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Grandad Archimedes vs Accor
Love’s young dream is over, and the rambutans have wilted. The calculations above …
Pomp and Points: Learning to Tell Them Apart
Before the final chapter of the Novotel Nara**** saga, I’d like to make an important …
This Cow's Not for Sale
There are cash cows, and then there are points cows. Guess which one I’ve been …
Accor Toujours
When it comes to supporting naive status chasers, Accor is nobody’s fool. Madame …
C’est si bon!
C’est si bon, say the French, about very nearly everything. Except, as it turns out, …
Intellectual Security
A lot of interesting things have piled up to tell you about. But one story won’t …
Lonely as a SkyTeam Cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o’er lounge and gate, when all at …
Strike While the Iron's Hot? Not Quite
We’ll catch up as the shinkansens roll along. July hotel prices in Japan sprang an …
First Semester 2026: 195 Nights
Nomads come in all sorts: hotel nomads, Airbnb nomads, hostel nomads. And every last one …
How to Buy €110 for $57?
Well, knock me down with a feather! Antoine Al-Mourjan ran back and forth across a bridge …
Accor Platinum for 1 Night
Our old acquaintance Kai, the content machine, wrote something useful yesterday. Accor has …
Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16
Bonjour, bloody hell. My favourite hotel in Macau, damn it. It was. The hotel is old — …
Rove: 32,692 Miles
A long slog has finally come to an end. The start of the story is at this link. Along the …
Accor Stay Plus
Those mischievous Parisians won’t let you pay with points if you’ve selected …
Miles, Smiles and Monkey Business
While I wage an unequal battle with Rove’s legal department over 32,692 miles at a …
Where Are the Miles, Lebowski?
They’re spread thickly, like Marmite, across ordinary non-chain hotels. That’s …