‘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

Hilton has recently brought back its offer of a 100% bonus when you buy Hilton Honors points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here.  The maximum purchase is doubled to 160,000 points. .....

Hilton has recently brought back its offer of a 100% bonus when you buy Hilton Honors points. The Hilton .....

31 Dec 202231 December 2022 by Rob Burgess

A common theme across numerous articles in recent weeks has been questioning why British Airways seems determined to give the impression that it has trashed the value of Avios – even when, if .....

A common theme across numerous articles in recent weeks has been questioning why British Airways seems .....

31 Dec 202231 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

Sainsbury’s Bank has, until 18th January, boosted the bonus on the Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card. This free Mastercard usually has a sign-up bonus of 8,000 Nectar points, which converts .....

Sainsbury’s Bank has, until 18th January, boosted the bonus on the Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card. .....

31 Dec 202231 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

We have been working with Hilton to bring you details of 10 new Hilton Honors hotels opening in 2023 which would resonate with a UK audience. We ran a similar article with Hyatt on Wednesday as well .....

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

30 Dec 202230 December 2022 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

British Airways has announced a new daily service from London Heathrow to Florence, starting on 26th April 2023. It will be a Terminal 5 flight, presumably designed to maximise connections from North .....

British Airways has announced a new daily service from London Heathrow to Florence, starting on 26th April .....

30 Dec 202230 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

IHG’s winter sale is now on, covering InterContinental, Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo and other IHG brands.  The special sale website is here. The sale covers the UK .....

IHG’s winter sale is now on, covering InterContinental, Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo .....

30 Dec 202230 December 2022 by Rob Burgess

31st December is, unsurprisingly, the date that a lot of miles and points offers close. I thought it was worth a quick reminder of the key ones which we have covered on the site in recent weeks. .....

31st December is, unsurprisingly, the date that a lot of miles and points offers close. I thought it was worth .....

30 Dec 202230 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

We’ve spent a lot of time in recent weeks looking at the recent Avios changes, driven by the extension of Reward Flight Saver pricing to long haul premium cabin redemptions. If you have a large .....

We’ve spent a lot of time in recent weeks looking at the recent Avios changes, driven by the extension .....

29 Dec 202229 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments