Covid-19 Will Mean A Long-Term Drag On Business Travel, Even After A Widespread Vaccine

Nov 18 2020

Videoconferencing has become more accepted as a technology. More people know how to do it. And peopled being ‘zoomed into a meeting’ are no longer the outsiders, only half in the meeting with people in a room.

In-office visits are hard to coordinate. They can’t return until people are back in the office, but all people aren’t going back to the office all the time. If there are a quarter fewer in-office days overall, that makes coordinating business meetings harder and there will be fewer business trips.

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Just 1% Of People Account For 50% Of Aviation Emissions

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Nov 18 2020

1% of people are responsible for 50% of commercial aviation emissions. And this is not at all surprising, since only about 1 in 9 people in the world even fly at all in a given year. Air travel is far more common in North America and Europe than in Africa, for instance, though Africa’s aviation sector is growing.

People are using this 1% number to argue for new global restrictions on airlines, but let’s break down what it means.

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Legacy Hyatt Credit Card Customers Being Migrated To World Of Hyatt Credit Card On January 11, 2021

Nov 18 2020

Customers with the original Hyatt Credit Card launched in 2010 who kept that card and didn’t convert to The World Of Hyatt Credit Card after it was introduced in mid-2018 are going to have their legacy cards coverted over January 11, 2021.

They have an offer to earn a free night with modest spend, and many cardmembers keep their grandfathered lower annual fee for a year even with the benefits of the newer card.

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Frontier Airlines Offering Elite Status Matches That Waive All Fees, Make Tickets Refundable

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Nov 17 2020

Through December 1, Frontier Airlines is offering to give elite status to customers with existing status with another airline. Status is valid through the end of 2021, and they’re matching up to their top tier of status. That’s actually really interesting because while Frontier is a low fare, fee-based airline top elites generally see all of their fees waived for everything.

Base-level status comes with a free carry on bag and seat assignment, and extra legroom seats if available at check-in as some of its benefits. Mid-tier status adds bonus miles. And top tier status offers checked bags and makes all tickets refundable, for everyone on the member’s booking.

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