I've been living in hotels full time for almost six months now and the way I see it there are two major downsides to it (while almost everything else is awesome):
-- Laundry. You don't appreciate how awesome having your own washer and dryer is until one of your biggest chores becomes figuring out how to do laundry.
-- Fresh food. I never thought I'd have cravings for yogurt or fresh fruit, but these things things are in short supply when living in hotels.
Anyway, I recently stayed at the Marriott O'Hare for FTU Advanced, and Magic of Miles pointed out to me an awesome feature of this hotel (which she has written about bef0re) -- the hotel has a healthy vending machine.
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They say you should never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. Nevertheless last month I called out Randy Petersen‘s September editorial in Inside Flyer for suggesting that American get ready for a revenue-based program right away… contra the statements made by the airline’s CEO that the focus now is on […]
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At the end of the day frequent flyer programs are lucrative businesses in and of themselves, so the airlines would be dumb to mess with them too much. They literally control every aspect of the currency -- they control how many points are issued, how many points it takes to redeem for something, and even the inventory which can be redeemed for.
But if I'm being perfectly honest, I'm feeling less optimistic about this hobby than ever before, and it's mainly a function of so many negative changes happening at once. Individually I wouldn't think twice about them, and would just chalk it up to "evolution" in the hobby, but together they're a bit tougher to swallow.
What am I talking about?
Let me start by explaining how I earn miles. Unlike others, I don't do "manufactured spending." I find that for the most part it's only marginally "profitable," so it's not really something I do.
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Everyday I get asked hundreds of travel questions. My inbox is constantly full. It takes hours each day to answer them all. I’m not bothered because I enjoy answering people’s travel questions and helping others travel more. However, not every question merits a single 1,000 word blog post to answer it. Most travel questions have simple and short answers to them. Today, I’ve taken twenty questions that were asked on Facebook and and posted the answer here. So, without further […]
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