Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
News in brief: American Express Platinum beefs up its travel insurance Over the last year, there have been rumbles of discontent in our comments section about the travel insurance policy provided with The Platinum Card by American Express. On paper this is a strong offer. […]
Tag: Accor Live Limitless (Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure)
What are the best hotel bonus point promotions for August?
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
Welcome to our (used to be) regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. After a four month hiatus, I have brought back this monthly recap. Let’s hope I am not tempting fate too much. There is at least something to write about now […]
‘My Favourite Hotel’ review – The Savoy, London, watching New Year’s Eve fireworks
Written by Anika @ Head for Points
Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from London. We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points. You can find all of the ‘My Favourite Hotel’ reviews so far by clicking here. This was scheduled to be […]
Bits: BA is paid £125,000 per month to fly to Newquay, 400 Travelodge hotels likely to rebrand as Ibis
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: British Airways is paid £125,000 per month to fly to Newquay British Airways was recently awarded the UK Government-subsidised contract to operate flights between London and Cornwall Newquay Airport. The service finally began last week after various delays. It had previously been […]
Which hotel schemes let you earn points and night credit when you book multiple rooms?
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
Is it possible to book multiple rooms at the same property on the same night, earn points from them all and have them all count as qualifying nights for elite status or for a promotion? I thought it was worth running through the policies of […]
Bits: Qatar and JAL move to Terminal 5, more countries added to the quarantine exemption list, 500 bonus Accor points
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
News in brief: Qatar Airways and JAL to move to Heathrow T5 A few weeks ago we reported that Qatar Airways was due to temporarily move into Terminal 5 with British Airways, Iberia and American Airlines on 21st July. This never happened, but it looks […]
Bits: end of High Life magazine?, 25% off UK Accor hotel stays for NHS staff, HMRC tweaks debit card payment rules
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: Have we seen the end of High Life magazine? It seems like one of the casualties of coronavirus may be the British Airways High Life in-flight magazine, at least for now. Editor Andy Morris tweeted yesterday that he had been made redundant, […]
Bits: BA’s first Boeing 787-10 finally arrives, Virgin Atlantic refinancing update, Accor / ClubOpinions update
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: The first British Airways Boeing 787-10 has finally arrived The first Boeing 787-10 in the British Airways fleet landed at Heathrow yesterday, on a flight from the Boeing plant in Charleston. The aircraft was delivered five months late after various certification delays. […]
Get €5-€10 of Accor points for joining ClubOpinions
Written by Rob @ 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 […]
‘My Favourite Hotel’ review – Fairmont Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada
Written by Anika @ Head for Points
Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Canada. We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points. You can find all of the ‘My Favourite Hotel’ reviews so far by clicking here. This was scheduled to be […]
Why transferring hotel points to a friend is good (but transferring airline miles is bad)
Written by Rob @ 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 […]
Bits: 10% bonus on lastminute.com gift cards, new UK Accor promo, Hilton and Etihad launch ‘buy points’ bonuses
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: Get a 10% bonus on Lastminute.com gift cards Lastminute.com is the latest company to try to bring in some much needed revenue by selling gift cards with a bonus. Until 30th June, you will receive a 10% bonus on the purchase of […]
You can swap points between Club Eurostar and Accor Live Limitless – but should you?
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning Club Eurostar points apart from using their services, I thought it was worth a closer look. You can convert American Express Membership Rewards points to Club […]
Hilton, Marriott, Accor and Hyatt change their coronavirus refund and rebooking policies
Written by Rhys @ Head for Points
The key hotel chains are extending their coronavirus flexible booking policies. These policies were first introduced a few months ago with many due to expire at the end of June. We are now seeing a lot of these being extended to include the Summer as […]
‘My Favourite Hotel’ review – Swissotel Tallinn, Estonia
Written by Anika @ Head for Points
Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Tallinn in Estonia. We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points. You can find all of the ‘My Favourite Hotel’ reviews so far by clicking here. This was scheduled […]
‘My Favourite Hotel’ review – Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello, Quebec, Canada
Written by Anika @ Head for Points
Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from the forests of Quebec, Canada. We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points. We hope to run one review per day for the next few weeks. There will be […]
What are the best hotel bonus point promotions for March?
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
Welcome to 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 Promos’ page which contains details of all of the current offers, together with links to our major articles on […]
Which airlines let you transfer air miles INTO hotel loyalty programmes?
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a hotel points programme. This didn’t used to be the case. If you […]
Bits: BA adds Bengaluru flights, last day for Marriott bookings before category changes, last day for 6000 Avios from Accor
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: British Airways launches additional Bengaluru flights British Airways is increasing its services to Bengaluru for the Summer as it reallocates aircraft freed up from the suspension of China services. Bengaluru flights will increase from seven to 10 per week from 23 April. […]
What are the best hotel promos for February?
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. We normally run this article early in the month. However, as two important offers only started on the 15th, it made more sense to hold it back. All of the information in this […]