What Hyatt 40 Night Benefit Should You Choose?

by Gary Leff

cityscape
Aug 07 2019

What Hyatt 40 night benefit is best? Hyatt offers additional benefits for every 10 elite nights you earn. And now that award stays count (so Chase Sapphire Preferred Card points transfers can be used for stays, which help earn additional benefits), and that you get 5 elite nights each year just for having the The World Of Hyatt Credit Card and spending on the card continues to earn more elite nights, it’s easier than ever to reach additional benefit milestones. # Nights Or Benefit 10 25k base points or 3 meetings Discoverist 20 35k base points 2 club lounge access awards 30 50k base points or 10 meetings Explorist, 2 club access awards, cat 1-4 free night 40 65k base points 5k points or $100 Hyatt gift card or 10k points off FIND experience 50…

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Make a Green Choice Program Still Generating Protests By Marriott Housekeepers

by Gary Leff

marriott poster
Aug 07 2019

Back in the fall when Marriott was facing housekeeping strikes, guests were getting flyers under their doors protesting the Make a Green Choice program.

Marriott encourages you to fly out and visit their hotels, eat beef in the restaurant, extend your stay by flying your family out too, but what you’re really doing that’s harming the environment is having your room tidied. I’ve always found it odd that a hotel chain promotes the idea that their housekeepers are bad for the environment.

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American Airlines About to Drop a Big List of New Routes and Network Changes

by Gary Leff

american plush airplane
Aug 07 2019

I’ve previously predicted Chicago – Krakow and Philadelphia – Casablanca so I’ll still with those. (They weren’t final by any means when I heard about them.) Since there’ll be several routes announced there should be something from the Qantas JV, it’ll include Europe changes, and also bundle small ball North America stuff. I expect that changes will probably be less heavy in South America – even though airline President Robert Isom just made a trip there – pending the LATAM joint venture.

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Asia Fare War, Several U.S. Cities to Several Asian Destinations From $305 Roundtrip

by Gary Leff

Aug 06 2019

There seems to be a major fare war that’s just dropped between the U.S. and Asia.

Departures are available from at least New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Las Vegas (and possibly other cities) to places including Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, and Tokyo. Prices start at just $305 roundtrip and deals are available on airlines in all three alliances.

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Worst Airplane Seat Ever: Passenger Photographed in ‘Backless’ Seat

by Gary Leff

easyjet
Aug 06 2019

Whenever Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary has been out of the news for awhile he suggests charging passengers to use the lavatory or squeezing more passengers into planes by making them all stand up throughout flight. His message is that they keep costs down and flying with them is cheap.

However Ryanair’s primary competitor, easyJet, is reported to have beaten them to the punch with ‘backless seats’.

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When Things Go Wrong With an Airline, It’s the Whole Industry That Suffers

by Gary Leff

southwest plane
Aug 05 2019

David Dao getting dragged off of a United Express flight was a worldwide moment. It focused attention on involuntary denied boardings. It generated outrage. And United, Delta and American all looked closely at their approach. United’s stock recovered quickly, passenger numbers held, and the airline continued to grow. Two years later United suffers no drag at all from David Dao, but it’s the industry that has shifted.

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