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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Get 50,000 Bonus Points For One Marriott Homes & Villas Stay

May 02 2024

Marriott Homes & Villas is a place to book homesharing stays. They aren’t a platform like Airbnb, where owners list directly. Instead they source inventory from other platforms like Vacasa, earn a commission, and rebate part of that back to you.

They’re celebrating their fifth anniversary and have a pretty great offer for Marriott elites: 50,000 bonus points…

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Embraer Enters The Chat: Looks At Filling Void Left By Boeing As World Clamors For Jets

May 02 2024

Boeing’s reputation is in tatters, and their manufacturing capacity has been throttled by the government and a need to revamp quality control processes. Airbus can’t keep up with demand, and has its own delivery delay issues. Both are booked up with sales for the next several years, regardless.

The world may desperately need another mainline jet manufacturer.

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J.W. Marriott Masai Mara Guests Barely Escaped With Their Lives As Floods Ravaged Property

May 01 2024

The JW Marriott Masai Mara opened last year and by all reports has been a special place. Unfortunately guests this week experienced a different sort of adventure than the one they had planned – a life-threatening one. Although the area has experienced floods as recently as 2019 and 2020, like other properties in the area the resort doesn’t appear to have been built to withstand them.

Guest rooms were flooded, and guests nearly washed away. Without the quick action of hotel staff, many lives would have been lost.

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United MileagePlus Rolling Out More Devaluations, Intra-Europe And Asia Business Class Prices Skyrocket

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May 01 2024

It began last week watching the prices for Lufthansa and ANA first class awards skyrocket but apparently United wasn’t done devaluing its MileagePlus miles.

Days ago business class intra-Europe over 800 miles was 27,500 miles. Now it’s 45,000 to 49,500. Short-haul business class is now 33,000 miles. The devaluation stretches to intra-Asia redemptions as well.

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