Mandalay Bay hotel is available on Orbitz for $20 the night of August 29th. It’s a prepaid Summer of Fun rate which should include a $25 dining credit and 50% off passes to the spa. No other night appears to have this same rate, and the deal won’t last long.
Wedding Crashers
Jul
20
2005
Last night I saw Wedding Crashers. I don’t usually comment on movies here, but the opening scene features Dwight Yoakam and Rebecca DeMornay fighting over Yoakam’s frequent flyer miles in their divorce settlement conference. This was a raunchy, funny movie. Senator John McCain with a very brief appearance in the film has been all over the media, getting asked why he’s in this kind of movie when he spends his time railing against Hollywood for producing just this kind of product? The answer, which he won’t give, is that he’s a cynical politician who exploits anti-Hollywood sentiment but frankly enjoys these movies. Maybe McCain is a Straussian after all. While funny and creative, the opening of the film was absolutely brilliant taking the main characters through a series of different ethnic weddings each one funnier…
Free stuff, courtesy of the Flyertalk S.P.A.M. forum
128mb memory card, free after rebate. Anticavity fluoride mouthwash, free sample. Biz laundry boost, free sample.
The End of eBay Anything Points
Jul
18
2005
eBay Anything Points is being phased out. eBay is discontinuing a 2-year-old incentive program for sellers and partners in the United States, the company announced on Monday. eBay Anything Points, which operates like a “frequent flyer” program to stimulate customer loyalty, will be phased out by Feb. 28, the company said. Points earned under the program will be honored through August 2006. …eBay will prevent sellers from offering the incentive points on new listings starting Aug. 15. eBay said it would, on Sept. 30, remove remaining points from listings still offering them. The Anything Points program on eBay Canada will continue. This is very disappointing news for me. Other than signing up for some free trial offers a year ago, I only used this on my Priceline bids. But the value proposition was compelling —…
Wynn Las Vegas Doesn’t Appear to Live up to Expectations
Jul
17
2005
The travel section in today’s New York Times carries a review of Wynn Las Vegas… as though the property didn’t get enough press when it was opening. This $2.7 billion hotel seems far from offering a flawless experience, and most folks seem disappointed. TripAdvisor reviews are decidedly mixed. I haven’t stayed there yet. Now, no 2700 room property can possibly be a luxury hotel. Personal service seems impossible. Complexes are sprawling. Wait times will occasionally seem interminable, no matter how well the property is designed, when unusually large cohorts of guests decide to make us of the same thing at once (pool, elevators, checkin/checkout). I have nothing against large resorts per se. I have an upcoming stay booked at the Westin Diplomat, and I enjoyed a trip to Wyndham’s El Conquistador in San Juan last…
Double miles on Delta
Jul
16
2005
Register to receive double miles on Delta for flights in September and October that are booked on Delta.com and paid for with an American Express card.
500 KLM Miles for Online Booking
Jul
16
2005
Click on this link by July 26 and choose “Reserve Your Free Gift Voucher” in the upper-right hand corner. You’ll get a voucher for 500 free KLM miles when you book a ticket on klm.nl between by January 1, 2006. Thanks to Free Frequent Flyer Miles for the link.
Oops… bad timing
Jul
15
2005
A new Destiny’s Child pre-paid Visa debit card was introduced last week. It’s probably been in the works for awhile, so I’m sure there were plenty of groans when the executives involved learned that Destiny’s Child is breaking up.
Threats to National Security
Jul
15
2005
Steven Levitt studies terrorism as an academic and realizes this makes him a threat to the state. It’s dangerous to carry pictures of 9/11 terrorists when you fly… It’s also dangerous, by the way, to claim not to have a bomb or to carry a bible through a security checkpoint.
20,000 Mile Bonus Offer for United Visa Signature Platinum Class
Jul
14
2005
The new United Mileage Plus Visa Signature Platinum Class, detailed earlier this month, has an offer of 20,000 bonus miles with first purchase along with the other card benefits detailed in my previous post. The application link won’t spell out the bonus miles — these links usually don’t — but the link is from an email clearly promising the bonus miles. In my experience with the United Visa, this works out perfectly well (although if you have any problems receiving the correct bonus, email me at gleff -at- yahoo.com and I’ll forward the text of the email).
