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.
The acquisition of the Starwood hotel group – owner of W, Westin, Sheraton, St Regis, The Luxury Collection, aloft etc – by Marriott is running late. The cause is Chinese competition .....
The acquisition of the Starwood hotel group – owner of W, Westin, Sheraton, St Regis, The Luxury .....
21 Aug 201621 August 2016 • 3 comments
News in brief: Accor and Amex launch new cashback deal Accor Hotels, which operates Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, M Gallery, Pullman etc, is running a new cashback deal with American Express. There .....
News in brief: Accor and Amex launch new cashback deal Accor Hotels, which operates Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, .....
5 Aug 20165 August 2016 • 53 comments
A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club AccorHotels has been officially launched. Accor has previously only worked with Europcar. Adding .....
A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club .....
29 Jul 201629 July 2016 • 108 comments
News in brief: Double Avios with LOVEtheatre lovetheatre.com, the new Avios theatre ticketing partner, is offering double Avios points on all tickets booked before 31st August. It doesn’t .....
News in brief: Double Avios with LOVEtheatre lovetheatre.com, the new Avios theatre ticketing partner, is .....
28 Jul 201628 July 2016 • 16 comments
This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in preparation for the Summer season. Earlier articles looked at the best credit card to use .....
This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in .....
24 Jul 201624 July 2016 • 46 comments
News in brief: Travelex offering £10 cashback to spend at Manchester Airport Travelex is offering travellers flying from Manchester Airport an interesting deal over the Summer. If you pre-order £500 .....
News in brief: Travelex offering £10 cashback to spend at Manchester Airport Travelex is offering travellers .....
20 Jul 201620 July 2016 • 16 comments
The general view of 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 for .....
The general view of hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is .....
16 Jul 201616 July 2016 • 22 comments
News in brief: Why Starwood and Marriott should be a focus for upmarket travellers My main article today draws on a huge analysis of the major hotel loyalty schemes from Travel Expert. One other .....
News in brief: Why Starwood and Marriott should be a focus for upmarket travellers My main article today draws .....
16 Jul 201616 July 2016 • 11 comments
News in brief: Qatar Airways to buy 10% of LATAM and 49% of Meridiana I mentioned in the Accor article yesterday that the Qatar Investment Authority has now become a shareholder in Accor Hotels by .....
News in brief: Qatar Airways to buy 10% of LATAM and 49% of Meridiana I mentioned in the Accor article .....
15 Jul 201615 July 2016 • 10 comments
This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by my standards this was a slightly bizarre way to start the week. At Christmas, Starwood .....
This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by .....
13 Jul 201613 July 2016 • 18 comments
News in brief: More BA Gatwick schedule changes British Airways has announced some additional schedule changes for Gatwick this Winter. None of these are substantial. The reason I mention them is .....
News in brief: More BA Gatwick schedule changes British Airways has announced some additional schedule changes .....
8 Jul 20168 July 2016 • 15 comments
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 months since we last saw this offer. You can find full details of this offer on the Etihad .....
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 .....
3 Jul 20163 July 2016 • 29 comments
Marriott has launched a new promotion with Visa offering free breakfast at 250 hotels across Europe, including the new JW Marriott Venice below. Many Marriott-owned brands are covered as well as .....
Marriott has launched a new promotion with Visa offering free breakfast at 250 hotels across Europe, including .....
27 Jun 201627 June 2016 • 20 comments
News in brief: Qatar Airways launches Dubai in business class for £975 Qatar Airways has launched an exceptionally good fare to Dubai – just £975 return. I have NEVER seen flights to the .....
News in brief: Qatar Airways launches Dubai in business class for £975 Qatar Airways has launched an .....
24 Jun 201624 June 2016 • 59 comments
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