Mercure, one of the Le Club Accorhotels brands, is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. As part of this promotion, they are offering discounts of up to 40% PLUS either a £40 Accor voucher or .....

Mercure, one of the Le Club Accorhotels brands, is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. As part of this .....

3 Jul 20133 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a relatively quiet month, although a number of excellent promotions are still running. You .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a .....

2 Jul 20132 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

It was exactly a year ago that I launched Head for Points.   I had actually started writing it at the end of May, but no-one actually knew it existed at that point!  I wanted to run it for a few .....

It was exactly a year ago that I launched Head for Points.   I had actually started writing it at the end of .....

2 Jul 20132 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

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