Traditionally, when you earn status with an airline or hotel program, it expires at the end of February in the year following your most recent qualification. So, if you earn Executive Platinum for the 2011 qualification year, that status would expire on February 29,…
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the Freddie Awards and the fact that Milepoint was giving away 6 new iPad 3s for people who registered for Milepoint and voted in the Freddie Awards. Well, Randy decided we weren’t generous enough, and has…
No purchase necessary, just sign up. You do earn an extra entry for each stay at a Hilton family property between now and the end of May. Fairly minimal effort for a chance at a cool experience.
Tonight’s game against UNC should be a pretty good testament to the type of tournament team we’ll be. It’s not a good matchup for us. While Austin Rivers has gotten better at involving other players on offense, he likes playing defense about as much…
I spend a pretty significant number of nights in Denver, and most of that time is at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center. I’ve firmly held to the belief that in this market the Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency are reversed, with the Regency being…
I received an e-mail from American Airlines yesterday announcing that they plan to add more legroom to the first few rows of coach on all of their airplanes. Read more about it on AA.com here. AA used to have More Legroom Throughout Coach. It…
I rarely send complaint e-mails to the airlines. I guess I’ve just amortized in some level of bad service (kind of like expecting McDonald’s to get your order right 70% of the time). For some reason, the blanket thing struck me as extremely cheap,…
As posted today Gary on View From the Wing. This offer expires TODAY, February 29th. This card usually carries a 25,000 point sign-up bonus. Every once in a while a 50K bonus pops up. For today only, they’re offering 75K miles after $10K in…
Been a while since I talked about new apps. I’m always curious to hear what people are downloading to their iPads. New for me: Scramble with Friends: Quick and fun. Like Boggle for those that remember it. You can play networked games with other…
Those that know me well are aware of the fact that I can sleep on just about any airplane in just about any seat. If I’m in first, I just throw a blanket over me and nod off. It’s bad enough that United has…