May
09
2016
It seems so obvious, given Hilton’s URL structure, now that a reader mentions it…
Two Words You Need to Google to Get Great Targeted Offers
New Lounges and New United Service Lets You Give Gifts to Passengers
May
08
2016
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.
Passenger Threatens BOMB When Flight Attendant Refuses to Serve Him Beer
May
08
2016
A passenger onboard Thursday’s Ryanair flight 1123 from Tenerife to Santiago de Compostela caused an incident when flight attendants refused to serve him beer. The man claimed to have a bomb which he threatened to detonate.
Hilton Giving Away Instant Gold Status, and That Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone
May
08
2016
Hilton HHonors has the best mid-tier hotel status, in my opinion, a mix of easy to get (they give it away for the price of a credit card signup) and rich benefits (it includes breakfast).
Here’s an offer for free Hilton Gold status with signup. Hilton is offering bonus points and an accelerated path towards keeping the status as well.
American AAdvantage Splits Up the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Award Regions
May
08
2016
On Friday American made a change to their oneworld and other partner award chart. They split up two regions that used to be a single region on the web page.
The “Middle East / Indian Subcontinent” region has now become two separate regions: “Middle East” and “Indian Subcontinent” There has been no change to award pricing, however.
Airline Wants More Travel Hackers and How to Leverage Social Media on Your Trips
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.
$33 Transatlantic Fare, Limited Dates in June
May
07
2016
Meridian Air has $33 one-way fares between Havana and Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Berlin in June. Only very limited limited dates are available, and it’s not even an error.
Sadly very few Cubans have the ability to leave the country, and relatively few have access to the (state censored) internet to learn of the deal.
Economist Removed from American Airlines Flight for Doing Math
May
07
2016
Guido Menzio, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, was pulled off of an American Airlines regional jet from Philadelphia to Syracuse because he was doing math.
As Alex Tabarrok observes, Algebra has “Arabic origins plus math is used to make bombs.”
The Most Ridiculous Requests Ever Made to a Hotel
May
07
2016
This is the story of a hotel guest who comes up with the most ridiculous requests possible from the hotel he stays at frequently. And the results of those requests.
Alaska Airlines Fixes Their Award Chart After Lack of Trust Meant a Major Scare
May
06
2016
This morning I wrote that Alaska Airlines award charts were showing higher prices for Cathay Pacific awards intra-Asia — with business class up over 120% and first class up over 150%.
Intra-Asia awards appeared to be the same price as US-Asia awards. As I wrote, when readers first reported this several days ago I assumed it “was a mistake related to Alaska updating the way they displayed award charts.” Indeed, one-way premium economy awards at 15,000 one way and 70,000 roundtrip made no sense. However Alaska was confirming the new pricing as correct.
