Grand Hyatt Booted Guests For A Big Group: Here’s The Exact Strategy I Use to Land Free Perks Every Time

Jan 17 2025

A hotel like this shouldn’t just be telling you ‘we won’t honor your stay for the dates booked, choose different dates’ and leaving it at that. While that may be their rhetorical starting point (they don’t want to show weakness and reveal that they are going to wind up doing much more), that likely isn’t what’s going to happen here.

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‘8 Hours Bottle-To-Throttle’? Southwest Pilot Arrested After TSA Smells Booze At Security

Jan 16 2025

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested on Wednesday morning at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. The airline found another pilot and the flight departed to Chicago-Midway airport nearly five hours late.

He was stopped at the airport’s TSA checkpoint, and airport police called, because his breath smelled of alcohol.

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‘You’re Valuable Only If You Don’t Pay Attention’: CFPB Sues Capital One For $2 Billion In Savings Interest Losses

Jan 16 2025

The consumer regulatory agency wants consumers not to have to pay attention, though it’s not clear that what Capital One did was illegal, in fact it’s almost obligatory. In most contexts, consumers do have to pay attention to get the best deal, and their counterparties are not fiduciaries on their behalf.

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