Many people book direct with a hotel chain – instead of via Hotels.com or Booking.com – because of the points you can earn (along with elite status benefits of course). Once you have accumulated… Continue Reading
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Why Every Hotel Chain Should Offer Rollover Nights
“Rollover nights” is an element of hotel chain loyalty programmes that doesn’t normally get much attention. The idea is basically to entice members to continue staying beyond the bare… Continue Reading
Earn Double Points on Your Next Radisson Rewards Stay
Radisson Rewards has become really easy to ignore, especially now that a substantial portion of its hotel footprint was hived off into Radisson Rewards Americas. Even though I should be a member of both… Continue Reading
Now 10.5 Avios per £ Spent! (Tesco Express / Topcashback Offer)
Avios? At Tesco? I thought last week’s offer was great, but this one’s is even better – you just need to be a member of TopCashback… Between now and 23:59 on 22 October, 2021,… Continue Reading
A Quick Guide to Hotel Elite Benefits
The benefits provided by elite status with one or more hotel chains are often considered to be the sweetspot of our much-loved hobby. One great reason is that, instead of being treated a bit better at… Continue Reading
100 Free Avios – IF You Have a Good VPN
I recently wrote about Iberia’s online shopping portal – IberiaPluStore – due to an ongoing promotion where you can earn 700 bonus Avios for making two purchases of 5 euros or more… Continue Reading
Ryanair VS Its Customers – Who is Right?
Ryanair hit the news again this week and, as usual, the news wasn’t positive… What Happened? During the most recent lockdown in the UK, Ryanair continued to operate many of its scheduled flights… Continue Reading
Why You Should ALWAYS Have a Stash of Avios on Hand
Gilbert Ott over at God Save the Points ran a funny Twitter thread a few weeks ago, asking followers to guess how many Avios he had. The answer was 10. I was particularly amused because my Avios balance… Continue Reading
Great Deal – Get 40% Off The Best Flex Rate At Kimpton Hotels (Ends Tonight!)
Kimpton is fast becoming my favourite IHG hotel brand. I’ll write more about why that is in a separate post soon, but in the meantime there is a genuinely excellent ‘flash sale’ on,… Continue Reading
How To Earn Elite Status in 2021…
With autumn now upon us, you have less than three months to renew or upgrade your hotel chain elite status. If you haven’t been paying much attention to your progress or the general requirements,… Continue Reading
