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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From 10 Hour Flights To 4: How Looser Regulations And Mach-Speed Breakthroughs Will Reshape Air Travel Sooner Than Anyone Expected

Feb 17 2025

If regulations are changed to allow for supersonic flight over land while controlling for noise, then there will be technological development and we’ll eventually see commercial flight at faster speeds. It’s unclear whether Boom Supersonic in particular gets there. But ultimately the technology is possible – and needs to advance enough so that the economics supports it.

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Inside Bilt’s Disruptive Play: CEO Ankur Jain Details Tailored Credit Models, 250K Point Rewards & 5–10% Cost Savings For Partners

Feb 16 2025

What Bilt has done is found a way to solve the distribution problem. Card companies pay airlines billions of dollars for help finding customers. Bilt spun up from scratch, created a brand and pipeline for finding customers that partners are interested in reaching. They want to earn Bilt’s points and benefits. And that is worth billions of dollars.

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‘No DoorDash, No Leftovers, No Exceptions’ This Marriott Courtyard’s Policy Tells Guests Eat Here Or Go Hungry

Feb 16 2025

A Marriott Courtyard has a sign posted on every floor that ‘outside food and drink’ is not allowed. Like a movie theater, if you want to eat at the hotel you have to buy your food from them. You can’t carry in food (or leftovers from where you went to dinner), and you can’t order DoorDash either.

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