If you’re traveling this week in the U.S., best of luck to you! Here is my nickel’s worth of free advice as you prepare to depart along with 40 million other Americans for the Thanksgiving holiday (fortunately they won’t all be flying). Give yourself lots of time. Wednesday and Sunday are amateur days. Everyone else […]
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One of the fun things we often help people with over at PointsPros is piecing together awards for people who don’t have quite enough miles in the right places for what they want to do. Ben talks all the time about how important it is to not over-diversify your mileage balances, but when someone already has miles in multiple places it’s often too late for that advice.
Because this is all too common, it isn’t unusual for us to book awards from multiple mileage sources. It’s a bit trickier, but that’s often the only thing that makes sense.
But what happens when you have multiple issuing carriers involved and there’s a schedule change?
Madness, that’s what happens.
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Reader doug asked about “fuel dumping on award and paid tickets[.]” What he’s asking about is the idea of adding a flight segment to a ticket that you do not intend to fly but that has the effect of reducing the fuel surcharges you have to pay for the ticket. This is soemthing airlines doubly […]
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Here's an installment that isn't about my dad being speechless, but rather about me being speechless (for once). I'm incredibly fortunate to do what I love for a living, and to be on the road nonstop. I pinch myself over it every day.
That being said, I don't quite have the "speechless" reaction to most of my travel experiences that my dad might have. Don't get me wrong, I still love almost all of my experiences, though I think it's only natural for your hundredth first class flight or luxury hotel stay to not be as exciting as your first... right?
Lately I've been most impressed by some random mid-range hotels, like the W Doha, W Guangzhou, and even Le Meridien Cairo Airport. There haven't been too many luxury hotels that have really left me speechless lately... of my stays this year, the Park Hyatt New York is the closest to fitting that bill.
Well, the Park Hyatt Sydney has left me speechless beyond words.
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On Friday I wrote about the sudden change to the Chase Ultimate Rewards website, whereby points transfers to Korean Air SkyPass were no longer possible.
While not an especially popular Ultimate Rewards transfer partner, personally it's one of my favorites.
Korean Air belongs to SkyTeam, and is one of the few SkyTeam airlines through which you can redeem miles for first class at the saver level. What makes Korean Air SkyPass so great?
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I reached out to Chase about the removal of Korean Air Skypass as a points-transfer partner. For many members, Korean Air is too obscure to matter. For me, it’s essential. It’s one of my favorite transfer partners, and something that sets Chase apart from key competitors. First class awards have been so darned easy to […]
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In what appears to have been a gas explosion, the Hyatt Regency London has suffered some structural damage, and will be closed for at least the next few days.
Apparently all 500 guests were safely evacuated, with a handful of staff being treated for minor injuries.
The hotel is currently closed while the full extent of the damage is being determined.
I know many people took advantage of the discounted business class fares to book international travel for Thanksgiving weekend, so thought I'd pass this along.
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