There’s perhaps no airline that is quite as vilified by Ben as -- you guessed it -- Delta Air Lines.
What he sees is an airline running a mileage program that is not as lucrative as American’s, a program that requires significant spend (or use of a co-branded credit card) to reach elite levels and offers poor redemption availability on its own metal domestically.
Ben sees a program that won’t let you redeem miles for travel on partner airlines in international first class.
Ben sees a program that has made some customer-unfriendly changes within the last few years.
I see it differently.
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The Chinese government has announced a policy of tracking its tourists who behave badly in other countries. Just the thread of having one's behavior monitors, and logged, while outside the country is expected to serve as a deterrent to tourists who fail to adhere to local customs in an egregious way while on vacation.
Though it responds to a worldwide perception, and results from the new wealth which has led to a tremendous migration from rural areas to cities and has allowed Chinese people to travel outside the country it is likely unnecessary. And it's darned scary...
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I've written extensively about the IHG® Rewards Club Select Credit Card, which is one of the most all around rewarding hotel credit cards out there.
The card comes with a 70,000 point sign-up bonus after spending $1,000 within three months of account opening, provided you haven’t received the bonus in the past 24 months. And the annual fee on the card is also a super-low $49, though it’s waived the first year.
This sign-up bonus is limited time, though was recently extended through May 31, 2015.
There are three most awesome benefits that come with this card:
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It looks like it’s going to be a pretty rough week for travel to/from/within Europe, as the French air traffic controllers are on strike through tomorrow, Thursday, April 9, 2015. As a result, airlines have been asked to halve their flight schedules through tomorrow, to make things go as smoothly as possible.
The dispute involves plans to raise the retirement age for air traffic controllers from 57 to 59 (oh, the horror!), and for what it’s worth further strikes are planned for April 16 through April 18 and April 29 through May 2.
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