Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Marriott Bonvoy is the loyalty scheme for Marriott hotels, which includes these brands: AC Hotels, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Bulgari, Courtyard, Delta Hotels, Design Hotels, Edition, Element, Fairfield Inn, Four Points, Gaylord, JW Marriott, Le Meridien, Marriott, Moxy, Protea, Renaissance, Residence Inn, St Regis, Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, The Ritz-Carlton, Tribute Portfolio, Springhill Suites, Towneplace Suites, W Hotels and Westin.
Our main two-part introduction to Marriott Bonvoy is here and you can learn more about the program on marriott.com here.
Check out our ‘Hotel Offers’ page here to see what bonus point offers are currently running.
More information on how you can earn more Marriott Bonvoy points with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card is here.
You can also transfer points earned from American Express Platinum (high fee, high bonus), American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (free for a year, good bonus) and Amex Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).
If you need to top up your Marriott Bonvoy account, you can buy points here.
Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling business person who uses their phone heavily outside the UK. It is, if nothing else, genius in .....
Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling .....
23 Jun 201823 June 2018 • 13 comments
This is my review of the refurbished Marriott Manchester Airport hotel. I have written before on HfP that it is almost always – in my opinion – worth paying the premium to stay in a hotel .....
This is my review of the refurbished Marriott Manchester Airport hotel. I have written before on HfP that it .....
22 Jun 201822 June 2018 • 30 comments
I thought that the recent deal for buying SPG points would be the last we would see before Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest were merged – but it is back. You can currently buy .....
I thought that the recent deal for buying SPG points would be the last we would see before Marriott Rewards .....
20 Jun 201820 June 2018 • Leave a comment
Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. Hilton Honors was the latest to jump on the bandwagon in 2015. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high threshold that you .....
Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. Hilton Honors was the latest to jump on the .....
18 Jun 201818 June 2018 • 25 comments
This is my review of the MOXY London Excel hotel. As I have discussed on HfP recently, I am currently undertaking a nine-stay ‘Platinum Challenge’ from Marriott Rewards. This will get me .....
This is my review of the MOXY London Excel hotel. As I have discussed on HfP recently, I am currently .....
16 Jun 201816 June 2018 • 27 comments
Ever since Marriott acquired Starwood Hotels & Resorts, we have spent a lot more time talking about Marriott Travel Packages than we did previously. Today I wanted to go back to basics for the .....
Ever since Marriott acquired Starwood Hotels & Resorts, we have spent a lot more time talking about .....
6 Jun 20186 June 2018 • 72 comments
Marriott has published a PDF (link deleted as document removed) summarising the welcome gifts and amenities that Platinum members in the new combined Marriott Rewards / Starwood Preferred Guest .....
Marriott has published a PDF (link deleted as document removed) summarising the welcome gifts and amenities .....
6 Jun 20186 June 2018 • 79 comments
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....
31 May 201831 May 2018 • 54 comments
News in brief: Last chance to get a 35% discount buying Starwood points Tomorrow, 31st May, is your last chance to pick up Starwood Preferred Guest points at a discount. You can currently buy .....
News in brief: Last chance to get a 35% discount buying Starwood points Tomorrow, 31st May, is your last .....
30 May 201830 May 2018 • 90 comments
Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Promos’ page which contains details .....
Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this .....
29 May 201829 May 2018 • 15 comments
The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons .....
The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme .....
25 May 201825 May 2018 • 36 comments
A couple of years ago, Hertz and Le Club AccorHotels launched a partnership. It has been pretty quiet since then but it seems that the key benefits – a Hertz status match and a chunk .....
A couple of years ago, Hertz and Le Club AccorHotels launched a partnership. It has been pretty .....
22 May 201822 May 2018 • 47 comments
Starwood Preferred Guest and Marriott Rewards have both launched offers for 35% off Hertz bookings. In addition to the saving you can also earn bonus points. The SPG offer is: Up to 35% off base .....
Starwood Preferred Guest and Marriott Rewards have both launched offers for 35% off Hertz bookings. In .....
15 May 201815 May 2018 • 63 comments
On Saturday I wrote about how you can earn Starwood Preferred Guest points – which convert to Marriott Rewards points – when you fly with Emirates, China Eastern and Delta. These deals let .....
On Saturday I wrote about how you can earn Starwood Preferred Guest points – which convert to Marriott .....
15 May 201815 May 2018 • 8 comments
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