IHG Rewards Club has launched another ‘buy points’ bonus. This deal, which runs to 13th November, gets you a 40% discount on the standard price. To save you getting your calculator out, a .....

IHG Rewards Club has launched another ‘buy points’ bonus. This deal, which runs to 13th November, .....

29 Oct 202029 October 2020 by Rob Burgess

Three weeks ago we covered Accor’s move into the ‘work from a hotel room’ trend. It launched a special section of its website for day room bookings. You can find it here. It covers .....

Three weeks ago we covered Accor’s move into the ‘work from a hotel room’ trend. It launched .....

29 Oct 202029 October 2020 by Rob Burgess

Whilst competition has intensified recently, The Tower Hotel at Tower Bridge, in St Katherine Docks, is probably still the ugliest in London. It gets extra points for being built so badly in so .....

Whilst competition has intensified recently, The Tower Hotel at Tower Bridge, in St Katherine Docks, is .....

29 Oct 202029 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 33 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 – .....

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

29 Oct 202029 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Hilton Honors has just announced further changes for members, protecting your status and points until 2022. Changes were initially announced in March this year, when we expected covid to be over by .....

Hilton Honors has just announced further changes for members, protecting your status and points until 2022. .....

28 Oct 202028 October 2020 by Rhys Jones • 176 comments

VERY long-term readers of Head for Points may remember that, six years ago, I promoted my great idea for improving British Airways Executive Club for elite members – reforming the Gold Priority .....

VERY long-term readers of Head for Points may remember that, six years ago, I promoted my great idea for .....

28 Oct 202028 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

This is our review of the British Airways ‘On Business’ loyalty programme. Some of you will never have come across On Business which is British Airways ‘other’ loyalty .....

This is our review of the British Airways ‘On Business’ loyalty programme. Some of you will never .....

28 Oct 202028 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Zipcar, the ‘rent by the hour from your street corner’ car service, is offering free electric car journeys across London tomorrow, Wednesday 28th October, to celebrate Sustainability Day. .....

Zipcar, the ‘rent by the hour from your street corner’ car service, is offering free electric car .....

27 Oct 202027 October 2020 by Rhys Jones • 11 comments

A regular question I receive from readers is about ‘convertible’ points.  There is a psychological desire to move, say, your Tesco Clubcard points to Avios as soon as you receive them, .....

A regular question I receive from readers is about ‘convertible’ points.  There is a .....

27 Oct 202027 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

There are now over 20 different hotel groups offering cashback deals to American Express cardholders. We summarised most Amex hotel cashback deals in this article but new offers continue to emerge. .....

There are now over 20 different hotel groups offering cashback deals to American Express cardholders. We .....

27 Oct 202027 October 2020 by Rhys Jones

One of the two final British Airways 747s to depart Heathrow will be preserved at Cotswold Airport near Kemble, Gloucestershire. G-CIVB, which is painted in the Negus retrolivery from the 70s and 80s, .....

One of the two final British Airways 747s to depart Heathrow will be preserved at Cotswold Airport near .....

27 Oct 202027 October 2020 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

Hilton has launched a partnership with Lime which will see 70 JUMP e-bikes stationed at seven London Hilton hotels: If you aren’t familiar with JUMP bikes, they are the bright-coral coloured .....

Hilton has launched a partnership with Lime which will see 70 JUMP e-bikes stationed at seven London Hilton .....

27 Oct 202027 October 2020 by Rhys Jones

‘Points Advance’ is, for me, one of the most interesting aspects of the Marriott Bonvoy programme – and one of the cleverest. Originally a Marriott Rewards benefit, it became a .....

‘Points Advance’ is, for me, one of the most interesting aspects of the Marriott Bonvoy programme .....

27 Oct 202027 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

British Airways has announced, via The Sun, that it has terminated its contract with Marks & Spencer to provide ‘buy on board’ food for short-haul economy passengers. In a short .....

British Airways has announced, via The Sun, that it has terminated its contract with Marks & Spencer to .....

26 Oct 202026 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 187 comments