Bilt Rewards has added Hilton Honors as a transfer partner. Just like with their addition of Marriott as a transfer partner in the fall, it doesn’t add much to the program. It’s not that Hilton Honors points aren’t valuable, it’s that everything at Hilton is inflated by a factor of three or four – on both the earning and the redemption side – and that balances out fine except when transferring points 1:1. (Bilt requires a 2,000 point minimum transfer for base members, and 1,000 points for elites.) First transfers from Bilt to Hilton through June 8th receive 1,000 bonus Hilton points. That’s worth about $4, and doesn’t make up for 1:1 simply not being a worthwhile transfer ratio to Hilton. Crockfords, Las Vegas Bilt points now transfer to all of the major U.S.-based hotel…
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Recreate Hotel Luxury At Home With These Secret Online Stores
Luxury hotel amenities can elevate personal spaces and connect you with a property and your trip memories long after you’ve returned home. Hotels are making it harder than ever to take them with you. But you can buy many of these items online, and you’ll be surprised how inexpensive they are.
30 Years, Not A Single Lost Bag: Osaka Kansai’s Unmatched Record Puts U.S. Airports To Shame
Osaka Kansai airport takes pride that it has a 30 year record of not losing a single piece of luggage.
Airport rankings for least mishandled bags – attributable to the airport itself are as follows.
Wide Open Cathay Pacific Business And First Class Award Space For Start Of 2025
Right now there’s exceptional availability in both business and first class between New York JFK and Hong Kong between January and March 8th, which you can use to connect onward in Asia.
Get Free 90 Days Of Hilton Honors Elite Status (Just 8 Nights To Keep It Through March 2026)
Hilton Honors offers free 90 days of status to anyone with current elite status in a major hotel program that has stayed at a hotel at least once in the last 24 months. Then, if you stay with them you can keep or upgrade the status – valid for nearly two full years at this point.
The offer has been available for some time but it’s just been changed.
Paid $4,600, Got A Broken Seat: Is 5,000 Miles From American Airlines Enough?
An American Airlines passenger flying from Charlotte to Munich purchased a business class ticket that they say cost them $4,600. Once they boarded they discovered that their seat did not move. It did not recline. It did not turn into a bed. It was just a seat – not the thing they had purchased.
Will New Airline Consumer Protection Rules Leave You Stranded? Automatic Refunds Not As Great As You Think
When bad weather rolls in, or your flight gets cancelled due to lack of crew or a mechanical problem, it can be tough to get rebooked. Planes are full these days. Everyone on your flight needs another seat, and there may not be enough to go around. Airlines will frequently tell you that nothing is available. But what does that even mean?
Southwest’s New Cash and Points Scheme: A Bad Deal for Travelers? [Roundup]
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Skip Baggage Claim: Delta To Eliminate Luggage Collection And Re-check For International Arrivals
Delta Air Lines is working with the U.S. government so that connecting passengers arriving off of international flights won’t have to collect their checked baggage and drag it through customs themselves. Starting with flights arriving from Tokyo Haneda, and potentially by the end of the year, passengers will be able to check bags through to their final connecting destinations in the United States. Update: the pilot of this program will begin at Seoul Incheon airport, not Tokyo Haneda.
Cathay Pacific Considers New Rule: Business Class Passengers Must Bring Their Own Forks For Meals
Cathay Pacific is surveying customers on what sustainability practices they’d be willing to accept when they fly.










