I receive compensation for many links on this blog. You don’t have to use these links, but I am grateful to you if you do. American Express, Citibank, Chase, and other banks are advertising partners of this site. I do not write about all credit cards that are available — instead focusing on miles, points, […]
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Reader Cynthia left the following question on the blog recently:
"Hi, I was hoping to do a splurge Emirates first class flight from NY to Dubai with my mum on November, just like what you did you your dad, but when searching on the Alaska website, I didn’t find any award availability for business/first after March. I was reading online that is likely because the Alaska – Emirates partnership for Emirates business/first looks to be ending. Do you have any insight on this? Are there any other options for award travel on Emirates first apart from using Emirates points?"
I've written extensively about how Alaska Mileage Plan doesn't have access to all first class and some business class award availability on Emirates for travel after March 28, 2015. Here are the posts on that topic:
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Server presents the bill, and my parents present their card. Server goes away and returns a few minutes later. Server: “Sorry, we don’t take Discover. Do you have a Visa or MasterCard?"Parents: “Oh, okay. Here’s another card.”
United is putting a ‘ps’ Boeing 757 onto one of its two daily Boston – Los Angeles flights this summer. Between July 2 and August 17, United will fly: 8:30am – 5:01pm, Los Angeles – Boston, UA528 6:00pm – 9:11pm, Boston – Los Angeles, UA717 This move is interesting for several reasons: United ran Boston […]
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In mid-February, Hyatt Gold Passport announced a couple of new Diamond benefits.
The most exciting new benefit is called Guest Of Honor, whereby when a Diamond member makes a points booking for someone else, they'll receive the full Diamond benefits. This is exclusively available on free night redemptions, and not on revenue stays or Points + Cash stays.
The new benefit is described as follows:
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Business Insider had an amusing story today about how to avoid jetlag. They get their tips from John Thompson, who has worked as an executive in the tech industry for eons.
I rarely spend more than a week on a single continent and so far this year have spent more time outside the US than in the US. So I'm always curious to see what jetlag tips others have.
How crazy is Thompson's travel schedule?
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Sit-ins, refusing to leave the aircraft, are becoming a thing in Iran to protest poor operational performance of Iranian airlines. Iranian news media have cited several recent incidents in which passengers enduring prolonged delays have refused to leave aircraft once their planes belatedly arrived at their destinations, sometimes as much as 22 hours late. In […]
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I usually don't write about targeted promotions, but I think the context on this one is sufficiently interesting to warrant a post.
Back in the day Hyatt offered a "Faster Free Nights" promotion year after year, which is arguably the most lucrative promotion the hotel industry has ever seen. For every two stays you'd make you'd earn one free night at any Hyatt in the world. Two nights at your local $80 per night Hyatt would earn you a free night at the $1,000+ per night Park Hyatt Sydney.
And that was only the beginning, since at the time there were tons of stackable bonuses. Hyatt was literally paying you to stay at their hotels.
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A few weeks ago it was announced that American Express and Costco will be terminating their relationship as of March 31, 2016:
“We are proud of the value created over many years for Costco, for our Card Members and for our shareholders,” said Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Express. “Taking a very disciplined approach, we began discussions on a possible renewal with Costco well in advance of the contract expiration. However, we were unable to reach terms that would have made economic sense for our Company and shareholders. Instead, we will focus on opportunities in other parts of our business where we see significant potential for growth and attractive returns over the moderate to long term.”
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News and notes from around the interweb: How many credit cards will each bank let you have? Air Tahiti Nui buying 2 Boeing 787s. The Papeete-based carrier which flies to Tokyo, Auckland, Los Angeles and Paris (via Los Angeles) will use them to replace A340s. We can probably expect a new lie flat business class […]
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After a couple of nights at the perfectly functional Radisson Blu Scandinavia Copenhagen, it was time to head over to the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Copenhagen, which is generally more highly rated.
For our two night stay the rate was either 1595DKK (~$240) or 50,000 Gold Points per night.
Since I have the Club Carlson Premier Rewards Visa Signature® Card, the second night of every award redemption is free. That means my two night would only cost me 50,000 points. That's a heck of a deal, given that it would have otherwise cost me almost $500 for the two night stay.
The Radisson Blu Royal really is in the heart of the city, as it's right across from the central train station and Tivoli Gardens, which is the second oldest amusement park in the world.
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IHG Rewards came out with internet for everyone a year ago (though of course most of their hotels already gave it to everyone as a brand standard, only the upper-tier ones did not and in certain regions). And Marriott announced this two months ago, with a restriction of having to book through Marriott channels. Starwood […]
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Of the three major bank-issued transferable points currencies, American Express Membership Rewards has the most airline transfer partners. By last count, they had 17 airline transfer partners:
However, I've received several comments and emails from readers over the weekend noting that Cathay Pacific's Asia Miles program no longer shows online as an American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner:
Cathay Pacific is actually one of American Express' newer transfer partners, as they were added back in mid-2012.
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The past year or so we've really seen the major hotel chains "evolve" when it comes to their complimentary wifi offerings.
IHG Rewards Club was the first to offer all members of their loyalty program free wifi. Then Marriott, Starwood, and Hyatt followed.
With IHG Rewards Club, Marriott, and Starwood there have been "catches" to the free wifi, like needing to be a member of their loyalty program and/or needing to book your reservation directly with the hotel in order to be eligible (not that those are big hurdles). Hyatt introduced "no strings attached" free wifi, meaning you don't have to be a member of their loyalty program and don't have to book directly through them in order to offer free wifi.
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Hyatt just updated its terms and conditions for Gold Passport. I cannot emphasize enough that loyalty programs should share with members when they do this, and explain the changes that they’re making, even when the changes are innocuous or consistent with other announced changes to a program that have been made. Here’s what Hyatt has […]
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The Marvel — and Tradeoff — of Inflight Internet Inflight internet is one of the truly amazing advances that’s made a direct difference in life over the past few years. Some people hate it, it makes them feel obligated to stay connected whereas flying was one of the few times where they could turn off […]
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