Hilton has launched its annual Winter Sale, with decent discounts available across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Whilst it is nominally called the Winter Sale, you can book for any weekend .....

Hilton has launched its annual Winter Sale, with decent discounts available across Europe, the Middle .....

18 Nov 201518 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Hilton HHonors has its own online shopping mall, similar to the British Airways Gate 365 store.  This allows you to earn Hilton points whilst shopping at participating retailers. Hilton is currently .....

Hilton HHonors has its own online shopping mall, similar to the British Airways Gate 365 store.  This allows .....

16 Nov 201516 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

There are two interesting Hilton HHonors promotions running until December, both of which I have covered on Head for Points before: For points collectors, on the ‘points and points’ .....

There are two interesting Hilton HHonors promotions running until December, both of which I have covered on .....

11 Nov 201511 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Since the 2013 devaluation, the value of a Hilton HHonors points – when used for a premium property – has fallen to around 0.3p. It is, to put it mildly, not great.  You can do better .....

Since the 2013 devaluation, the value of a Hilton HHonors points – when used for a premium property .....

26 Oct 201526 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes.   I wrote about this extensively over the Summer when it turned out that it was pretty much .....

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes.   .....

11 Oct 201511 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

11 Oct 201511 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

News in brief: Free Hilton HHonors Gold coming back as an Amex Platinum benefit? Until December 2013, American Express Platinum charge card holders received Hilton HHonors Gold status, albeit as a .....

News in brief: Free Hilton HHonors Gold coming back as an Amex Platinum benefit? Until December 2013, American .....

8 Oct 20158 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

News in brief: 400 Avios with six bottle of rioja The British Airways Wine Club, run by Laithwaites, is fairly well known.  Far fewer people know that Iberia has its own UK-delivery wine deal with .....

News in brief: 400 Avios with six bottle of rioja The British Airways Wine Club, run by Laithwaites, is fairly .....

7 Oct 20157 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

News in brief: British Airways offers from Gatwick British Airways is running a series of offers from Gatwick Airport over the next few weeks.  The first one is ‘25% off Winter Sun .....

News in brief: British Airways offers from Gatwick British Airways is running a series of offers from Gatwick .....

6 Oct 20156 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Sunday. It is offering special deals at 300 hotels across Europe (including the UK), Middle East and Africa, but .....

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Sunday. It is offering .....

6 Oct 20156 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Last week, Hilton HHonors published a list of hotel reward category changes on its website.  The list is here.  A few of these impact the UK so they are worth mentioning. The most annoying one is .....

Last week, Hilton HHonors published a list of hotel reward category changes on its website.  The list is .....

5 Oct 20155 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Hilton @Play is the Hilton HHonors equivalent of Starwood’s SPG Moments scheme, allowing you to redeem your points for ‘once in a lifetime’ experiences rather than more hotel stays. .....

Hilton @Play is the Hilton HHonors equivalent of Starwood’s SPG Moments scheme, allowing you to redeem .....

28 Sep 201528 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

News in brief: Hold the price of your British Airways flight for just £1 A relatively new British Airways feature is the ability to ‘hold’ the price of a flight for 72 hours for a fee of .....

News in brief: Hold the price of your British Airways flight for just £1 A relatively new British Airways .....

25 Sep 201525 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

American Express and Hilton Hotels have brought back their generous ‘£50 cashback for spending £250’ promotion. It is restricted to the first 10,000 American Express cardholders to .....

American Express and Hilton Hotels have brought back their generous ‘£50 cashback for spending .....

18 Sep 201518 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments