You can join the $150 Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club for free.
Leaders Club is the first tier of paid elite status, with ‘Unlimited’ costing $1200.
The Biltmore, a participating property, is giving away the $150 level.
Starting tomorrow Delta will no longer prioritize full fare over status for upgrades.
This leaves United as the only airline privileging full fare tickets above elite status in ordering the upgrade list. Upgrades will still be hard to get, with Delta attempting to monetize every last first class seat. But it’s a step in the right direction towards recognizing value over the course of a year and not simply a single trip for Delta.
From January 1 through April 30 Hilton offered double points with no properties excluded. Hilton co-brand American Express cardholders got an additional bonus of 1000 HHonors points when paying for their first stay with the card during the promotion period.
For May 1 through August 31 they’re again offering double points, this time called “Unlimited Bonus” — Registration required.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker’s employment agreement was terminated at his request, and he continues in his position. Priceline’s CEO has been terminated over an impermissible personal relationship with an employee, he does not continue in his position. And more of the latest news in travel.
Air France KLM’s Flying Blue program should be interesting to U.S. frequent flyers for several reasons.
They offer one-way awards. They are an American Express Membership Rewards and a Citi Thank You points transfer partner. They have far more award space on their own flights than Delta has access to. They have most of their partners available for online booking.
Unfortunately their call centers are frustrating, their website can be too (and has been known to show ‘phantom’ award availability, seats that look available but aren’t really here to book).
Whether or not you think Donald Trump should be President, he did up his qualifications on Wednesday night by staying at a Holiday Inn Express.
Trump, it turns out, has a thing for reviewing Holiday Inn Express properties.
I live in US Central time. My job is on the East Coast.
I keep my computer set to Central time, it’s that way all the time when I travel except… When I go to DC for work, when I’m in the office, I reset my computer to Eastern time.
A couple of years ago government taxes ostensibly for security were increased from $2.50 each way not to exceed $5 per roundtrip to $5.60 each way.
The $2.50 per direction fee had been constant since the February 2002, until it went up in 2014, though revenue has consistently grown. The Obama administration is proposing to raise the fee from $5.60 per direction to…
Korean Air has the easiest first class award availability in the world. It’s the most generous program if you want to redeem first class awards for a family and not just for two passengers.
They have great partner awards — 80,000 miles in business class to Europe and cheap Hawaii awards to. And they have some of the lowest fees and most generous award hold policies of any airline.
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