I learned a new industry term this week: “passenger burn” While ultimately air travel is frustrating and uncomfortable for many — with tight legroom and packed planes — because that is what consumers are willing to pay for, and they make decisions based on price it turns out that there are limits. Most people don’t […]
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News and notes from around the interweb: List of rewards-earning debit cards Earn 2 nights at a Hyatt when you spend $250 at Rite Aid Flight attendant uniforms becoming far less fashionable (HT: Alan H.) Dare I say that it’s not just the uniforms? Airline sacrificed a pair of goats as part of repairs to […]
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Last October, Marriott announced that they would be changing their global cancellation policy as of January 1, 2015. Not surprisingly, Hilton matched within a month, also for stays starting January 1, 2015.
They were changing the cancellation policy on the most flexible kinds of rates, which previously mostly allowed cancellations until the day of arrival. With this change, cancellations now have to be made prior to arrival in order to avoid any fees. Of course as a business traveler this sucks, since you paid a premium for the flexibility of being able to cancel until the last minute.
So why would hotel chains make cancellations more restrictive?
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American and US Airways will combine frequent flyer programs in a few months. In preparation for that, they’ve made it possible for you to link your AAdvantage and Dividend Miles accounts so that when the programs combine you can be sure all of your miles go to the right place. This is all about helping […]
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Tipping always seems to be a sore topic on this blog. And that’s understandable, because the more you travel, the more damn confusing it all is. Sometimes I visit four countries in a week, and trying to figure out the local tipping etiquette proves really challenging. Even from Googling you’ll often get a lot of…
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