News in brief: Did you get your Hilton Diamond appreciation bonus? If you have Diamond status in the Hilton HHonors programme, you may have received a special award from Hilton.  Many members have .....

News in brief: Did you get your Hilton Diamond appreciation bonus? If you have Diamond status in the Hilton .....

25 Feb 201525 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Australian airline Qantas is offering to match Gold cards issued by any other airline into the Gold level of its Qantas Frequent Flyer programme. Because Qantas is a member of the oneworld alliance, .....

Australian airline Qantas is offering to match Gold cards issued by any other airline into the Gold level .....

24 Feb 201524 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched an exceptionally generous promotion. It sits just behind the current Club Carlson offer .....

Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched an .....

24 Feb 201524 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a sample of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. Without question, PointBreaks are the .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

24 Feb 201524 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

There are plenty of Head for Points readers currently chasing a spending target on their American Express card.  Why?  Because they want to trigger a lucrative sign-up bonus in order to book a .....

There are plenty of Head for Points readers currently chasing a spending target on their American Express .....

23 Feb 201523 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

Rocketmiles is a similar business to Kaligo.com and PointsHound.  It offers you a generous pile of airline miles when you book any property through their website. At the time I first covered it, .....

Rocketmiles is a similar business to Kaligo.com and PointsHound.  It offers you a generous pile of airline .....

23 Feb 201523 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Back in 2013, Hertz and Virgin Atlantic ran a very generous promotion which gave 2,013 Virgin Flying Club miles on a rental.  In theory you were meant to rent for at least three days but it actually .....

Back in 2013, Hertz and Virgin Atlantic ran a very generous promotion which gave 2,013 Virgin Flying Club .....

23 Feb 201523 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

British Airways will launch a 50% bonus tomorrow for anyone who buys Avios points. 50% is an unprecedented discount as a quick search through the last three years of Head for Points will show you. It .....

British Airways will launch a 50% bonus tomorrow for anyone who buys Avios points. 50% is an unprecedented .....

22 Feb 201522 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 130 comments

I know that a lot of Head for Points readers have taken out an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card in the last few weeks as they try to top-up their Avios before the April 28th devaluation. .....

I know that a lot of Head for Points readers have taken out an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card in .....

22 Feb 201522 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all. The scheme has been around for a while and offers a number of benefits: Free seat selection .....

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all. The .....

22 Feb 201522 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

A few days ago I wrote about how On Business redemptions (the British Airways loyalty programme for small companies) now represented better value due to the removal of fuel surcharges. It seems I .....

A few days ago I wrote about how On Business redemptions (the British Airways loyalty programme for small .....

21 Feb 201521 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

I know this is a slightly off-beat article but it is Saturday after all. If you have a Nectar card, you may be interested to know that they have launched a new partnership with Caffe Nero. For 350 .....

I know this is a slightly off-beat article but it is Saturday after all. If you have a Nectar card, you may be .....

21 Feb 201521 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

American Airlines is the latest airline to partner with HolidayCheck to offer airline miles in return for reviewing hotels on their website. It seems that, in an attempt to compete with TripAdvisor, .....

American Airlines is the latest airline to partner with HolidayCheck to offer airline miles in return for .....

21 Feb 201521 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be.  I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments