There has been quite a bit of Starwood coverage on Head for Points over the last week or so.  One thing that came to mind during all this is that I have never written about SPG Hot Escapes, which is .....

There has been quite a bit of Starwood coverage on Head for Points over the last week or so.  One thing that .....

24 Apr 201524 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

There are two interesting Tesco deals running at the moment: Pay £5 for a £10 Tesco gift card via Mighty Deals Via the Mighty Deals website, you can currently buy a £10 Tesco gift card for just .....

There are two interesting Tesco deals running at the moment: Pay £5 for a £10 Tesco gift card via Mighty .....

24 Apr 201524 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

When Tesco Bank launched its current account last year, it was done very quietly.  They wanted to make sure that their systems worked and did not want to attract a huge rush of business on Day One. .....

When Tesco Bank launched its current account last year, it was done very quietly.  They wanted to make sure .....

23 Apr 201523 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

News in brief: Get 10% off lastminute.com hotel bookings TODAY lastminute.com is due to be holding a special hotel event today.  Assuming the codes are working OK, you should find that promo code .....

News in brief: Get 10% off lastminute.com hotel bookings TODAY lastminute.com is due to be holding a special .....

23 Apr 201523 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I cut back on my coverage of the Sirius loyalty programme run by Jumeirah Hotels when they stopped being a partner of the UK American Express Membership Rewards programme. It does remain a partner of .....

I cut back on my coverage of the Sirius loyalty programme run by Jumeirah Hotels when they stopped being a .....

23 Apr 201523 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Two weeks ago, a Head for Points reader sent me an odd market research survey he had received.  It wanted volunteers who were planning to fly certain BA long-haul routes this Summer because “BA .....

Two weeks ago, a Head for Points reader sent me an odd market research survey he had received.  It wanted .....

22 Apr 201522 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

This is my review of the Aloft London Excel hotel at the Excel centre in East London. The Aloft website is here if you want to find out more. When Starwood invited me to try out the SPG Suite at the .....

This is my review of the Aloft London Excel hotel at the Excel centre in East London. The Aloft website is .....

22 Apr 201522 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Starwood is (again) offering a 10%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 31st May. The link to buy is here. The discount is staggered. You get 10% off purchases of up to 9500 points, .....

Starwood is (again) offering a 10%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 31st May. The link to .....

22 Apr 201522 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways adds a second Heathrow A380 Qatar Airways announced yesterday that it is adding a second A380 aircraft out of Heathrow to Doha from July 1st. The even better news is that .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways adds a second Heathrow A380 Qatar Airways announced yesterday that it is adding a .....

21 Apr 201521 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

When IHG announced the forthcoming changes to IHG Rewards Club last week, I was broadly neutral. IHG is adding a new elite level after 75 nights or 75,000 base points.  This currently unnamed level, .....

When IHG announced the forthcoming changes to IHG Rewards Club last week, I was broadly neutral. IHG is adding .....

21 Apr 201521 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

You may remember that, over Easter, Heathrow Express experimented with offering £10 one-way tickets. They are repeating the deal next Saturday, April 25th. As long as you buy your ticket at a ticket .....

You may remember that, over Easter, Heathrow Express experimented with offering £10 one-way tickets. They are .....

21 Apr 201521 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

One of the participants at the Gold Guest List lunch in London last week, held for British Airways most valued customers, sent me over a summary of the speech that was given.  It has some .....

One of the participants at the Gold Guest List lunch in London last week, held for British Airways most .....

20 Apr 201520 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

When IHG Rewards Club – the Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – announced changes to its programme last week, most people focussed on July 1st as the key date.  This .....

When IHG Rewards Club – the Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – announced .....

20 Apr 201520 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

A few years ago, Tesco launched a business called Tesco Tyres.  This has now been closed down, but the company which ran it – Scottish group blackcircles.com – continues to offer Clubcard .....

A few years ago, Tesco launched a business called Tesco Tyres.  This has now been closed down, but the .....

20 Apr 201520 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments