One of the features I’m enjoying most about the new OS on the iPhone5 is Passbook. Since anyone with an iPhone 4 can also download the new OS, this feature alone may make it worth it if you travel. I wrote about my first…
Might not be important for everyone, but hey, I thought they were all newsworthy. 🙂 American Airlines is talking expansion. They’re talking international expansion, which is music to my ears. I prefer to redeem my miles to cool places all over the world, so…
More Hyatt growth. They’ve announced a new Hyatt Place in Times Square. And, they’re adding another Park Hyatt, this time in Qingdao, China. The TSA kinda screwed up in a pretty meaningful way in terms of randomizing security. Wandering Aramean details how they could…
I’m quoted in this month’s Travel & Leisure magazine talking about Global Entry. I’ve talked in the past about how much of a fan I am. I’m also a huge fan of TSA Pre-Check. Most people don’t know it, but you can have access…
From Bloomberg, AA won’t be getting the 787-9 until “past 2014”. And, neither will anyone else. AA is still holding some pending orders for the 787, some of which will almost certainly be 787-8s. But, there’s unlikely to be anything firm there until AA…
There was a time when I used to go to Vegas quite a few times a year, but lately it’s been once or twice. I’ve found myself at the Cosmopolitan most recently and have come to really enjoy the property. For me, it’s a…
I posted a few days ago about the recent developments of Lance Armstrong and LIVESTRONG. Again, I thought it would be my last post. I was wrong. I’m sure mine is a polarizing position. One I might have shied away from a few days…
View From The Wing has a synopsis on what is starting to seem like an inevitable change to revenue-based frequent flyer programs by the legacy domestic US carriers. Shockingly, I’m really not a big fan of revenue-based programs. While most of my fellow road…
There’s nothing more a miles junkie like me enjoys more than a great value for his points. And, Starwood has provided just that. View From The Wing has details on a huge discount on some of Starwood Preferred Guest’s properties. There are some truly…
I received an e-mail today from Starwood Preferred Guest touting a new benefit, discounts at restaurants and bars. The website is really not very explanatory at all, and when I did some random searches in the US, only 5 restaurants come up: What I…