Thailand Now Allowing Tourists From The Whole World (Yes, Even The U.S.)

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Dec 09 2020

Thailand has managed the Covid-19 pandemic well. Despite identifying early cases outside of China at the start of the pandemic, the country hasn’t seen significant virus activity and 90% of cases have been asymptomatic.

The country has been among the most closed to tourism, like much of Asia, but they’re now offering special tourist visas to people from all over the world – there’s a process to jump through and quarantine on arrival, but it’s now possible for Americans to visit.

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Earn Top Hyatt Elite Status On Award Nights For Net Cost Of -16,250 Points (Yes, Negative)

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Dec 08 2020

Hyatt has reduced the qualification requirement for top tier Globalist status from 60 nights to 30 nights for 2021.

You can get double the annual elite nights from a new Hyatt card, stays in January and February count double, and award nights – which start at just 5000 points – count too. Plus Hyatt is rebating points spent on redemptions. You can earn top tier elite status and come out ahead on points.

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United Now Offers Airport Customer Service Agents – Who Are Virtual

Dec 08 2020

What this also allows United to do over time is have fewer agents, or at least fewer agents per passenger. Instead of having agents deployed at airports across the terminal in case customers need them, and having down time throughout the day, they can locate agents centrally and optimize staffing based on predicted needs.

That makes this the perfect ‘United under Scott Kirby’s leadership’ initiative: it fosters on-time performance while reducing cost.

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13 Million Americans Eligible For ‘Immunity Passports’

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Dec 08 2020

Iceland and Hungary welcome people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the past six months. This makes a lot more sense than welcoming people that have tested negative in the past 72 hours. A recent negative test doesn’t mean someone is free of the virus at the time they arrive. But someone that’s recovered from the virus probably doesn’t have it and can’t spread it.

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Hyatt Regency Bangkok ‘One Million Baht Club’ Lets You Become A Resident For A Year

Dec 07 2020

Your year-long Bangkok City Center stay is in a club room, so you get club level benefits including breakfast, light snacks, evening hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Think of it like rent, without having to pay extra for utilities for housekeeping, and meals thrown in. You even get complimentary parking. And they throw in club lounge meeting room use, too, so call it your office.

They rebate 20% of the price (200,000 Thai Baht) as a statement credit for use in the hotel’s restaurants and bars, or for room service and even hosting events. That’s over $6500 in room service, on top of the club lounge food.

They even throw you a birthday party.

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