It’s that time of year again, where your Hyatt Diamond suite upgrades are expiring on February 28th. If you renewed your Diamond status for 2015, you’ll get new ones on March 1st. But, if you haven’t had the chance to use up the ones…
I was just reading on View From The Wing that the DOT decision is out on the mistake fares United was offering a couple weeks ago for dirt cheap travel from the UK to points abroad. Gary notes that the DOT essentially ignored parts…
Starwood Preferred Guest is one of my favorite hotel loyalty programs, next to Hyatt Gold Passport. Their loyalty currency, Starpoints, are difficult to earn in bulk as you can only earn them primarily by staying at their hotels and spending on their credit card…
It’s that time of year again. Since 1988 the Freddie Awards have been the voice of the frequent traveler. No panels of experts, just you and I voting on our favorite hotels and airlines. Millions of votes were cast last year and voting…
Terry Maxon of the Dallas Morning News is reporting that American Airlines had canceled almost 1,000 flights on Monday due to an impending storm in the DFW area . I’m usually a weather-watcher whenever I’m traveling, but since I’m home this week (thank goodness)…
I’ve got two tickets to give away from friends of mine to Frequent Traveler University Advanced Edition in San Diego, March 6th-8th, 2015. I’m giving one away tonight, but you can still enter the other giveaway until tomorrow. The first random winner is Bob…
$1,000 business class fares from NY to London on La Compagnie. They’re not the newest seats but they sure beat coach by a country mile. Free American Airlines Club Access With Qantas Status Match. HT: View From The Wing Seth adds more functionality to…
ETA: Winner selected in the comments! Thanks for everyone who participated. Apparently, giving away tickets to the advanced session of Frequent Traveler University is a popular thing this week. I’ve had another friend ask me to give their ticket away. While they can’t make…
I travel a lot. I’ve logged over 100,000 miles a year for the past 6 years or so and I’m always tired when the end of a travel year comes. It’s only morally significant when December comes, I’m tired pretty much all year. But,…
After a lawsuit filed over 4 years ago by the US justice department, the ruling came down this morning that American Express had lost in court. The crux of the lawsuit was that the DOJ thought the major credit card issuers (American Express, VISA…
