The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat nightly rate to a revenue based model, and my gut feeling is that most people will earn more .....

The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat .....

24 Dec 201724 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Black Friday is here again.  With an overwhelming amount of travel-related Black Friday deals, we’ve decided to put all the exciting ones – or at least the ones we were told about – .....

Black Friday is here again.  With an overwhelming amount of travel-related Black Friday deals, we’ve .....

24 Nov 201724 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 15 comments

If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status quickly, there is no easier route than getting an American Express Platinum charge card. It comes with SEVEN hotel status cards.  Five of .....

If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status quickly, there is no easier route than getting an .....

12 Oct 201712 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

If you have ever bought Avios, IHG Rewards Club points or various other miles, you may have noticed that your credit card statement showed ‘points.com’ as the merchant. points.com is a .....

If you have ever bought Avios, IHG Rewards Club points or various other miles, you may have noticed that your .....

24 Sep 201724 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

News in brief: 10% off Qatar Airways business class Qatar Airways has released a 10% discount code to selected partners, including HfP. Code UKPREMIUM will get you 10% off the base fare of a business .....

News in brief: 10% off Qatar Airways business class Qatar Airways has released a 10% discount code to selected .....

17 Aug 201717 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 133 comments

Melia Rewards Gold status is one of the new benefits of the American Express Platinum charge card which were introduced in 2015. One of the benefits of the American Express Platinum charge card is the .....

Melia Rewards Gold status is one of the new benefits of the American Express Platinum charge card which were .....

7 Jun 20177 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

All of the major hotel points currencies allow you to transfer your points into airline miles.  You will often find the airlines encouraging it – every 9-10 months, British Airways offers a 35% .....

All of the major hotel points currencies allow you to transfer your points into airline miles.  You will .....

1 Jun 20171 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: HfP reader wins Iberia’s Facebook competition A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a competition that Iberia was running on Facebook to win 120,000 Avios points. There were only 188 .....

News in brief: HfP reader wins Iberia’s Facebook competition A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a .....

30 Apr 201730 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you stay. I ran a sister article to this in November which listed hotel chains which do NOT .....

It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you .....

4 Apr 20174 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, changing property every night to maximise your stay .....

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start .....

31 Mar 201731 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 115 comments

This is my review of Melia’s new Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. After one night in Ibiza and an Air Nostrum flight to Madrid, I found myself at the Gran Meliá Palacio de los .....

This is my review of Melia’s new Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. After one night in .....

3 Feb 20173 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 8 comments

Here is part two of my review of the Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. You can read Part 1 of our Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques review, which includes a video we shot, here. .....

Here is part two of my review of the Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. You can read Part 1 of our .....

3 Feb 20173 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 2 comments

News in brief: Did you win 18,000 Avios from Avis? I heard from six readers yesterday who were among the 100 people who won 18,000 Avios in the recent Avis competition we wrote about. Do .....

News in brief: Did you win 18,000 Avios from Avis? I heard from six readers yesterday who were among .....

19 Oct 201619 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

A big thanks to everyone who entered our competition last week in association with Melia Hotels International. Over 5000 people entered and around 1000 used Twitter for a second entry.  The .....

A big thanks to everyone who entered our competition last week in association with Melia Hotels International. .....

15 Sep 201615 September 2016 by Anika Burnett • 12 comments