Which Heathrow Airport hotels are walkable from the terminals?

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Which hotels at Heathrow Airport are walkable from the terminals, and don’t require a bus ride? This article was triggered by a reader email last week. Whilst you are virtually guaranteed to be paying more to sleep within Heathrow Airport, you can’t argue that it is the easiest option. The ability to walk from your […]

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Get 500 bonus Accor points, worth €10, when you link your Flying Blue account and do one stay

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Regular readers will remember that, back in November, I did a series of three articles on different aspects of the Accor Live Limitless programme. They looked at what I learned after hitting Diamond status following a stay at Fairmont Barbados. One article looked at the Accor Live Limitless partnership with Flying Blue. If you have […]

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Get 500 bonus Accor Live Limitless points, worth €10, on your January and February stays

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Accor Live Limitless is offering 500 bonus points on your next stay at a participating hotel in Europe. This would include the Fairmont, Raffles, Swissotel, Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Novotel Suites, Mercure, Adagio, Ibis, Ibis Styles, Adagio Access, Mama Shelter, Mantis, Mövenpick and SLS brands. Ibis Budget is not included. Accor points are worth 2 […]

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Bits: win 10,000 Avios with The Club, Accor Diamond’s get their vouchers, United lounge reopens

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Win 10,000 Avios with BA’s The Club magazine The Club, the British Airways online magazine for Executive Club members, is giving away 10 x 10,000 Avios in a competition to celebrate 10 years of the scheme. It is very easy to enter – all you need is your British Airways membership number. […]

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Bits: redeem Avios on new Finnair routes, €1188 BA Club Suite to Dubai, bonus Accor points in December

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Finnair adds more new routes for 2022 Barely a month goes by at the moment without a new route announcement from Finnair, a British Airways partner in the oneworld alliance. Last month we covered the start of services to Busan in South Korea, Tokyo Haneda and Sapporo. It is also bulking up […]

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Why transferring hotel points to a friend is good (but transferring airline miles is bad)

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Is it possible to transfer hotel loyalty points to a friend or partner?  Can you transfer the points for free?  In most cases, the answer is ‘Yes’. Airline schemes are not like this.  Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend but it is usually a terrible deal. The price […]

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Should you transfer Club Eurostar points to Accor Live Limitless for the 20% bonus?

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

If you have an Accor Live Limitless hotel account, you may have been emailed this week about a 20% conversion bonus if you transfer points in from Club Eurostar. Is this a good deal? Let’s take a look. You can find full details of the Eurostar to Accor transfer bonus on this special page of […]

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Bits: Curve / Creation news, Accor launches new ‘experiences’ rewards, Pret Perks, 99p Audible deal

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Were you caught up in the Creation credit card cancellations? If you are one of those people whose IHG Rewards credit card is being closed down this week, you may find this correspondence interesting. A reader has used a Freedom of Information request to get hold of the internal emails between Curve […]

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Get triple Accor points on your next three stays – and a 20% bonus on gift cards

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

If you are an Accor Live Limitless member, you may soon receive an email from Accor promoting a new ‘double or triple points’ promotion. Ignore it. The company is running a separate promotion for Qatar Privilege Club members which is more generous and more flexible, although you only have a few days to book. Take […]

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Get €5-€10 of Accor Live Limitless hotel points for joining ClubOpinions

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

You can pick up some free points in Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty programme for Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Fairmont, Raffles, M Gallery and other brands, by signing up to their ‘opinion panel’ scheme called ClubOpinions. The first bit of good news is that this is totally separate to other online research panels, such as […]

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Bits: £50 Accor / Amex cashback (stacks with sale), Eastern to fly Gatwick – Newquay, 99p Audible deal

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Get £50 cashback at selected Mercure and Novotel hotels Accor has launched a new cashback deal with American Express. This will appear on some, all or none of your Amex cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ tab in the app or on your online statement page for each card you […]

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Bits: Accor sale with 3x points, new O2 concerts bookable with Bonvoy, Hilton opens a Warner Bros hotel in Abu Dhabi

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Get triple Accor Live Limitless points with their new sale Accor has launched a new Europe sale, covering all of its core brands (ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel, Pullman etc). Details are here. As well as offering up to 25% off the standard flexible rate, you will receive bonus Accor Live Limitless points […]

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Bits: 25% off Aer Lingus Avios flights, update on easyJet ‘Hands Free’, last day for Accor promo

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Save 25% on Aer Lingus Avios flights this week To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Aer Lingus AerClub, the airline is offering 25% off all Avios redemptions. See here for details. It isn’t quite as good as it sounds, unfortunately. Aer Lingus redemptions booked via avios.com or British Airways Executive Club are […]

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Bits: 100 free Miles & More miles, two new Ibis hotels near Terminal 5, Manchester gets a YOTEL

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Get 100 free Miles & More miles Miles & More is currently running ‘My World Challenge’. This is described as a series of miles-earning opportunities which will only be available via the Miles & More app. The airline did email opted-in members about this, but the email was sent in Mandarin so […]

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