2014 is a less than brave new world in the airline industry. If you haven’t been paying attention, Delta and United have instituted spending requirements to achieve elite status on an annual basis along with the existing mile/segment requirements. Since my first United Premier…
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…
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…
First of all, thanks to reader David H. for offering up 5 United beverage vouchers for me to give away. I happen to also have 5 that I was planning to give away, so there’s a total of 10 up for grabs. Just leave a comment…
If you have an iPhone or iPad, make sure you download the 12 days of Christmas app. There’s still 9 days left, and today’s free gift is a Lonely Planet Guide to a variety of travel places. For me, it’s the first useful gift…