Uber is certainly one of my favorite (and most consistent) travel partners. If you’re not familiar, they have a great app that allows you to arrange a car service very easily. Once you sign up for the service, a simple click in the app…
Monday marked the official start of the integration process between American and US Airways, and that means limited access to benefits for both sets of elite members going forward. I think it’s important to note that we are very early in the integration process. Earn and…
You would think I’d remember that Hyatt’s new benefits kicked in today, given that I reminded everyone that yesterday was the last day to book awards on the old price table. I’ve been trying to secure a better rate for an upcoming booking in…
Late Friday night the Boeing machinist union voted to accept management’s latest contract offer. I predicted it would be a close vote but I thought the local union leadership would sway enough folks to vote no even though they were likely casting a vote…
January 6th is the last day you can book an award night at a Hyatt hotel before they raise the price of most redemptions. Hyatt gave everyone notification just about 2 months ago that the new rates would go into affect on January 7th,…
zWith another travel year in the books, I took a few moments to see where I’ve been and consider where I’m going. I started out the year thinking I would travel more on American and less on United. While that happened, a number of…
Apologies for the delay in posting. I’ve made a list below of winners. If you won, shoot me an e-mail to ed -at- milepoint dot com with a mailing address and I’ll get your free drink moving! Winners: Sam, for this comment that made…
When Boeing union members widely rejected the latest contract offer recently, it seemed to largely indicate that Boeing would move production of significant parts of the 777X out of Washington state. The wing is the likely thing getting moved, and after the failed vote…
Today is the day people most frequently make promises to “do better”. Lose weight, eat better, spend more time with family, save more money. Have you put together your travel “do better”s for the New Year? Just like a fine wine, your travel will…
It was a long year of hotel nights. And, while the dust remains to settle on the posting of my last hotel stay, I’m supposed to finish with enough nights to maintain my Hyatt Diamond status as well as Starwood Preferred Guest Platinum status…