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Breaking: New Government Investigation Demands Airlines Expose Frequent Flyer Devaluations

Sep 05 2024

The Department of Transportation has just sent letters to United Airlines, American, Delta and Southwest demanding significant information about their frequent flyer programs – how they’ve changed the price of awards, whether they give advance notice of program changes to members, and how the value of their points has changed over the past six years.

United has consistently devalued its miles since eliminating award charts in 2019. Delta will charge more than 4 times as many miles for the same exact seat compared to its partners. Southwest has devalued its points 43% in twelve years.

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[Update: “Technical Glitch”] Aman Resorts Added to Hyatt’s Mr & Mrs Smith Collection—But You Can’t Book Them

Sep 01 2024

Unfortunately, back in April when Hyatt launched redemptions with Mr and Mrs Smith, Aman told me explicitly, “we will not be participating in this point redemption scheme with Hyatt and Mr & Mrs Smith.”

And yet it appears that several Aman properties now have Hyatt webpages under the Mr and Mrs Smith banner!

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