News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels to launch new loyalty scheme Via Business Traveller, hotel marketing consortium Small Luxury Hotels of the World has announced that it will scrap its current loyalty .....

News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels to launch new loyalty scheme Via Business Traveller, hotel marketing .....

25 May 201725 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

News in brief: What happens to the Waitrose / Virgin Atlantic deal tomorrow? For the last few weeks, the ability to earn 4 Virgin Flying Club miles for every £1 spent in-store at Waitrose has been a .....

News in brief: What happens to the Waitrose / Virgin Atlantic deal tomorrow? For the last few weeks, the .....

24 May 201724 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

With the new tax year now underway, Virgin Money is currently offering an impressive 8,000 Flying Club miles to anyone who opens a new stocks and shares ISA. See here for full details. This is an .....

With the new tax year now underway, Virgin Money is currently offering an impressive 8,000 Flying Club .....

24 May 201724 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

News in brief: Good deals at the Hilton Honors Auctions site A few interesting things have turned up on the Hilton Honors Auctions site we thought we should mention. Don’t let the headlines .....

News in brief: Good deals at the Hilton Honors Auctions site A few interesting things have turned up on the .....

24 May 201724 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 26 comments

If you have a stack of Heathrow Rewards points sitting around, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for to unload them. Heathrow Rewards is the loyalty scheme covering the shops, restaurants, .....

If you have a stack of Heathrow Rewards points sitting around, this is the opportunity you have been waiting .....

23 May 201723 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

Avios has launched an aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. During today the offer has been added to ba.com so it is now available across ba.com, avios.com and Aer Lingus AerClub. It is a short .....

Avios has launched an aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. During today the offer has been added to .....

23 May 201723 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

A couple of years ago I was over in Canada, chaperoning my Mum to a family wedding.  The event was at the, frankly underwhelming, Westin in Edmonton (picture below), part of Starwood Preferred .....

A couple of years ago I was over in Canada, chaperoning my Mum to a family wedding.  The event was at the, .....

23 May 201723 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

For the next couple of weeks – until 4th June – we are running a great competition in association with Qatar Airways. One lucky Head for Points reader will win two Economy Class tickets to .....

For the next couple of weeks – until 4th June – we are running a great competition in association .....

22 May 201722 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 81 comments

Accor, owner of the Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Pullman, Sofitel etc brands, has launched a new promotion aimed specifically at its hotels in the UK and Ireland. I mentioned this deal briefly last week in .....

Accor, owner of the Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Pullman, Sofitel etc brands, has launched a new promotion aimed .....

22 May 201722 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

This is my review of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo hotel. As hotels in Tokyo are incredibly expensive during cherry blossom season it made sense to use points for my stay.  Rob had already bagged .....

This is my review of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo hotel. As hotels in Tokyo are incredibly expensive during .....

22 May 201722 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 45 comments

This is my review of Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Business Class, in its regional intra-Asia configuration. Last year I ran an excellent article, written by a reader, on how to use Avios points to .....

This is my review of Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Business Class, in its regional intra-Asia configuration. Last .....

21 May 201721 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

21 May 201721 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

This is Part 2 of our look at the British Airways On Business loyalty programme for businesses.  This allows a company to earn On Business points – to redeem for flights or upgrades – at .....

This is Part 2 of our look at the British Airways On Business loyalty programme for businesses.  This allows .....

21 May 201721 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

IHG Rewards Club (the loyalty scheme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Indigo etc) status is not hugely rewarding, to be honest. The benefits are very modest – almost nothing .....

IHG Rewards Club (the loyalty scheme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Indigo etc) status .....

20 May 201720 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments