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Our cell phone geolocation data is tracked. Traffic cameras are plugged into government databases. Internet traffic is monitored. Who’d have thought the one place we could have true privacy is in public view in an airport parking lot?
It’s hard to remember the last broadly positive thing any major US airline has done for frequent flyers.
Why do you think American AAdvantage members are the loudest about recent frequent flyer program changes? There’s not a ton of difference between the programs anymore. Delta is less trustworthy. American has worse award space. United doesn’t offer top tier elites international upgrades on any fare. So there are differences, but not nearly as much as there used to be.
Chinese civil aviation regulations forbid the use of mobile phones inflight – even in airplane mode – but they do not forbid the use of tablets.
I know this but out of habit had my phone out and was scolded for it by a flight attendant on China Eastern last year. I was perplexed for a moment, trying to explain that the phone was in airplane mode.
I’ve been following the work of Chris Guillebeau for a long time. Chris has visited every country in the world and he did it as a miles and points guy, he wrote an introductory guide that I covered back in 2009.
His books always hit the New York Times best seller list.
Hilton’s big changes this year have been all about making small amounts of points useful. They got rid of their award chart along with free points pooling across members, and promised a new shop with points experience with Amazon to replace their existing HHonors merchandise redemptions.
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.
Delta is touting that their Seattle Sky Club was ‘awarded “North America’s Leading Airport Lounge 2017” by the World Travel Awards this weekend.’
I don’t even know where to begin with this.
The American Express Centurion Lounge at Dallas Fort-Worth is going to be moving from its current D14 location to opposite space near gate D17 “on the mezzanine” level and “just inside security.”
The top 6 credit card issuers handle 61% of credit card purchase volume.
Chase is the market leader by a wide margin. American Express and Citibank traded places after Citibank took the Costco co-brand card from Amex, which had been American Express’ largest cobrand deal and substantially larger than Delta at number two (Starwood is number three).
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 »
