Monthly Archives for August 2017.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Whole Foods is known alternately known as ‘Whole Paycheck’ although their 365 store-brand items are often competitively priced. They do have better meat, fish, and vegetables than the median grocery chain. And they’ll play a fascinating role in Amazon’s future as the online retail giant completes its acquisition.
Hyatt Visa cardholders can get a $20 statement credit when making a single purchase of $50 or more by September 25.
Passengers streamed off a jet bridge late one night in Phuket, Thailand – only there doesn’t appear to be a plane anywhere in sight that they’re disembarking from.
New York City spent $72 million on hotel rooms for the homeless last year.
Now one City Council member has introduced legislation that would require hotels to notify other guests when accepting the city’s homeless.
When we hear about drinking incidents on the part of crew they’re usually isolated, only a few at most per airline. So it’s striking that thirty Air India pilots have been found to have been drinking in preflight tests since 2014. That’s still not a common occurrence but it’s too common.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
When American Airlines first unveiled the details of its new Basic Economy fares — new restrictions on its existing lowest fares — I told you about some of the restrictions that American didn’t.
Customers booking Basic Economy fares are at the bottom of the list to be re-accommodated, even if things goes wrong and it’s American’s fault.
On Friday I wrote that American’s inaugural Boeing 737 MAX flight would be loaded over the weekend into schedules.
The domestic inaugural is planned for November 29 Miami – New York LaGuardia, though American warns that the aircraft could be used earlier than that as a replacement plane if needed.
I covered new hotel discount site Club1 Hotels when they first launched. They were offering free memberships for a year and many readers took advantage of it.
The website was a bit clunky, but there were plenty of deals. Because it’s a membership site they’re able to sell hotels for less than hotel websites and less than Expedia, Booking.com, and others.
The Business Travel Coalition’s Kevin Mitchell apparently sent out an email criticizing Delta’s call for protectionism against Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar. And Delta sent out an email attacking back.
There are a lot of vested interests in this debate and each side tries to advance its commercial case, including by hiring experts to represent them in the court of public opinion. There are also facts.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
