Airplane Seats That Don’t Recline, Airlines That Don’t Want To Save Their Miles, Airlines Downgrading Passengers To A Low-Cost Carrier and a Husband Using Miles To Solve His Wife’s Issue. Things I Find Interesting On Saturday, May 31st, 2014

Here’s a quick peek at things I found of interest today in the world of travel: Would you trade the ability to recline in your airline seat for a convenient place to mount your tablet for in-flight “self-supplied” entertainment?  Monarch Airlines, a British low-cost…

United Beverage Voucher Winners

Sorry for the delay in getting to this.  Technical difficulties put me a bit behind the 8-ball this week.  I picked 5 winners from my United Beverage Voucher Giveaway.  Each will receive 2 free drink vouchers from me for use on a future United…

Is Starwood Hotels Buying IHG?

There was a bunch of chatter last night about a possible takeover bid for Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) and that Starwood Hotels & Resorts was a possible (likely?) suitor. Reuters had it. Chris McGinnis covered it. Is it true?  The short answer is I just…

Daily Getaway Breakdown For May 28th: CityPASS

The Daily Getaway deal for Wednesday, May 28th is from CityPASS. CityPASS consolidates attractions in a specific city and gives you a discount if you buy access to multiple attractions at once. These deals are the same price on their website unless you use an AMEX to pay through Daily Getaways.