News and notes from around the interweb:
- When should ride a hotel’s airport shuttle back and forth, over and over, if they wish to snag a business traveler husband that was real advice!
- Showtime’s Billions spinoff based in Miami focuses on “the world of private aviation.”
- I’ve written for years about how Delta turns its techops into a profit center for instance noting it five years ago. The capability continues to drive significant revenue even if it hasn’t driven quite the reliability it did pre-pandemic.
- Citi 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic
- Cheaper to ship luggage in cardboard boxes than pay Spirit Airlines fees?
- Good Alila Ventana Big Sur reward night availability with 2 night minimum stay. I’m still thinking about my dream trip, staying in Big Sur and driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in a 1996 Cobra 400 miles down to Alila Marea Encinitas. Sadly this isn’t a trip I could take my daughter on, Alila Ventana is adults-only.
- The airline says your carry-on won’t fit in the sizer, but it does. This has happened to me.
@dejatheexplorer Replying to @thereallennagstyles they can’t change me if it fits 🤗🤗 #traveldealplug #flightdeals #budgettravel #personalitem #greenscreenvideo #greenscreen #rightideawrongbish ♬ Periodttt – JOHN GOTTI
Does Hyatt have any rules/standards about how much of a hotel’s calendar is to be off-peak vs. standard vs. peak?
I took a look at the rate calendar for Ventana Big Sur and tallied up the # nights of off-peak vs. standard vs. peak over the coming months.
Here’s the breakdown for a standard room over the next 358 nights (from 2/8/23 through 1/31/24)…
Off-peak (35K/night) = 18 nights (5%)
Standard (40K/night) = 52 nights (15%)
Peak (45K/night) = 288 nights (80%)
Seems more than a little misleading to call 40K/night “standard” when 4 out of 5 nights are in fact priced at the peak rate.
Women desiring to snag a business traveler husband at the airport (Starbucks) in 2023 have the perspicacity to purchase an American Express Platinum Card in 2022, so they could squander $75,000 on the card. By doing this, they benefit from complimentary guest access for up to two (potential husbands) or guests per visit to the AMEX Centurion lounge. Membership has its privileges.
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Why would anyone want to catch a pudgy middle aged man, with way too much carryon in tow who has to go to work on Sunday?
Last time I drove through Big Sur it was one motor home after another going 25 mpg and nowhere to pass safely. Also, a mudslide may have blocked Highway 1 south from Alila. YMMV