Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains details of all of the current offers, together with links to our major articles on each hotel scheme. However, […]
Category: IHG Rewards
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 […]
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 […]
Earn a huge 5x IHG Rewards points for bookings made on Monday and Tuesday!
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
It seems that, as the rumours suggested, IHG Rewards is running a huge ‘5x’ bonus promotion today and tomorrow. At the time of writing, late on Sunday, the rules have been published (click here). I am expecting full details of the offer to be on this page here. What we DO know is that anyone […]
Review: the Kimpton St Honore Paris hotel – is the new European flagship worth a visit?
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
This is our review of the new Kimpton St Honore hotel in Paris. In 2017, we visited Kimpton’s new European flagship in Amsterdam and gave it a bad review – despite being upgraded to a suite – due to general incompetence. In 2021 …. well, you can guess the rest. We had been talking to […]
Review: the Kimpton St Honore Paris hotel – is the new European flagship worth a visit? (Part 2)
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
This is part 2 of our review of IHG’s new Kimpton St Honore Paris hotel. You can read Part 1 of my Kimpton Paris review here, which covers the hotel’s location and a full look at my suite. The rooftop bar Let’s move on to some genuinely cool stuff. (Kimpton Paris has a lot of […]
Why InterContinental Ambassador is a loyalty programme I am happy to pay for
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
What is InterContinenal Ambassador, and is it worth paying a $200 annual fee to join a loyalty programme? I thought it was worth taking another look as we haven’t focused on the benefits of Ambassador for while. InterContinental, the luxury hotel brand inside IHG Rewards (which also covers Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo and […]
Bits: IHG 5x points rumour, Priority Pass discount, Hilton loses Glasgow, Maidstone and Arundel
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Redeem Bonvoy points to see Ed Sheeran and more at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball We dropped in an extra article yesterday after Marriott Bonvoy released seats for its box at the O2 in London to see a lot of top stars at Capital Radio’s Jingle Bell Ball. Click here to read it […]
Bits: Heathrow suspends PODs, Hotel Indigo opens in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Kindle Unlimited offer
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Heathrow suspends POD transfers to long-term car parking The futuristic driverless POD monorail at Heathrow was, by far, the easiest way to travel between the long-term car park and Terminal 5. My son has been badgering me for years to let him ride it, even though we never drive to the airport […]
How to convert Marriott Bonvoy hotel points into Hilton Honors or IHG Rewards points
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes you can do a conversion which you would logically not expect to be possible. This is one of them. In general, a golden rule of airline programmes is that you cannot convert OUT of […]
Is InterContinental Le Grand in Paris still “my favourite city hotel in the world”?
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
This is my review of the InterContinental Le Grand hotel in Paris. Back in 2014, I wrote a HfP article where I said that, for reasons that I did not fully understand myself, InterContinental Le Grand in Paris was my favourite city centre hotel in the world. It’s not a Four Seasons, let’s be frank, […]
Inside the new club lounge at InterContinental Paris Le Grand
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
This is our review of the new club lounge at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris. I have run it separately from our main review of InterContinental Paris Le Grand, partly for reasons of length and partly because it won’t interest anyone who doesn’t have lounge access. The lounge has been transformed during the refurbishment. It […]
What are the best hotel promos for November 2021?
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains details of all of the current offers, together with links to our major articles on each hotel scheme. However, […]
Review: the Holiday Inn Express hotel at Luton Airport
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this week, I have been spending a lot of time in UK airports recently. My tour started in Luton with an early morning flight, so an airport hotel seemed a sensible idea. Having previously reviewed the […]
Bits: Singapore Airlines transfer bonus, 45% bonus buying Marriott points, last call for 100% IHG bonus
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Interesting Singapore Airlines transfer bonus can get you status Back in April, Singapore Airlines has launched a very interesting promotion – you can earn status, all the way up to Gold, by transferring American Express Membership Rewards points to its KrisFlyer programme. In fact, it is broader than this. As you can […]
The InterContinental Barcelona hotel is now open
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
If you are looking for somewhere different for a weekend break this Winter, InterContinental opened a hotel in Barcelona this week. It offers a new way to use your IHG Rewards points, or to use a ‘free weekend night’ voucher if you are an InterContinental Ambassador member. The hotel website is here. Billed as the […]
Bits: Radisson Rewards extends status – and has IHG too?, Aer Lingus scraps Manchester-Boston
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Radisson Rewards extends your status to February 2023 Whilst it has yet to inform anyone, Radisson Rewards has extended the elite status of all members by a year, to February 2023. This includes anyone who has Gold status by virtue of their American Express Platinum card. The extension is already showing online. […]
Bits: United plans huge Heathrow growth, Emirates A380 to Gatwick, 100% bonus buying IHG points
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: United to move to 22 Heathrow flights to the USA per day United Airlines has announced a major ramping up of its Heathrow services as the restart of travel to the US gets nearer. By Spring 2022, United will be offering 22 flights per day from Heathrow and will be the biggest […]
How to do a hotel mattress run – and what can go wrong
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of ‘mattress runs’ today. A ‘mattress run’ involves booking a hotel room without the intention of spending the night, purely for the purpose of triggering a promotional bonus. Why would you do a mattress run? […]
London gains a Hyatt as Crowne Plaza The City rebrands
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
In a move that will cause much grinding of teeth from IHG loyalists, and whoops of joy from Hyatt fans, Crowne Plaza London The City will rebrand on 1st March. The hotel will become Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars. Crowne Plaza London The City has been closed since the pandemic started, and 1st March 2022 has […]