Monthly Archives for February 2023.
Chalk this up to another cost cut, where a major hotel chain eats into its brand by charging guests as much or more than before while delivering less. It’s Westin exiting the wellness space without saying they’re exiting the wellness space.
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.
U.S. Customs has seized cash from 13 travelers who were departing the United States just at Washington Dulles airport in the first six weeks of the year.
It’s widely known that you have to declare when you’re bringing over $10,000 in cash into the United States. You have to do the same when you’re leaving. Most people have no idea, and wouldn’t even know how to do it!
There’s a meme circulating in financial twitter that airline frequent flyer programs are worth more than the market cap of the airline itself, which means the market is assigning negative value to the airline itself. The unstated implication here is that the airline should quit the flying and focus on the core credit card business.
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.
JSX flies Embraer regional jets in a premium configuration from private terminals. You can buy tickets for scheduled service on their website, and earn miles from United or JetBlue.
They operate mostly in California, Texas, the Southwest and up the East Coast between Florida and Texas, they have a premium seating configuration, and everyone is friendly. Plus they have StarLink satellite internet. And now more free food and amenities.
Richard Branson pledged he would do launch a new Virgin airline in the U.S. if Alaska Airlines dropped the name, which suggests Branson certainly thought use of the trademark reverted to Virgin. He repeated the claim multiple times.
Virgin’s position at the Commercial Court of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales is that Branson was effectively lying – that Virgin had no right to use the trademark for an airline in the U.S. anymore – and that Alaska Airlines had purchased the exclusive right through 2039 whether they used it or not.
Earlier today there was a small fire at New York JFK’s terminal 1 which caused an electrical panel to fail. It closed down the terminal. Many flights diverted, while Air New Zealand flight 2 non-stop from Auckland made a 16 hour flight to nowhere – while the pilots argued with the company to press on.
All of a sudden flying objects in the sky became focal, we started worrying about the Chinese and First Contact, and it looks like at least one of the objects was a missing balloon that looks like it belongs to a hobbyist club in Illinois?
Last month I was first to write about the new Centurion New York with food by chef Daniel Boulud coming to the 55th floor of One Vanderbilt, about a block from the Hyatt Grand Central (former Grand Hyatt).
We now know exactly what to expect – and that all American Express cardmembers will be able to make reservations for dining.
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 »
