Why I Just Dropped My Value of IHG Rewards Points
Late last week, you may have read a whole bunch of commotion around the IHG Rewards program being "devalued" by as much as 30% on some awards.
I took a measured approach, hoping that this...
Air Canada Extends Status Through 2022
I've held the belief that with travel resuming in such uneven ways in 2021, airlines would be better off extending status through 2022 and be done with it. Why risk losing customers because they...
Delta’s 2022 Status Offer + Extensions + Seat Blocking
Delta, whose CEO Ed Bastian has been under fire this week for first supporting the Georgia restrictions on voting and then turning around to now take the position that the "entire rationale for this bill...
Last Days to Book Emirates F via (Most) Partners
Back in November, we learned that Emirates would stop offering First Class award space to its partners.
We then got the clarification that Qantas would continue to offer Emirates First Class space.
Last Chance to Book...
Chase Extends Pay Yourself Back Categories
While we'd previously been aware that Chase was extending the Pay Yourself Back feature (where you can cash in your points on a Chase Sapphire Preferred or Sapphire Reserve card in select categories at...
JW Marriott Los Cabos Recants; But is the La Concha Resort’s Fee OK?
Last week, I inadvertently set off a bit of a blogger fury when I wrote about the JW Marriott in Los Cabos charging a $30 "award booking surcharge" - only for points redemption stays.
This...
Would You Take a Virtual Trip? You Should!
A few weeks ago, I discovered a site called Virtual Trips. I've enjoyed it so much that I'd like to share a review as I think many of my readers feel equally starved for...
This Marriott Hotel Added an Award Booking Surcharge…
As far as I'm aware, this is completely and totally in violation of the Marriott Bonvoy Terms and Conditions.
We all know that hotels are (currently) free to charge resort fees and destination fees, even...
CLEAR Developing Vaccine Passport
I think this is great news, though I am sure there will be some that will say they don't trust it.
CLEAR, the company that handles a sort of "premium-level TSA PreCheck" that allows you...
Rio Las Vegas to Become Hyatt Branded
Updated at 2:19pm with operator info at the end of the post...
In pretty huge Vegas news, the off-strip Rio Las Vegas will becoming multiple Hyatt branded hotels in one location.
Per Hyatt:
The more than 2,510-room...
