There’s been lots of controversy and confusion surrounding Hyatt’s program changes going into effect March 1. I’ve had plenty of thoughts about what the changes mean and there are things I really don’t like (and not just the new names for elite tiers).
I’ve formulated a hotel elite status plan for myself going forward, in light of these changes.
Spain is on sale starting at $359 with SkyTeam airlines Delta, Air France, and KLM. Travel is available December through May.
Overwater segments I’m seeing are on Delta regardless of which SkyTeam carrier’s code is on the flight and any travel intra-Spain is on Air Europa.
IHG Rewards Club sent out an email to members to let them know that if they do not book direct, they will no longer provide full program benefits.
The head of the Brisbane, Australia airport is projecting Dallas service when Qantas gets Boeing 787s next year.
When Qantas operated Sydney – Dallas with a Boeing 747, the plane made a stop in Brisbane in one direction.
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You may be familiar with — and even outraged by — the famous lawsuit against McDonald’s by Stella Liebeck who was burned by hot coffee.
The jury’s $2.7 million award has long been a poster child for tort reform (the judge actually reduced her award to $480,000).
We now have a new McDoanld’s case from the skies. A 15 year old flying Los Angeles – Sydney is suing Virgin Australia after getting burned by hot coffee.
Chase extended its British Airways partnership in May 2015 and a month later American Express announced you’d no longer be able to transfer Membership Rewards points 1:1 into British Airways come that fall. Presumably the British Airways-Chase deal precluded other card products from having 1:1 earning with BA.
With Bose out with the new QC 35 noise cancelling headphones the price of QC20s dropped from $299 to $249. And Amazon has them further reduced to $199. That’s a phenomenal deal on Bose noise cancelling headphones, which I don’t travel without.
Just in time for the holidays, you can have free checked bags on American Airlines. You can have Priority Boarding, too, which means you’ll get on the plane early enough that there’s still overhead bin space available. And forget long check-in lines, if you have to check in with a person rather than online or at a kiosk you get to use Priority Check-in.
These are benefits of “oneworld ruby” status, the entry-level status of American’s oneworld partners.
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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 »
