There has been a lot of discussion about the ‘status cliff’ at the end of 2022, with literally millions of frequent travellers due to lose their airline or hotel status due to reduced 2022 .....

There has been a lot of discussion about the ‘status cliff’ at the end of 2022, with literally .....

4 Jan 20234 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Reward Gateway is an employee rewards platform used by many large companies to offer special deals and discounts to their staff. Over 6.5 million employees globally have access to Reward Gateway. As .....

Reward Gateway is an employee rewards platform used by many large companies to offer special deals and .....

4 Jan 20234 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses.  Getting some cards blocks you from getting a bonus on some other cards, but not all cards block you from all other cards! There .....

There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses.  Getting some cards blocks you from .....

3 Jan 20233 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Long-term readers will remember how the InterContinental London O2 hotel tried to bring in a £30 per person fee (£15 for children) to use its swimming pool in April 2022. A reader tipped us off, we .....

Long-term readers will remember how the InterContinental London O2 hotel tried to bring in a £30 per person .....

3 Jan 20233 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

A year after pulling out of its original high rise Bucharest property (now rebranded as Grand Hotel Bucharest), the InterContinental brand is back in Romania. The InterContinental Athenee Palace .....

A year after pulling out of its original high rise Bucharest property (now rebranded as Grand Hotel .....

3 Jan 20233 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 110 comments

Introduced five years ago, ‘Points Plus Money’ was Virgin Atlantic’s response to ‘Part Pay With Avios‘.  It also echoes schemes such as Norwegian Reward which only .....

Introduced five years ago, ‘Points Plus Money’ was Virgin Atlantic’s response to ‘Part .....

3 Jan 20233 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

We have been working with Marriott to bring you details of 10 new Marriott Bonvoy hotels opening in 2023 which would resonate with a UK audience. We have run similar articles this week on new Hilton .....

We have been working with Marriott to bring you details of 10 new Marriott Bonvoy hotels opening in 2023 which .....

2 Jan 20232 January 2023 by Rhys Jones • 45 comments

When Nectar and Avios began their partnership in January 2021, it opened up Sainsbury’s Bank as another potential route for indirectly earning Avios. When it comes to earning Avios from .....

When Nectar and Avios began their partnership in January 2021, it opened up Sainsbury’s Bank as another .....

2 Jan 20232 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

‘Points Advance’ is a unique feature of the Marriott Bonvoy hotel programme which lets you book a reward night if you don’t have the points. It is as straightforward as it sounds: I .....

‘Points Advance’ is a unique feature of the Marriott Bonvoy hotel programme which lets you book a .....

2 Jan 20232 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Happy New Year! If you’re taking it easy today, we thought you might be interested in catching up on any of our flight and hotel reviews from 2022 that you missed. It was a record breaking .....

Happy New Year! If you’re taking it easy today, we thought you might be interested in catching up on any .....

1 Jan 20231 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

statusmatcher.com is a site which I think HfP readers should know about, as it does offer a useful service to regular travellers.  I have no idea who runs it or where it is based, but it has been .....

statusmatcher.com is a site which I think HfP readers should know about, as it does offer a useful service to .....

1 Jan 20231 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

With a new calendar year kicking off, meaning that you need to start from scratch again to earn hotel elite status for 2024, I wanted to look at a unique feature of IHG One Rewards. IHG One Rewards is .....

With a new calendar year kicking off, meaning that you need to start from scratch again to earn hotel elite .....

1 Jan 20231 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2022.  Click through to read them in full: Is using Avios at Nectar Hotels still better value than using them at BA Hotels? Last day .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2022.  Click through to read them in full: .....

31 Dec 202231 December 2022 by HfP team

Nectar has its own hotel booking site, which you can find at hotels.nectar.com. As you will see, it is a white label version of Rocketmiles, which is itself part of Agoda. It isn’t hugely .....

Nectar has its own hotel booking site, which you can find at hotels.nectar.com. As you will see, it is a white .....

31 Dec 202231 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments