Over the last few years, IHG Rewards Club has made it a lot harder to earn top-tier Spire Elite status by restricting the sort of points which count towards it. I wrote a long article here looking at .....

Over the last few years, IHG Rewards Club has made it a lot harder to earn top-tier Spire Elite status by .....

19 Jun 201819 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

I need to be in Paris for two days at the end of June, returning home on a perennially expensive Friday evening.  As my hotel is only three metro stops from Gare du Nord it made sense to take the .....

I need to be in Paris for two days at the end of June, returning home on a perennially expensive Friday .....

15 Jun 201815 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the free British Airways American Express card in order to trigger the 2-4-1 voucher. For a high .....

Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the .....

30 Apr 201830 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

We have spent a lot of time this week discussing the new (and still nameless) merged Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards loyalty scheme. If you missed it, this .....

We have spent a lot of time this week discussing the new (and still nameless) merged Marriott Rewards, .....

20 Apr 201820 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Finnair, a oneworld partner along with British Airways, is offering a 50% bonus when you transfer in points to its Finnair Plus loyalty scheme. This includes American Express Membership Rewards points .....

Finnair, a oneworld partner along with British Airways, is offering a 50% bonus when you transfer in points to .....

20 Apr 201820 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a couple of years ago and decided to start Mainly Miles to cover KrisFlyer. You might think .....

I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

Once a year I publish this list which ranks American Express Membership Rewards redemptions in terms of ‘value per point’. It is clearly very subjective but – on my maths – the .....

Once a year I publish this list which ranks American Express Membership Rewards redemptions in terms of .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

This is only relevant to a small part of readership, but it will be valuable if it does apply to you. Reader Graeme got in touch to recommend American Express FX International Payments (full details .....

This is only relevant to a small part of readership, but it will be valuable if it does apply to you. Reader .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to articles on their charge cards.  It has been a while since I looked at the programme in .....

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to .....

8 Apr 20188 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

Amex is clearly reading our articles.  The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold have been changed back this morning.   They now say, as they used to: “Please note, .....

Amex is clearly reading our articles.  The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....

23 Mar 201823 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

Iberia Plus sent out an email last week offering a 20% bonus if you convert your American Express Membership Rewards points into Avios before 31st March. This was a big mistake. In teeny tiny small .....

Iberia Plus sent out an email last week offering a 20% bonus if you convert your American Express Membership .....

5 Mar 20185 March 2018 by Rob Burgess

American Express AccessLine is a payment service for companies who want to pay any supplier with a charge card to help their cash flow.  Obviously this only appeals to a small number of HfP readers .....

American Express AccessLine is a payment service for companies who want to pay any supplier with a charge card .....

16 Feb 201816 February 2018 by Anika Burnett • 95 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. What is the cheapest .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

17 Jan 201817 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments