A Delta Air Lines first class passenger on a trip from Seattle to Detroit watched another customer in the cabin get mad – and take matters into his own hands – when his seat back entertainment screen wouldn’t work.
With Chase’s new rules it’s possible to hold both a Sapphire Preferred and Reserve at the same time, though you won’t likely be offered the initial bonus if you have an open Sapphire account (or if you have gotten a bonus for the card in the past).
A British Airways business class passenger flying long haul with her 7-month-old baby asked if she could delay her meal service while she nursed the child and put him to sleep. That request was declined, so she was forced to skip meal service. She set herself up in the business class bed, lying fully flat, in order to nurse under a cover.
This may be the strangest lounge review I’ve ever written. It combines two different lounges I did not visit.
Chase’s new “Points Boost” feature on their premium credit cards looks a lot better than I thought it would. It’s available now for all Sapphire Reserve cardmembers, even though the rest of the card proposition’s changes don’t come into effect until October for those of us who already had their cards in our wallets.
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Thanks to subsidies for sustainable aviation fuel, used deep fryer oil costs more than fresh oil.
The card largely mirrors the consumer version, but there are a few key differences.
She insisted on keeping the fanny pack on her lap rather than placing it under the seat in front of her or in the overhead bin.
The relaunched Chase Sapphire Reserve is now available. Those applying today get the new card value proposition right away. Here’s what I really think about the new card – as a standalone proposition, and about the changes for current Sapphire cardmembers. Should you get the card? Should you keep it?
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 »
