About Gary Leff

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 »

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Flyertalk Member Used Secret Congressional Fund to Settle Sexual Misconduct Charges

Dec 01 2017

Congressman Blake Farenthold from Corpus Christi, Texas posted as farenthold on Flyertalk. The
‘last activity’ in his profile shows he continued to check the site while a Member of Congress.

I did meet Congressman Farenthold once, at the inaugural EVA Air “Hello Kitty” flight to Houston. From his posts online, it’s not much of a surprise he’s caught up as the latest Member of Congress in sexual harassment allegations.

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TSA PreCheck Could Get Much Easier to Sign Up For After September 2018

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Dec 01 2017

TSA sought additional providers in 2016 to help expand PreCheck but Morpho Trust filed a bid protest (they were selected as one provider but not the sole provider) and then they sued. The agency gave up.

However Morpho’s sole source contract expires in September 2018. And TSA is re-opening competition for “what it calls Universal Enrollment Services (including PreCheck).”

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