Marriott is launching a new ad campaign tonight during NFL football centered around its loyalty program and members. They’re not focusing on the features and benefits of members, but people who are members having experiences at their hotels. The campaign will run globally including in Canada, China, the U.K., Germany, Mexico, France, Brazil, and India.
There’s something meta about marketing your marketing program.
I wrote last month about amazing business class award availability on Austrian across all of their US routes. Some of that space is still out there, and you can use miles with United, Aeroplan, LifeMiles, or other Star Alliance carriers to book it.
A couple of days ago I wrote about phenomenal award availability on United’s Brussels and Amsterdam flights. More opportunities to book not just one or two seats in business class across the Pond.
We’re seeing more deep discount airline flash sales than ever before, but most of those are for economy travel.
Business class sales are more rare, at least outside of peak holiday dates like Thanksgiving and Christmas where there’s no business travel so while planes are full that’s driving up coach prices but few people buying international premium cabins out of pocket.
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Back in June I shared a hotel housekeeping confession. On Monday I shared an investigation which found a hotel not changing sheets in New York.
The full investigation contends that three of nine hotels checked by Inside Edition didn’t change sheets between guest check-ins.
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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.
Visa Signature’s ‘Luxury Hotel Collection’ is offering a stackable promotion that’s really quite amazing for stays at Waldorf=Astoria, Conrad, and Hilton’s Curio hotels.
You can get second night free on two night stays, a $75 gift card rebate, in-room benefits like $25 for food and beverage plus late checkout, breakfast, and upgrades. And earn points with Hilton’s current promotion, too. Thanks Visa!!!
If you book by Wednesday September 14th you can save 22% – 25% on Delta SkyMiles roundtrips between the mainland US and Hawaii. That’s up to 25,000 miles off.
This is available in all classes of service — regular coach, extra legroom coach, first class, and international business class on the handful of routes that operates to Hawaii.
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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 »
