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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Hyatt’s Elevated Credit Card Offers: Start 2025 Earning More Free Nights And Suites

by Gary Leff

Feb 01 2025

The start of the year is a great opportunity to get started with Hyatt. They’re the program that offers the most value transferring points from bank cards to a hotel program, and their status is the most generous of the major chains.

I especially enjoy confirmed suite upgrades at time of booking, real guaranteed late check-out (subject to availability at resorts, everywhere else it is usually proactively offered to me) and a breakfast benefit that actually spells out what breakfast is – and it’s not just ‘continental’.

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With So Many Seats Jammed Into Airbus A320s, Lufthansa Flight Attendants Forced Onto Folding Camping Chairs—Without Seatbelts

by Gary Leff

Feb 01 2025

Lufthansa keeps making strange decisions with the interiors of its aircraft, and not learning from the experience of other airlines. They’ve crammed so many seats into their Airbus A320neo aircraft that there’s virtually none left for the galley – and this leaves them to seat a flight attendant on a folding chair.

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New United Airlines Filing Signals Headquarters Move To Denver—Is Chicago On the Way Out?

by Gary Leff

Jan 31 2025

A year ago United filed a “large development review” plan with the City of Denver that did include adding 12 flight simulators for pilot training, but also allow for a new corporate campus that would support 5,000 employees, enough to move all the workers at the current Chicago Willis Tower headquarters.

They’ve now revealed more details about how the land at 17671 E. 64th Avenue east of Pena Boulevard near Denver’s airport would be developed.

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“She’d Race Into My Rooms Before Me To Steal Tips”: Marriott Housekeeper Catches Boss Red-Handed—Hotel Blamed A Guest

by Gary Leff

Jan 31 2025

A housekeeper at a Marriott hotel is complaining that all of her tips are being stolen. Guests are asked to tip, but the tips aren’t making it to the person who cleans their room. Instead, this employee says, their manager keeps going room to room to pick up the money before housekeepers enter, “she would race to get in my rooms before me to check if they were “vacant.”

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