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.
We have already seen Marriott take over Starwood, although that deal may yet collapse. Accor is taking over Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel. The latest news is that Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / .....
We have already seen Marriott take over Starwood, although that deal may yet collapse. Accor is taking over .....
26 Jan 201626 January 2016 • 56 comments
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Westin / W / Sheraton / Le Meridien / St Regis etc group, has listed a new batch of redemptions for the SPG Suite at the O2 Arena in Greenwich. You can find them on the .....
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Westin / W / Sheraton / Le Meridien / St Regis etc group, has listed a new batch .....
21 Jan 201621 January 2016 • 47 comments
News in brief: Hilton HHonors launches targetted 80% ‘buy points’ bonus Hilton HHonors emailed many members yesterday with an offer of an 80% bonus if you buy 5,000+ points. You can check .....
News in brief: Hilton HHonors launches targetted 80% ‘buy points’ bonus Hilton HHonors emailed .....
20 Jan 201620 January 2016 • 17 comments
News in brief: €10 off your next Vueling flight to or from the UK Vueling, the sister airline of Iberia and British Airways, is offering a €10 discount off your next flight. You need to book a .....
News in brief: €10 off your next Vueling flight to or from the UK Vueling, the sister airline of Iberia and .....
19 Jan 201619 January 2016 • 9 comments
News in brief: British Airways and Iberia announce price fixing deal with LATAM IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, announced last week that it has applied for permission to operate .....
News in brief: British Airways and Iberia announce price fixing deal with LATAM IAG, the parent company of .....
17 Jan 201617 January 2016 • 37 comments
One of the interesting quirks of the Marriott Rewards programme is that you can use your points to ‘buy back’ your status if you fail to requalify. If you would otherwise have been forced .....
One of the interesting quirks of the Marriott Rewards programme is that you can use your points to ‘buy .....
14 Jan 201614 January 2016 • 9 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 • 102 comments
The hotel promotion to beat for Spring 2016, unless you were unlucky with your targetted offer, is IHG’s second version of ‘Accelerate’. Most Head for Points readers will be moving a .....
The hotel promotion to beat for Spring 2016, unless you were unlucky with your targetted offer, is IHG’s .....
21 Dec 201521 December 2015 • 24 comments
Many of you have received an email from Starwood offering a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points if you sign up for the SPG American Express card. This should be a no-brainer as .....
Many of you have received an email from Starwood offering a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Starwood Preferred Guest .....
11 Dec 201511 December 2015 • 97 comments
News in brief: Is Marriott really getting rid of desks because young people don’t find them cool? In my articles on the takeover of Starwood by Marriott, I made a couple of observations about .....
News in brief: Is Marriott really getting rid of desks because young people don’t find them cool? In my .....
11 Dec 201511 December 2015 • 98 comments
News in brief: £10 – £100 off Qatar Airways promotional code Qatar Airways has launched a new discount code which is exclusive to small travel sites like HfP. You save £10 on discounted .....
News in brief: £10 – £100 off Qatar Airways promotional code Qatar Airways has launched a new .....
7 Dec 20157 December 2015 • 12 comments
News in brief: Virgin Trains launches flash sale in First Class Virgin Trains has launched a 3-day flash sale which runs until tomorrow night. Initial feedback from HfP readers in the comments .....
News in brief: Virgin Trains launches flash sale in First Class Virgin Trains has launched a 3-day flash sale .....
2 Dec 20152 December 2015 • 17 comments
News in brief: Bookings open for the new InterContinental London The O2 The new InterContinental London The O2 is now taking bookings from 19th December. This is a slightly risky hotel project but the .....
News in brief: Bookings open for the new InterContinental London The O2 The new InterContinental London The O2 .....
27 Nov 201527 November 2015 • 10 comments
News in brief: 50% bonus Virgin Flying Club miles on your next train booking Virgin Trains is running a special promotion when you buy tickets on Virgin West Coast or Virgin East Coast. On your first .....
News in brief: 50% bonus Virgin Flying Club miles on your next train booking Virgin Trains is running a .....
19 Nov 201519 November 2015 • 18 comments
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