Emirates has closed its lounge at New York JFK for renovations and won’t re-open until “early 2018” though in my experience most airport construction projects delay. In the meantime anyone who would have received lounge access gets a voucher to use for food in the terminal.
Equifax blew it, though theirs is hardly the first hack. Personal data isn’t safe, and that should make us skeptical of centralized databases of personal information regardless of who collects it. Indeed, the entire system of using social security numbers of personal identifiers has been broken.
We’re stuck dealing with the consequences, and while the average consumer maybe should get a credit freeze I’m not going to, it’s a pain and slows down the credit origination process and not all issuers will follow up manually to get permission to access your credit.
Mike Helms caught a glimpse of another moment of honor that’s both special and far more somber last week as everyone on a Delta flight remains seated on arrival in Oklahoma City while the body of a fallen soldier is taken off the plane and returned to her waiting family.
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Vampires actually seem to be the second most likely explanation after substance abuse for a woman who walked into the bar of the Raintree Inn in New Castle, Indiana and asked for a Coke.
Marriott Courtyard San Diego Mission Valley guest Andrew James Harris “got into a friendly conversation with a woman and two men relaxing in the hot tub.” He asked them why they were at the hotel, and they told him “[t]heir crack lab had blown up.”
While a career as a pilot is more accessible to women than ever before, it remains heavily male-dominated and culturally masculine.
German airline Condor, which serves a dozen U.S. destinations including my home city of Austin, is issuing a stern warning to pilots not to film flight attendants having sex in flight.
It seems that several Motel 6 properties in the Phoenix area have been leaving the light on for La Migra. As a result “[a]t least 20 undocumented people were arrested at two Motel 6 locations between February and August.”
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 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.
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 »
