A few days ago I outlined Hyatt’s outstanding “Big Welcome Back” two stays earns a free night at any Hyatt worldwide promotion. The registration page is now live. Register.
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for March 2010.
2 Days Left to Enter to Win a Free Trip (Air Hotel Meals) to Australia’s Gold Coast
You can enter the contest here at View from the Wing by leaving a tip in this thread. Pearls of Travel Wisdom has written an extensive FAQ on the BoardingArea/American Express Gold Coast trip giveaway. The list of 20 participating BoardingArea.com blogs are here, you can enter once at each blog.
Will This Blog Get You Into Trouble with the SEC?
A reader points me to a story that apparently the Securities and Exchange Commission figured out that frequent flyer miles are code for insider trading, at least in the case of Igor Poteroba and Aleksey Koval. Among the means of communication used to illegally tip and trade on the inside information were coded e-mail messages that referred to securities and money as “frequent flyer miles” and “potatoes.” .. Poteroba: Keep me posted as to how * * * [m]any frequent flier miles you’ve got this far and how many you plan to get by Friday[.] Will be in Boston tomorrow[.] Plans for a trip look fine so far[.] Worst case we can get a refund by Monday, hopefully we do not[.] Koval: As I mentioned, I just got into this frequent flyer program. I got…
Which Airlines Honor Mistake Fares?
Scott McCartney‘s excellent Middle Seat column covers the final resolution to the British Airways India mistake fare ($40 + taxes/fees for full fare coach). BA lost a small claims case, and settled another. The Department of Transportation has said that airlines should at least ‘make consumers whole’ if they cancel tickets, covering costs that consumers have incurred as a result of the mistake fare. Most useful in the piece is the analysis of who has a policy to honor mistake fares: UAL Corp.’s United Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., JetBlue Airways Corp. and Singapore Airlines all say their policy is to not cancel tickets even when a mistake is discovered, no matter how large the error. “That is the right thing to do,” says United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski. In 2007, United honored a…
Behind the Scenes of the No Fly List
Via Bruce Schneier, this piece does a good job explaining the process that names go through in getting on the list, and distinguishing between the various watch lists, selectee list, and no fly list. Schneier catches this bit of stupidity from the article: If a person on the no-fly list dies, his name could stay on the list so that the government can catch anyone trying to assume his identity. … and adds: But since a terrorist might assume anyone’s identity, by the same logic we should put everyone on the no-fly list.
Twitter Giveaway: 2 Free Hyatt Place Hotel Nights and 2 Months’ Personal Assistant Services from TaskUs.com
I recently gave away two Hyatt Place hotel nights and two months’ personal assistant services each to two lucky readers of this blog. I admit, these giveaways take up time and attention, especially while I’m on the road. And there are more coming, I mentioned that I’ll be giving away a high-end laptop bag shortly. And of course there’s the American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card-Boarding Area Australia Gold Coast trip giveaway which you can enter here, it includes airfare and hotel and meals, plus cash and cash equivalents to cover taxes on the prize. So this blog has definitely been inundated with reader giveaways of late. And in between international first class cabins, beach resorts, and the like (trip report of some sort likely coming), I’ve still managed to let y’all know about Hyatt’s…
Please Enter to Win the Australia Gold Coast, My Contest Entry Thread is Lonely
BoardingArea is running a giveaway of a trip for 2 to Australia’s Gold Coast — airfare, 7 nights hotel, and meals. You can enter here. Each of the Boarding Area blogs offers a chance to win, the list of participating blogs is here. Honestly, I was late to the party, flying on the other side of the world when we were allowed to post this. So I currently have fewer entries on my blog than Lucky has on his. But I want to win! I want to show that my blog’s readers are the best, the strongest, and most deserving of the prize. So I want us to have the most entries — so do me a favor? Enter to win! I appreciate it. 🙂
Hyatt’s Faster Free Nights Promo is Back!
At least that’s what I’ll always call it. Last year it was “The Big Welcome” promotion, and now it’s “The Big Welcome Back.” No matter, the crux of it is still the same: every two stays earns a free night for use anywhere in the world. Of course, you have the option of taking 5000 Hyatt Gold Passport points instead, and you can bank those, whereas the free nights must be used by August 31 (historically Hyatt has offered to extend the validity of these nights, especially for their Diamond members, but this is by no means guaranteed). The short time in which to use the free nights means some will actually prefer points. But in general the free night is a much better option, claimed at a top tier porperty that usually requires 18,000…
A Milestone in the History of the View from the Wing Blog
View from the Wing‘s bottom line: “only sometimes-insufferable.” Working hard to become only occasionally insufferable. Let me know how I’m doing, progressing towards that goal…!
Hyatt Place Giveaway Winners
And the winners are… Chosen at random by Random.org from amongst the comments left during the contest period… “Dick Simard” “Sully” I’ll be in touch with you both to arrange receipt of the 2 free Hyatt Place nights and 2 months of personal assistant services. Congratulations! Meanwhile, stay tuned because I’m going to give away another prize package exclusively on Twitter. Be sure to follow @garyleff. Update: Hyatt Place is also giving away two months of personal assistant services from TaskUs.com here (hat tip: Hotel Checkin).
