This article is part of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles. One will list the basic facts of the scheme – basically ‘How .....

This article is part of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered .....

1 Feb 20251 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

An interesting double dip opportunity has popped up from The Wine Flyer, the Avios wine subsidiary. If you have a British Airways American Express card, you should have an opt-in offer there for 3,000 .....

An interesting double dip opportunity has popped up from The Wine Flyer, the Avios wine subsidiary. If you .....

29 Mar 202429 March 2024 by Rob Burgess

Using your phone abroad can quickly get expensive when you rely on your existing phone line. Fortunately, a simple workaround has emerged in the past few years, enabled by new eSIM technology found in .....

Using your phone abroad can quickly get expensive when you rely on your existing phone line. Fortunately, a .....

12 Jan 202512 January 2025 by Rhys Jones • 239 comments

Which hotels at Heathrow airport are walkable from the terminals, and don’t require a bus ride? Whilst you are virtually guaranteed to be paying more to sleep within Heathrow airport, you .....

Which hotels at Heathrow airport are walkable from the terminals, and don’t require a bus ride? Whilst .....

12 Mar 202512 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

What is the best way to spend Nectar points? It is now three years since Avios and Nectar unveiled their partnership. The lustre has faded somewhat since then due to two sharp devaluations, neither of .....

What is the best way to spend Nectar points? It is now three years since Avios and Nectar unveiled their .....

31 Jul 202431 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

This is my review of Club H10, the loyalty scheme for H10 Hotels. H10 Hotels is a Spanish based chain but, as they widen their reach across Europe, you may start to come across them in other cities .....

This is my review of Club H10, the loyalty scheme for H10 Hotels. H10 Hotels is a Spanish based chain but, as .....

14 Jul 202414 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Back in October, we covered Gatwick’s announcement of a terminal drop-off fee. Any vehicles dropping off passengers directly outside either the North or South terminals will be charged a £5 fee .....

Back in October, we covered Gatwick’s announcement of a terminal drop-off fee. Any vehicles dropping off .....

12 Feb 202112 February 2021 by Rob Burgess

Membership Rewards is the rewards programme for American Express, covering its Platinum, Preferred Rewards Gold and Amex Rewards credit cards.  You can also earn Membership Rewards points via the .....

Membership Rewards is the rewards programme for American Express, covering its Platinum, Preferred Rewards .....

24 Apr 202524 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

This is your last chance to save on your next holiday, as the British Airways Holidays Sale is ending on Tuesday. In addition to the flight sale, British Airways Holidays is offering up to £300 off .....

This is your last chance to save on your next holiday, as the British Airways Holidays Sale is ending on .....

1 Oct 20221 October 2022 by Sinead Archer • 13 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has launched its first promotion for 2025. You can register here. It is particularly attractive because you will earn double elite night credits on qualifying stays, as well as 1,000 .....

Marriott Bonvoy has launched its first promotion for 2025. You can register here. It is particularly .....

29 Jan 202529 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its new IHG One Rewards loyalty scheme in 2022, one of the key benefits was Confirmable Suite .....

When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 51 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

One of the quirks of Virgin Red, the central portal for earning and spending Virgin Points, is that it does not cover all of the Virgin Group brands. In fact, very few Virgin Group businesses are .....

One of the quirks of Virgin Red, the central portal for earning and spending Virgin Points, is that it does .....

9 May 20259 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

This is our review of the two Amex Cashback credit cards, specifically the Amex Cashback Credit Card and the Amex Cashback Everyday Credit Card. Head for Points is primarily about earning airline .....

This is our review of the two Amex Cashback credit cards, specifically the Amex Cashback Credit Card and the .....

1 May 20241 May 2024 by Rob Burgess