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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Why Marriott Suite Night Awards Don’t Clear

Jan 04 2021

Just because a room is available for sale doesn’t mean a member requesting a Suite Night Award will be upgraded to it if Marriott forecasts that the room will be sold.

A room can be available 24 hours prior to check-in, but Marriott’s systems will still hold back the inventory to possibly sell to someone rather than upgrade the member into that room.

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13 Ways to Make Flying Economy More Enjoyable

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Jan 03 2021

You can make flying economy more enjoyable. It doesn’t have to be the miserable experience most of us have come to expect if you know these 13 tricks. So let’s look forward to when everyone is traveling again and talk about staying comfortable on a long flight, when your class of service isn’t going to do it for you?

If you know these 13 things ahead of time you can make flying economy more enjoyable.

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Hotel Guests Jump From Rooftop Bar At The Grand Hyatt Nashville, Speed Off In A Car Across The Street

Jan 03 2021

Two hotel guests BASE jumped off the 25th floor rooftop bar at the Grand Hyatt Nashville on Friday evening as other patrons caught the scene on video.

The jumpers parachuted “across the road and landed in an adjacent parking lot.” They then got into a car that was parked in the lot and headed off. They’re now banned from the hotel, and remain at -large according to a police report.

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