RewardsPilot for hospitality
Restaurants, bars, hotels and caterers pay the same suppliers every week: food, drink, laundry, rent and utilities, plus a large staff payroll. Each bill paid through RewardsPilot earns 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of net spend. Nine of RewardsPilot's members are hospitality businesses, from a Highland hotel to a Knightsbridge restaurant.
The bills that earn
- Food and drink wholesaler invoices
- Rent and service charges
- Utilities and waste
- Staff payroll through CrestPay
- VAT bills
What members in the sector do
- A dairy supplier to the trade put £28,000 of supplier invoices through in a month.
- Hospitality members include a Highland hotel, a Knightsbridge restaurant, a cafe bar, a caterer and a beer and wine wholesaler.
- Members in the sector state between £20,000 and £100,000 a month of supplier spend and up to £100,000 of payroll.
Figures are RewardsPilot members’ own, rounded, with no business named.
A typical month
| Supplier bills | Payroll | HMRC bills | Eligible spend | Points a month | Points a year | Or cash a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £40,000 | £50,000 | £20,000 | £110,000 | 440,000 | 5,280,000 | £3,300 |
A month of £40,000 supplier bills, £50,000 payroll and £20,000 HMRC bills is £110,000 of eligible spend: 440,000 points a month, 5,280,000 a year, or £3,300 a month as cash. At 4 points per £1 of net spend; each point is one airline mile. See what the points buy on the Avios calculator.
Questions
Can rent be paid through RewardsPilot?
Yes. Rent against a landlord's invoice or rent demand is a business bill, paid by bank transfer with the reference.
Do drinks wholesaler accounts count?
Yes. Each invoice or monthly statement is submitted with its pay-by date and paid to the wholesaler's account.
How does a restaurant group earn points with RewardsPilot?
By paying the bills it already pays through the programme: supplier invoices, payroll through CrestPay, and HMRC bills such as VAT and PAYE. RewardsPilot invoices the business, pays the bill on its behalf, and credits 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of the net amount when the invoice payment clears.
Does the supplier or HMRC know the difference?
No. The payee is paid by bank transfer with the business's own reference, on time: RewardsPilot's invoice is due one day before the bill's pay-by date.
What are the points worth?
Each point transfers to one airline mile, Avios included, for flights, upgrades, hotels and car hire. Or the business sells them back for cash at 3% of the spend behind them, paid within 24 hours. Points never expire.
What does it cost?
There is no subscription or set-up fee for qualifying clients. RewardsPilot's invoice carries VAT on its service; for a VAT-registered business using it for taxable activities that VAT is intended to be recoverable through the normal VAT return, subject to its own position. This is not tax advice.
Programme facts come from the published RewardsPilot rate and the Rewards Programme Rules. Rewards are corporate rewards earned on genuine business expenditure. Other sectors: Construction and trades · Logistics and haulage · Recruitment and staffing · Wholesale, retail and e-commerce · Facilities and cleaning · Care providers.