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There’s a new “Hyatt affiliate hotel” the Hotel Levent Istanbul (formerly Marriott Edition) that’s a category 7 redemption. That means free rooms cost 30,000 points per night.
Paid rooms are under $140 right now, while on a cash and points redemption a member should have to pay $300 plus 15,000 points — and the hotel would get over $100 for those points!
SkyTeam member Middle East Airlines had to divert its flight ME203 from Beirut to London on Wednesday after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant and then got into a fist fight with another passenger who rose to the crew member’s defense.
The Department of Justice announced 18 months ago that they were investigating the US airlines for unlawful collusion to limit capacity and increase airfares.
That investigation has been closed because the DOJ “hasn’t found evidence” to warrant pursuing a case.
Wells Fargo lets you design your own credit card or debit card — put whatever image and slogan on it you wish, although they have rules because they’re a big company with lots of lawyers. So no trademarked images, they don’t want to get sued. And nothing controversial, because they don’t want to be in the news.
But what they decide counts as controversial itself can wind up in the news.
A woman turned up at her gate at London Stansted airport late and the boarding door was already closed — so she attacked the gate agent.
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.
Most airlines that belong to a global alliance – Star, oneworld, SkyTeam – partner mostly with airlines inside of that alliance. They may have non-alliance partners as well, though those are often limited. For instance American Airlines partners with airlines such as Air Tahiti Nui and Etihad which aren’t part of any alliance.
There’s only a limited number of cases where an airline that is a part of one alliance partners with an airline that’s in another alliance.
For over a decade Hilton American Express co-brand credit card holders had access to discounted four night redemptions. These had to be booked by phone and were known as ‘AXON’ awards.
A reader told me they had heard these awards were discontinued at the end of 2016. I hadn’t heard anything about this, so I reached out to Hilton and an HHonors representative confirmed that these awards are toast
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 »
