This is our review of the Park Hyatt Saigon hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is the first of four hotel reviews from a recent trip to Vietnam. My first time there was in 2019, as part of a .....

This is our review of the Park Hyatt Saigon hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is the first of four .....

1 Dec 20241 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 30 comments

Hotel group Kempinski is offering a very generous deal for hotel stays next spring. Kempinski in part of the Global Hotel Alliance and takes part in the GHA Discovery loyalty programme. This gives you .....

Hotel group Kempinski is offering a very generous deal for hotel stays next spring. Kempinski in part of the .....

17 Dec 202317 December 2023 by Rob Burgess

SeatSpy is offering Head for Points readers 25% off their first year’s membership of an annual ‘First Class’ plan until 31st August 2024 Since it launched a few years ago, SeatSpy .....

SeatSpy is offering Head for Points readers 25% off their first year’s membership of an annual .....

5 Aug 20245 August 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 35 comments

avios.com has launched a new portal called ‘Avios Shop’ letting you spend Avios on ‘real stuff’. For now, the shop only lets you purchase Apple products, although I assume the .....

avios.com has launched a new portal called ‘Avios Shop’ letting you spend Avios on ‘real .....

9 Aug 20259 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

Sky News reported yesterday that Lloyds Banking Group is in talks to buy ‘digital wallet’ Curve for around £100 million to £120 million. This would represent a discount on the £133 .....

Sky News reported yesterday that Lloyds Banking Group is in talks to buy ‘digital wallet’ Curve .....

13 Jul 202513 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 203 comments

A new Marriott Bonvoy ‘luxury’ offer has appeared on many American Express cards. You will receive £100 cashback when you spend £400 in selected upscale Marriott Bonvoy hotels across the UK .....

A new Marriott Bonvoy ‘luxury’ offer has appeared on many American Express cards. You will receive £100 .....

20 Sep 202220 September 2022 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

The Aerotel, in Heathrow Terminal 3, is running a special offer for anyone needing a room by 31st March. If you book by 24th March, you will get a discount of 20% off the best available rate. You .....

The Aerotel, in Heathrow Terminal 3, is running a special offer for anyone needing a room by 31st March. If .....

16 Feb 202216 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Qatar Airways has announced its long-teased investment in a ‘southern African airline’. As we predicted, it is Airlink, a regional airline based in South Africa. The value of the 25% stake .....

Qatar Airways has announced its long-teased investment in a ‘southern African airline’. As we .....

21 Aug 202421 August 2024 by Rhys Jones

Hilton and American Express have launched a new cashback deal. What is different about this one is that it isn’t for the usual European countries – it is for Asia Pacific. You will get .....

Hilton and American Express have launched a new cashback deal. What is different about this one is that it .....

17 Jun 202517 June 2025 by Rhys Jones • 14 comments

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia, North America and New Zealand. It relaunched its loyalty scheme as My Millennium in 2016, and just has just given it a .....

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia, North America and New .....

25 Nov 202425 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

The hotel chains’ insatiable hunger to hoover up more brands continues: Hilton recently acquired of Graduate and Hyatt is reportedly circling The Standard. Marriott has now announced a 20-year .....

The hotel chains’ insatiable hunger to hoover up more brands continues: Hilton recently acquired of .....

20 Aug 202420 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 62 comments

News in brief: Save an extra £200 on short haul BA Holidays Whilst the British Airways sale is now over, BA Holidays is running a special deal on selected beach destinations for the next few days. .....

News in brief: Save an extra £200 on short haul BA Holidays Whilst the British Airways sale is now over, BA .....

20 Mar 202420 March 2024 by Rob Burgess

IHG’s Kimpton Fitzroy London, the impressive Victorian pile in Russell Square, is 125 years old. To celebrate, it is selling 125 rooms at the original 1900 price of seven shillings and sixpence, .....

IHG’s Kimpton Fitzroy London, the impressive Victorian pile in Russell Square, is 125 years old. To .....

2 Jun 20252 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 293 comments

It’s rare for British Airways to offer Avios seats at reduced prices, so it is worth flagging up a promotion currently running on the new Salerno route. Salerno, in the Campania Region of Italy, .....

It’s rare for British Airways to offer Avios seats at reduced prices, so it is worth flagging up a .....

4 Apr 20254 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments