What Will A Banking Crisis Do To Miles And Points?

Mar 15 2023

The big co-brands have all become such expensive deals that only the biggest banks could swallow them. So your airline credit card isn’t going to disappear. And the big banks are also the only ones that have been able to afford to stand up their own rich transferable points programs which can outcompete airline cards.

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The Conspiracy Theory About Why United Airlines Says They Expect To Lose Money

Mar 15 2023

Combined with a broad sense of bank fragility in the face of rising interest rates, alongside a concern that we’re late in the economic cycle and potentially headed into recession, United’s announcement worried some observers that it was a sign that consumer spending was tightening alongside shrinking household balance sheets.

But what changed at United? They cite some booking softness earlier in the year. And they made a decision to accrue costs related to a new pilot contract into the first quarter for their projections. Isn’t that… a little weird?

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Biggest Points Offer Ever For Chase IHG Card

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Mar 15 2023

The IHG® Rewards Premier Credit Card from Chase has offered generous up front bonuses and has been worth keeping for its benefits – Platinum status, annual free night, and 4th night free on awards.

Now, though, the card has gotten much better with new benefits, and they’re offering the biggest ever points offer the card has had to earn an up front bonus.

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Passenger Gets Tased By Cops After Drinking ‘About’ 3 Margaritas At The Airport

Mar 15 2023

The man, despite his state, makes an a point to the officers: why is it a problem to drink 3 margaritas when there’s a bar at the airport? I’d add that if the man committed a crime, surely it’s admitting to paying $2,000 for what is probably a domestic flight.

He resists arrest, and gets tased. But what’s priceless is the older male passenger in a mask approaching, trying to intervene?

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