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I’m very much rooting for the program because competition is a good thing. Since Rove doesn’t have a unique niche (like rent) they have to offer outsized value to convince you to use their platform. And that can only be good for travelers across the board.
Bilt Rewards has added Japan Airlines as a 1:1 points transfer partner. Bilt says that most transfers will be completed within 10 minutes.
First class cabins are shrinking around the world, even as airlines add more premium seats to planes. Business class has gotten better. But the traditional narrative about the end of the first class is wrong, and not just for airlines like Air France that remain committed to the product. In fact, Air France is among the smaller players with first class, dwarfed not just by Emirates but even by Lufthansa and BA.
Marriott is acquiring CitizenM hotels, which I think of as a better Moxy, for a cost of $355 million. CitizenM has a free status match program.
New loyalty program Rove has just launched. So far you can earn points with their shopping extension, and for making air and hotel bookings. And you can redeem for paid travel or transfer points to 12 different loyalty programs.
They’re a Y Combinator startup, they have raised VC money, and they’re being very aggressive in both the points they award you for activity with them and with the value of their points.
I’m a Bilt Platinum and with a 100% transfer bonus I’d surely get 2.5 cents per point in value here and double that with a companion pass strategy – and the option value in Bilt points is higher than any other currency, the more of these 100% bonuses they offer the more reluctant I am to take advantage of any one of them.
Bilt is out with news that they’ve added Southwest Airlines as a transfer partner. Outside of hotel programs, previously only Chase Ultimate Rewards points transferred to Southwest.
On Monday morning Delta Air Lines was handing out $3,000 to passengers to take a later flight from Chicago to Seattle. It was the 7:50 a.m. departure the morning after Easter. And one passenger shares what happened after they had already boarded.
Anyone under age 25 is likely eligible for a discount on airfare – especially international airfare – of between 5% and 20%.
The man was held and interrogated for 8 hours. He was valid for his status with no criminal history, though immigration officers can deny entry for any reason or not reason
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 »
