It seems like only last week when I spoke at a credit card conference and told everyone that they were idiots if they didn’t take out the Hilton Honors Platinum Visa card in order to get the .....

It seems like only last week when I spoke at a credit card conference and told everyone that they were idiots .....

1 Mar 20181 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 131 comments

If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that your travel life could be improved if you had airline or hotel elite status. If you want fast-track .....

If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that your travel life .....

27 Feb 201827 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 144 comments

There was some discussion in the Comments section on Friday about the spread of ‘resort fees’ or ‘destination fees’ to New York.  We mentioned this briefly on HfP a year ago .....

There was some discussion in the Comments section on Friday about the spread of ‘resort fees’ or .....

26 Feb 201826 February 2018 by Anika Burnett • 112 comments

I receive occasional emails from readers asking ‘How can I stop my Hilton Honors points from expiring?’ or ‘When do my Hilton Honors points expire?’. This series looks at the .....

I receive occasional emails from readers asking ‘How can I stop my Hilton Honors points from .....

23 Feb 201823 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Hilton Honors has been running a very generous status match for the last 18 months or so.  It was so good, I did it myself. Via this link, you can match your top tier or mid tier status in .....

Hilton Honors has been running a very generous status match for the last 18 months or so.  It was so .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel. I outlined the booking process for my stay in this article.  To save money (this was not an official review trip) I booked via .....

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel. I outlined the booking process for my stay .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is part 2 of my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel.  Part 1, which focuses on the rooms, restaurant and location, is here (click). The beach Whilst the hotel looks .....

This is part 2 of my review of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel.  Part 1, which focuses .....

13 Feb 201813 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

At the end of March, Hilton Honors will no longer let you earn airline miles from your stays.  ‘Points and Miles’ will be stopped and the only option will be taking points.   I .....

At the end of March, Hilton Honors will no longer let you earn airline miles from your stays.  ‘Points .....

5 Feb 20185 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

If you have an American Express Platinum card then you should know about the Fine Hotels & Resorts hotel booking programme.  This is a grouping of 5-star hotels which offers special benefits to .....

If you have an American Express Platinum card then you should know about the Fine Hotels & Resorts hotel .....

3 Feb 20183 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running, back after a Christmas and New Year break. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running, back after a Christmas and New .....

31 Jan 201831 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

Tomorrow is the last day for the Hilton sale, currently running in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  It is valid for ALL of 2018 but only for weekend stays. You can see full details on the Hilton .....

Tomorrow is the last day for the Hilton sale, currently running in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  It .....

30 Jan 201830 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The extremehoteldeals site has been running a series of well-researched articles on hotels which let you redeem for suites or high end rooms at standard rates.  In some cases this may be an error, .....

The extremehoteldeals site has been running a series of well-researched articles on hotels which let you .....

29 Jan 201829 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

I have dropped this in as an extra article today because it won’t last long and I would prefer readers to get them. The DoubleTree hotel in Bristol (Cadbury House) is hosting an evening with .....

I have dropped this in as an extra article today because it won’t last long and I would prefer readers .....

20 Jan 201820 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Hilton opened its newest New York property, Embassy Suites by Hilton New York Midtown Manhattan, this week. It is so new that the website doesn’t even have room photographs and when I wrote this .....

Hilton opened its newest New York property, Embassy Suites by Hilton New York Midtown Manhattan, this week. It .....

19 Jan 201819 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments