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Most domestic airline passengers should book two one-way tickets, instead of buying a roundtrip. Yet people buy roundtrips. Here’s why you may be buying your airline tickets all wrong – you’ll save money and have greater flexibility.
The hotel incentivizes giving 9s and 10s. A hotel that actually wants to be better would incentivize providing constructive feedback. Here they incentivize helping them skirt Marriott brand standards. That’s the most franchised Marriott thing ever.
Flight attendants for United Airlines are allowed to drink while on duty in certain circumstances. So are flight attendants for Air Canada.
There’s a strange reason that American Airlines serves meals in first class between Chicago O’Hare and Denver.
The AI knows everything that isn’t secret. Your knowledge of public information will approach zero value. What isn’t published, then, becomes relatively more unique and valuable. Trading secrets’ – getting out and having discussions with people, trading off-the-record information and gossip becomes more valuable.
After arriving into Manhattan by BLADE helicopter I caught a Lyft over to Hyatt’s Hotel 50 Bowery in Chinatown.
This was actually my first JdV property. I was a little bit excited over it because this is one of the brands that Hyatt acquired as part of its Two Roads Hospitality purchase seven years ago – news that I broke several days before it was announced.
Marriott Bonvoy is looking to make a couple of hires that suggest changes coming to the program.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
A reader was checking into the Hyatt Union Square and asked prior to arrival about possible suite upgrades. They were told a standard suite was available, it would be provided if they wanted to use a confirmed suite upgrade, but they would not honor a complimentary elite upgrade to a suite.
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 »
