It’s time for our first competition of 2016. I’ve teamed up with IHG Rewards Club, the loyalty scheme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo and .....

It’s time for our first competition of 2016. I’ve teamed up with IHG Rewards Club, the loyalty .....

16 Jan 201616 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....

13 Jan 201613 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

PointsHound is a hotel booking service which works in a similar way to Kaligo.com and Rocketmiles.  You earn a chunk of frequent flyer miles for booking with them but your stays will not earn you .....

PointsHound is a hotel booking service which works in a similar way to Kaligo.com and Rocketmiles.  You earn .....

13 Jan 201613 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

I wrote a long article on the second, Spring 2016, version of the Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club just before Christmas.  If you got lucky with the offer they targetted you for, it is .....

I wrote a long article on the second, Spring 2016, version of the Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club .....

11 Jan 201611 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

A reader suggested that I write an article about ‘mattress runs’ – booking a hotel room without the intention of spending the night, purely for the purpose of triggering a .....

A reader suggested that I write an article about ‘mattress runs’ – booking a hotel room .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

News in brief: IHG points bargain in San Francisco A new Holiday Inn Express opened in San Francisco a few weeks ago.  This would not normally be big news, even on Head for Points. What is .....

News in brief: IHG points bargain in San Francisco A new Holiday Inn Express opened in San Francisco a few .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Barclaycard issues two of the most popular non-American Express travel credit cards: The Hilton HHonors Platinum Visa (read my review here) – which has the easiest high value bonus in the .....

Barclaycard issues two of the most popular non-American Express travel credit cards: The Hilton HHonors .....

9 Jan 20169 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

This is my review of the Holiday Inn Brent Cross hotel in London. Just in case you were getting the impression from my recent Middle East trip report that my life is one long Krug-sipping vacation .....

This is my review of the Holiday Inn Brent Cross hotel in London. Just in case you were getting the impression .....

3 Jan 20163 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

There are two InterContinental hotels in New York. The InterContinental Times Square property tends to get all of the coverage on HfP because it is new and, more importantly, the other hotel has been .....

There are two InterContinental hotels in New York. The InterContinental Times Square property tends to get all .....

1 Jan 20161 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

In general, when I write about IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental scheme), I say that I value their points at 0.5p. This is based on my tendency to redeem 50,000 points .....

In general, when I write about IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental scheme), I .....

30 Dec 201530 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

News and musings in brief: The worst IHG redemption – is this where Istanbul is now? In February I will be heading down to Istanbul for a couple of days to check out Turkish Airlines long haul .....

News and musings in brief: The worst IHG redemption – is this where Istanbul is now? In February I will .....

29 Dec 201529 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

This is my review of the InterContinental Abu Dhabi hotel. Last time I was in Abu Dhabi I had a very pleasant time at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers which I reviewed here.  This was going to be a .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Abu Dhabi hotel. Last time I was in Abu Dhabi I had a very pleasant .....

23 Dec 201523 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

News in brief: Radisson opens two resorts in Mauritius – good Club Carlson redemptions Radisson Blu, part of the Club Carlson loyalty scheme, has opened two beach resorts in Mauritius. These are .....

News in brief: Radisson opens two resorts in Mauritius – good Club Carlson redemptions Radisson Blu, .....

20 Dec 201520 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has announced its Spring 2016 promotion – IHG Accelerate.  Yes, it is repeating the current .....

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has .....

17 Dec 201517 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 201 comments