If your travels take you to London City Airport or the Excel exhibition centre, you will be interested in a new rash of hotels which has sprung up in the area.  I popped down earlier in the week to .....

If your travels take you to London City Airport or the Excel exhibition centre, you will be interested in a .....

1 May 20171 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

This is my review of the Conrad Tokyo hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this weekend, it is less comprehensive than usual.  We were not on a review trip, we did not get a hotel tour, we did not .....

This is my review of the Conrad Tokyo hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this weekend, it is less .....

30 Apr 201730 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

I wrote a piece yesterday about the new ‘points pooling’ feature with Hilton Honors.  Today I want to focus on the new Hilton Summer promotion – which offers double or triple base .....

I wrote a piece yesterday about the new ‘points pooling’ feature with Hilton Honors.  Today I .....

28 Apr 201728 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

Hilton Honors has now launched the latest of the new features that were promised during the scheme relaunch in February – points pooling. See here at hilton.com for details. This is, very .....

Hilton Honors has now launched the latest of the new features that were promised during the scheme relaunch in .....

27 Apr 201727 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

There are two ‘buy points’ offers available at the moment which are worth a look and which, because they have been running for a while, you may well have forgotten about. IHG Rewards Club .....

There are two ‘buy points’ offers available at the moment which are worth a look and which, .....

27 Apr 201727 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

News in brief: Win a Trespass rucksack – today only Our sister site Shopper Points is giving away a Trespass hiking rucksack, worth £100 (albeit £57 in their current sale) in a prize draw .....

News in brief: Win a Trespass rucksack – today only Our sister site Shopper Points is giving away a .....

26 Apr 201726 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you .....

Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....

25 Apr 201725 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

On Sunday I wrote about my stay at the Hilton Garden Inn at Hatton Cross. This is a decent budget hotel at Heathrow with one great advantage – you don’t need to use the rip-off and slow .....

On Sunday I wrote about my stay at the Hilton Garden Inn at Hatton Cross. This is a decent budget hotel at .....

25 Apr 201725 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

As we covered extensively on Head for Points in February, Hilton Honors underwent a substantial restructuring which totally changed the value basis of the scheme. You can now use Hilton Honors points .....

As we covered extensively on Head for Points in February, Hilton Honors underwent a substantial restructuring .....

23 Apr 201723 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 133 comments

This is my review of the Hilton Garden Inn hotel at Hatton Cross, by London Heathrow Airport. (EDIT: We reviewed this hotel again in September 2020 after it was refurbished.  I recommend you read .....

This is my review of the Hilton Garden Inn hotel at Hatton Cross, by London Heathrow Airport. (EDIT: We .....

23 Apr 201723 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

News in brief: 1,200 Avios with LEGO DC Heroes Tesco Direct has launched another LEGO offer which can earn you Avios. Until 26th April you will get 500 extra Clubcard points – convertible into .....

News in brief: 1,200 Avios with LEGO DC Heroes Tesco Direct has launched another LEGO offer which can earn you .....

22 Apr 201722 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

We are currently at the Waldorf-Astoria in Beijing on the last leg of our Asian holiday. If you have been to China in recent years, you will know that the visa situation can be expensive and time .....

We are currently at the Waldorf-Astoria in Beijing on the last leg of our Asian holiday. If you have been to .....

15 Apr 201715 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in this article can be found on our ‘Hotel Promos’ page which contains details of .....

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in .....

12 Apr 201712 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

News in brief: Hilton / Amex cashback deal now open to all Amex cards American Express has been running a cashback deal recently with selected Hilton Group hotels across the UK and Europe. You receive .....

News in brief: Hilton / Amex cashback deal now open to all Amex cards American Express has been running a .....

11 Apr 201711 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 202 comments