After a family vacation and a whirlwind week at CES, I haven’t had the time to catch up some things I’ve wanted to. The first hotel promotions of 2015 are out and I was interested to spend a few minutes on each evaluating where…
The merger of American Airlines and US Airways continues to move forward in bits and pieces without much in the way of technical glitches thus far, a good sign for members of both programs. We’re starting to get to some of the more complicated…
My goal in 2014 was to be home a bit more, which meant trying to combine trips when I could, killing two birds with one set of flights. I was still on the road quite a bit as evidenced by my hotel stats for…
While 2014 was still a busy year for travel, it was a bit slower than 2013. It certainly didn’t feel like it at times! I set out with a goal to requalify for Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond status, the hotel status I value most…
United has been notifying customers who’s accounts are recently compromised. HT: Wandering Aramean I’m actually surprised this doesn’t happen more often, given that the password requirements for some airline and hotel companies are absurdly simple (4-digit numbers, for example with United and Hilton). How…
Thanks to everyone who participated in the hotel cash giveaway. And, a big thanks to the folks at StayFaster for putting up the $200, which makes a nice gift for one of my readers. Just in time for the holidays, the randomly selected winner of…
Don’t forget I’m giving away $200 in this hotel cash giveaway. And, $200 in free hotel cash! Today’s Milepoint giveaway is truly awesome. One lucky winner is going to score 100,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points. All you have to do is register for…
I haven’t done a lot of sponsored giveaways, so when StayFaster reached back out to me last night about the 10% rebate and $200 giveaway, I was intrigued. To recap, they’re giving a 10% rebate on your first booking on virtually all the rates on their…
I’ve been testing a new hotel booking engine that I really like and I wanted to share it with you. There’s a lot to cover, including how it works, a first-time booking discount and a pretty cool giveaway. Full disclosure, I don’t make a…
Via One Mile At a Time, we learn that Hilton is finally getting in the game and will be offering lifetime status in 2015. Unlike Lucky, I am a big fan of lifetime status. Since I do a lot of travel for work I…