A woman is suing the Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square after finding a camera inside the alarm clock at her bedside though it seems like it was placed there by a person who was pretending to be CEO of a nonexistent company, flew her into town for a job interview, checked her into the hotel under a fake name and provided her with the key. What?
Do parents with crying babies have just as much right to be on the plane as you do?
The TSA missed a can of bear spray going through the checkpoint. But after clearing security a passenger realized it was in their bag and threw it away. A custodian accidentally set it off.
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Bilt Rewards has introduced Bilt Dining where you’ll automatically earn 5 points per dollar spent at participating restaurants when you pay using any credit card that you’ve added to your Bilt Wallet in the Bilt Rewards mobile app.
You may be familiar with the dining programs of airlines and hotel programs, run through third party Rewards Network. This is a different program, being built from the ground up with restaurants that in many cases are quite good – that you’ll actually want to eat at – rather than just being financially-strapped restaurants that need Rewards Network funding.
A Southwest Airlines passenger spilled food on the floor of the aircraft prior to departure. And a flight attendant wasn’t having it. She demanded that the culprit fess up and clean up – otherwise nobody would be going anywhere.
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In February I detailed the upcoming launch of a Wells Fargo Choice Privileges card. That card is now available, there is also a premium card too, and both have limited-time offers.
The Hyatt Place Salt Lake City Airport charges a mandatory food and restaurant fee equal to 8.75% of your room rate. This is literally a fee for your free breakfast, and to pay for a restaurant that does not exist.
You should register, because it’s right in front of you and you won’t remember to do it later.
Even if you don’t think you’ll have Hilton stays during the promotion period, you might, and 2,000 or 4,000 points is better than not 2,000 or 4,000 points. You shouldn’t shift your choice of hotel chasing this promotion, but you should pick up the extra points for stays you’re going to make anyway.
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 »
