Boy, it’s been a crazy busy week for me. I’m just getting caught up on a bunch of reading. Part of that reading was a few posts on Visa gift cards and Vanilla reloads by fellow travel blogger Frequent Miler. Visa gift cards and…
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’m a huge Yankees fan. I don’t write about them as often anymore since it’s harder to weave them into travel stories. So, given the opportunity to post about the Yankees and travel, I was excited. Now, if only this could have been a…
A bit of an odd announcement today, with Ethiopian saying that the accident had nothing to do with flight safety. The fire on an unoccupied Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner at London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday was “not related to flight safety,” the carrier said…
Not a lot of information out there right now, but there’s a reported fire on an empty Ethiopian Airlines 787 parked at Heathrow. Ethiopian flies the 787 from Addis Ababa, Bole (ADD) to LHR. If the plane was empty as reported my guess is…
American Airlines launched a new 777 business class product that’s supposed to be awesome not too long ago. I haven’t had the opportunity to experience it yet, but they’re supposed to be great. View From the Wing (probably the most knowledgable/experienced person on this…
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…