If you weren’t successful in the Marriott Bonvoy points auctions for tickets to the NFL games in London next month, there is another option. VIP tickets for the first of the Frankfurt games in .....

If you weren’t successful in the Marriott Bonvoy points auctions for tickets to the NFL games in London .....

26 Sep 202326 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is our review of The St Regis Jakarta hotel. After a brief one-night stopover at the Fairfield Jakarta Airport, we made the St Regis Jakarta our base for the remaining 2 nights in the city. I .....

This is our review of The St Regis Jakarta hotel. After a brief one-night stopover at the Fairfield Jakarta .....

25 Sep 202325 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

The end of the next week sees a major change to American Express cards – the end of pro-rata fee refunds. We will look at this again in more detail tomorrow. Today I want to look at another .....

The end of the next week sees a major change to American Express cards – the end of pro-rata fee .....

24 Sep 202324 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

This is our review of the Fairfield by Marriott hotel at Jakarta’s main international airport. I recently spent a week in Indonesia, in Jakarta and Bali. This gave me a chance to take a look at .....

This is our review of the Fairfield by Marriott hotel at Jakarta’s main international airport. I .....

23 Sep 202323 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 38 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at the O2 Arena in London. If you’ve never been, this is a great way to see a concert – or at least it is about as good as .....

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at the O2 Arena in London. If you’ve .....

22 Sep 202322 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has launched two generous cashback deals for American Express cardholders. If targeted, you will find these under the ‘Offers’ tab for one or more of your cards on the Amex .....

Marriott Bonvoy has launched two generous cashback deals for American Express cardholders. If targeted, you .....

21 Sep 202321 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

There was a lot of concern in early 2023 about the ‘status cliff’, with literally millions of frequent travellers due to lose their airline or hotel status due to reduced 2022 travel and .....

There was a lot of concern in early 2023 about the ‘status cliff’, with literally millions of .....

16 Sep 202316 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Marriott Bonvoy is continuing its association with the annual London NFL games and has just added tickets for the October fixtures at the Tottenham Hotspur and Wembley football stadiums. As with last .....

Marriott Bonvoy is continuing its association with the annual London NFL games and has just added tickets for .....

12 Sep 202312 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Of all the major hotel groups, Marriott has taken the biggest strides into competing directly with Airbnb with ‘Homes & Villas by Marriott’. For bookings made by 24th September, .....

Of all the major hotel groups, Marriott has taken the biggest strides into competing directly with Airbnb with .....

9 Sep 20239 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

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 Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

6 Sep 20236 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

All of the major hotel points currencies allow you to transfer your points into airline miles.  You will often find the airlines encouraging it – every 9-10 months, pre covid, British .....

All of the major hotel points currencies allow you to transfer your points into airline miles.  You will .....

3 Sep 20233 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This article is our attempt to decide what Marriott Bonvoy points are worth. How should you value them? Valuing miles and points is a thankless job. We have always published articles on what Avios .....

This article is our attempt to decide what Marriott Bonvoy points are worth. How should you value them? .....

2 Sep 20232 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

News in brief: Luxair launching a new route to Manchester Following the recent launch of its London City to Antwerp route, reviewed here, Luxair is turning to Manchester. From 1st April 2024, it will .....

News in brief: Luxair launching a new route to Manchester Following the recent launch of its London City to .....

31 Aug 202331 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has launched its Autumn promotion. You can register here. It has two elements to it: This means, in theory, you could earn 2,500 bonus points per stay, although in reality it is likely .....

Marriott Bonvoy has launched its Autumn promotion. You can register here. It has two elements to it: This .....

30 Aug 202330 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments