I love learning more about my favorite airlines and hotel chains. That’s why I’m always pretty pumped when Milepoint is able to present these types of experiences to the community. Jeff Zidell, the VP of Hyatt Gold Passport, is one of my favorite people…
I was a little surprised this morning to hear that United Airlines MileagePlus and Marriott Rewards were forming a partnership. Here are the particulars, then a few initial thoughts from me: United Gold, Platinum, 1K and Global Services members will now receive complimentary Gold…
Plenty of funny submissions for United beverage vouchers, including a general theme that United might not always deliver on what it promised??? Anyways, the winners are: Orlando Traveler, who said, “The best way to make sure you get your own row on Southwest is…
I wrote earlier about the Daily Getaways deal Hyatt has on sale today. The deal goes on sale at 1pm EDT today and I’m sure it will sell out almost immediately, so if you’re thinking about this one make sure you’re ready at 1pm….
We’re halfway through 2013 so I figured I would check to see if I’ve made the expected progress on elite status for the first 6 months. I’m a big fan of Hyatt and Starwood (in that order) and had hoped to keep top-tier status…
Are you an aviation/travel enthusiast? Have you been on a MegaDO? If the answers to these questions are yes and no, respectively, what are you waiting for? There’s a ton of information about StarMegaDO5 on Milepoint, but here’s a few quick tidbits: The MegaDO…
The age of competition is over. There, I said it. Okay, so it only holds true for the airlines. More correctly, for what’s left of the legacy airlines that fought to the death after de-regulation. In a matter of months, American Airlines and US…
Southwest has released the 50,000 miles sign-up bonus for their credit card again. The offer may be somewhat targeted, but a fair amount of people are reporting success getting the offer. You can find more info here. If you don’t get the link that…
Maybe this should be titled the bad news, good news and bad news. Because the bad news in the first place is that American Airlines gutted its presence out of San Juan, Puerto Rico where they used to have a bunch of flights to…
For those that don’t know, Daily Getaways are an annual program that the US Travel Association and American Express team up on each year with a variety of travel providers. There are a number of good opportunities and a few great ones. I’ve already…