Hilton HHonors (the new Hilton Tallinn Park, recently reviewed here, is pictured above) is .....

16 Jul 201616 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: Why Starwood and Marriott should be a focus for upmarket travellers My main article today draws on a huge analysis of the major hotel loyalty schemes from Travel Expert. One other .....

News in brief: Why Starwood and Marriott should be a focus for upmarket travellers My main article today draws .....

16 Jul 201616 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

News in brief: Lloyds hits a new low in credit card referral behaviour If you have ever tried to refer a friend for the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards, you will know that it is only slightly more .....

News in brief: Lloyds hits a new low in credit card referral behaviour If you have ever tried to refer a .....

15 Jul 201615 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

This is my review of the newly reopened InterContinental New York Barclay hotel. The re-opening of the InterContinental New York Barclay following a lengthy renovation means that the city now boasts .....

This is my review of the newly reopened InterContinental New York Barclay hotel. The re-opening of the .....

15 Jul 201615 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways to buy 10% of LATAM and 49% of Meridiana I mentioned in the Accor article yesterday that the Qatar Investment Authority has now become a shareholder in Accor Hotels by .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways to buy 10% of LATAM and 49% of Meridiana I mentioned in the Accor article .....

15 Jul 201615 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Iberia Plus and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription.  This is the most generous version yet. As you can see at this link, you can earn 13,200 .....

Iberia Plus and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. .....

14 Jul 201614 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

A few weeks ago I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by signing them up to a British Airways Executive Club household account. There is another .....

A few weeks ago I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by .....

14 Jul 201614 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

On Tuesday, the acquisition of Fairmont, Swissotel and Raffles hotels by French group Accor legally completed. It beat the legal completion of the Starwood / Marriott merger by a few days – .....

On Tuesday, the acquisition of Fairmont, Swissotel and Raffles hotels by French group Accor legally .....

14 Jul 201614 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by my standards this was a slightly bizarre way to start the week.  At Christmas, Starwood .....

This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by .....

13 Jul 201613 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

News in brief: Supercard – the small print we missed I covered the relaunch of Supercard recently, the payment card which lets you charge foreign currency transactions to ANY Visa or Mastercard .....

News in brief: Supercard – the small print we missed I covered the relaunch of Supercard recently, the .....

13 Jul 201613 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 148 comments

EDIT:  This offer ended on 1st January 2017 Six weeks ago, we launched an EXCLUSIVE exciting new promotion with IHG Rewards Club. Head for Points readers will receive DOUBLE IHG Rewards Club base .....

EDIT:  This offer ended on 1st January 2017 Six weeks ago, we launched an EXCLUSIVE exciting new promotion .....

13 Jul 201613 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

British Airways Holidays recently made a very quiet change to their terms and conditions.  I’m not sure why they didn’t publicise this as it is actually an improvement.  I .....

British Airways Holidays recently made a very quiet change to their terms and conditions.  I’m not .....

12 Jul 201612 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments