The median traveler doesn’t go to an individual hotel chain’s site to book because they don’t start out knowing they want to stay at a Hilton or at the Marriott — they know they need a hotel and want to discover their options.
Amidst this back-and-forth over who offers the best deal and the best information to help consumers find the right how, it looks like Expedia may have quietly eliminated their best price guarantee October 18th.
Cathay Pacific launched its new US credit card back in February. It’s issued by Synchrony Bank — and any mileage-earning credit card not issued by Chase, American Express, or Citibank is worth looking at.
Two months ago they bumped the bonus to 50,000 points after $2500 spend within 90 days. The bounty went up without a concomitant increase in spend required to earn it.
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“A stewardess was caught getting [business] on board as a prostitute. She was caught business-carding it — trying to drum up [business] on a flight.”
“She only got sacked because she changed hotel rooms but she hadn’t informed her [customers] that she had — and they were turning up looking for her.”
American Airlines introduced domestic first class pre-order meals five years ago this month.
According to an internal document American is improving the feature. Starting November 8 they aren’t just going to let you choose from the two onboard options on meal flights going forward.
Marriott will give you 1000 points for answering a simple question on Twitter.
Here’s the question — and the answer.
Business class fares originating in Europe to the US are often cheaper than fares which originate in the U.S.
Save the miles, save the fuel surcharges, and consider buying the one-way that’s sold cheaply while using miles for the expensive ticket.
Plastiq is a great service. It lets you pay bills by charging them to your credit card. This way you have credit card spend and earn miles, and you can also manage cashflow too (pay the bill now, at the beginning of a credit card’s billing cycle, and pay in six weeks or so when the card’s bill is due).
However Plastiq has been running into several problems recently. Perhaps this is predictable.
Delta’s new Airbus A350s feature 48 premium economy seats and also 32 business class suites with doors.
Award space is pretty much non-existent on the initially announced routes. They announced two new routes this past week though and seem to have forgotten to block business class saver awards.
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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 »
