I spent three nights last week at St Regis New York.  Whilst I used 60,000 Marriott Rewards points per night, the hotel was selling for $1,100 + tax per night for a standard room.  This seems to be .....

I spent three nights last week at St Regis New York.  Whilst I used 60,000 Marriott Rewards points per night, .....

16 Sep 201816 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 142 comments

Hilton Honors has, with no announcement, made substantial increases to the points required to stay at many of its cheapest hotels. These have been slipped through over the last 48 hours. As of last .....

Hilton Honors has, with no announcement, made substantial increases to the points required to stay at many of .....

16 Sep 201816 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 134 comments

Groupon has launched another cheap Avios promotion in Spain, with Iberia Plus.  Click here for details. Here are the prices: 2,000 Iberia Plus Avios for €19 (0.85p) 4,000 Iberia Plus Avios for .....

Groupon has launched another cheap Avios promotion in Spain, with Iberia Plus.  Click here for details. Here .....

16 Sep 201816 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Both Lufthansa and SWISS have launched Premium Economy and Economy sales from the UK to Asia. I am not focusing on the Economy deals although if you follow the links you will see the pricing. On .....

Both Lufthansa and SWISS have launched Premium Economy and Economy sales from the UK to Asia. I am not .....

16 Sep 201816 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

You may not know that you can use Virgin Flying Club miles to book rewards flights with India’s Jet Airways.  It is explained on the Virgin Atlantic website here. Virgin has an obscure range .....

You may not know that you can use Virgin Flying Club miles to book rewards flights with India’s Jet .....

15 Sep 201815 September 2018 by Anika Burnett • 28 comments

In early 2019, Marriott Rewards will add Category 8 to their current reward chart.  This is what you should do before it happens. Selected hotels which have been temporarily placed in Category 7 will .....

In early 2019, Marriott Rewards will add Category 8 to their current reward chart.  This is what you should .....

15 Sep 201815 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

HSBC Premier has brought back its ‘free hotel nights’ offer on its free HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. If you take out the HSBC Premier credit card before 9th November you can claim .....

HSBC Premier has brought back its ‘free hotel nights’ offer on its free HSBC Premier Mastercard .....

15 Sep 201815 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Hilton has announced plans to open a Hilton Garden Inn overlooking the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire. Due to open in early 2020, it will include a rooftop terrace and offer .....

Hilton has announced plans to open a Hilton Garden Inn overlooking the Silverstone motor racing circuit in .....

15 Sep 201815 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

Marriott Rewards (and Starwood Preferred Guest, since they are technically the same programme now) have launched their first ‘bonus points’ promotion since their 18th August merger. You .....

Marriott Rewards (and Starwood Preferred Guest, since they are technically the same programme now) have .....

14 Sep 201814 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments