Tucked away on the Accor Experiences website is a very interesting offer for anyone sitting on a pile of Accor Live Limitless points and who is free next Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Accor is .....

Tucked away on the Accor Experiences website is a very interesting offer for anyone sitting on a pile of Accor .....

1 Feb 20231 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

This is our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel at Terminal 5. There are some odd gaps in the HfP review coverage, which we blame on familiarity breeding contempt. We’ve not reviewed The .....

This is our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel at Terminal 5. There are some odd gaps in the HfP .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is Part 2 of our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel. Part 1 is here. In this second part I will look at the club lounge and the impressive variety of bars and restaurants on site, as .....

This is Part 2 of our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel. Part 1 is here. In this second part I will .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

This is our review of the ibis Business paid loyalty programme. Accor offers a paid loyalty programme for regular ibis guests – ibis Business. We touched on this recently as part of our review .....

This is our review of the ibis Business paid loyalty programme. Accor offers a paid loyalty programme for .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Accor has announced another two-way points transfer partnership with an airline. I’m not going to make a big deal of it because I doubt many HfP readers have a points balance with Italian .....

Accor has announced another two-way points transfer partnership with an airline. I’m not going to make a .....

27 Jan 202327 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Last week I wrote about the launch of Spark, Hilton’s latest hotel brand. That was last week, of course. This week it is Accor’s turn to launch another new hotel brand – the 44th in .....

Last week I wrote about the launch of Spark, Hilton’s latest hotel brand. That was last week, of course. .....

20 Jan 202320 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Accor Live Limitless has launched a couple of new London ‘experience’ redemptions on its dedicated website. These are generally decent value, given that the alternative is 2 Eurocents of free .....

Accor Live Limitless has launched a couple of new London ‘experience’ redemptions on its dedicated .....

16 Jan 202316 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

In my previous article yesterday I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Accor Live Limitless loyalty scheme.  This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want .....

In my previous article yesterday I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Accor Live Limitless loyalty .....

15 Jan 202315 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

This is the first of our overview series on the major hotel loyalty programmes, which hasn’t been updated for almost two years. Each scheme will be covered over two articles on consecutive days. .....

This is the first of our overview series on the major hotel loyalty programmes, which hasn’t been .....

14 Jan 202314 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Many hotel chains let you use your points to pay for food, drink and spa treatments whilst a guest.  Is it ever worthwhile, or would you be better saving your points for another free night in the .....

Many hotel chains let you use your points to pay for food, drink and spa treatments whilst a guest.  Is .....

24 Dec 202224 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Europcar is a major player on the car rental scene in Europe (the company is based in France) although it has a lower profile than the two big boys, Hertz and Avis Budget. It was, historically, .....

Europcar is a major player on the car rental scene in Europe (the company is based in France) although it has .....

23 Dec 202223 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

With hotel companies rolling over elite status for one or two years during the pandemic, as well as reducing their elite status requirements in 2021, I have found myself with top tier status in .....

With hotel companies rolling over elite status for one or two years during the pandemic, as well as reducing .....

20 Dec 202220 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Two bits of Accor Live Limitless news today – another bonus points offer, and a transfer bonus for anyone who picks up Flying Blue miles. The transfer rate into Flying Blue has also been hugely .....

Two bits of Accor Live Limitless news today – another bonus points offer, and a transfer bonus for .....

10 Dec 202210 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I said we’d do an extra Black Friday article if anything interesting cropped up and (thanks to readers for the info) there are two interesting gift card deals worth flagging. The first is .....

I said we’d do an extra Black Friday article if anything interesting cropped up and (thanks to readers .....

25 Nov 202225 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments