News in brief: Earn Avios with Rolling Luggage Avios has launched a new partnership with luggage retailer Rolling Luggage. At present it is only valid online via their website here. You will also be .....

News in brief: Earn Avios with Rolling Luggage Avios has launched a new partnership with luggage retailer .....

7 Sep 20177 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

News in brief: Visit the McLaren-Honda factory with Hilton Honors On Monday, Hilton Honors ran another of its occasional ‘behind the scenes’ tours of the McLaren-Honda factory at the .....

News in brief: Visit the McLaren-Honda factory with Hilton Honors On Monday, Hilton Honors ran another of its .....

6 Sep 20176 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. This facility is mentioned on .....

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....

27 Aug 201727 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

News in brief: 1,000 free Marriott Rewards points for linking social media accounts Marriott Rewards is giving another push to its promotion which tries to get to you to follow Marriott on social .....

News in brief: 1,000 free Marriott Rewards points for linking social media accounts Marriott Rewards is giving .....

22 Aug 201722 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Back in January, I wrote about the Al Wadi desert resort in Ral Al-Khaimah, a short drive from Dubai.  This is now a luxury The Ritz-Carlton resort, having been taken over from Banyan Tree. The .....

Back in January, I wrote about the Al Wadi desert resort in Ral Al-Khaimah, a short drive from Dubai.  This .....

21 Aug 201721 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

The last few months have seen a number of, in some cases, underhand moves to change – for the worse – the cancellation policies for flexible hotel bookings. These moves have generally been .....

The last few months have seen a number of, in some cases, underhand moves to change – for the worse .....

14 Aug 201714 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

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

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

8 Aug 20178 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

I thought it was about time to revise and update the lists I first published in 2012 about the best way to use up small amounts of miles and points. What I want to explore is ‘What is the .....

I thought it was about time to revise and update the lists I first published in 2012 about the best way to .....

7 Aug 20177 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

News in brief: 1,000 Avios for joining Marriott Rewards posting Two months ago I published an article, see here, showing how you could get 1,000 Avios points simply for joining Marriott Rewards .....

News in brief: 1,000 Avios for joining Marriott Rewards posting Two months ago I published an article, see .....

6 Aug 20176 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

You may well have spent many hours awake at night wondering which Heathrow Airport hotel has the best swimming pool.  Good news – I’ve done the work for you! For reasons too complex to .....

You may well have spent many hours awake at night wondering which Heathrow Airport hotel has the best swimming .....

6 Aug 20176 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity amongst hotel programmes.  Whilst it works in the same way as other schemes, with different tier .....

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity amongst .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

News in brief: airberlin launches new Toronto service As I wrote in this long article, airberlin offers an excellent way to fly to North America with Avios without paying much in the way of taxes and .....

News in brief: airberlin launches new Toronto service As I wrote in this long article, airberlin offers an .....

29 Jul 201729 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

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

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

21 Jul 201721 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Last year, Marriott Rewards quietly launched Marriott Moments.  This is their version of SPG Moments and Hilton Auctions, allowing you to use your points for ‘once in a lifetime’ .....

Last year, Marriott Rewards quietly launched Marriott Moments.  This is their version of SPG Moments and .....

13 Jul 201713 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments