Last week I threw my two cents in on Starwood Preferred Guest’s year-end summary of what members did throughout the year. But, while reviewing LoyaltyLobby today, I noticed he reported on a customized page SPG programmed that allows each member to see interesting facts…
I decided to host a couple giveaways to celebrate the New Year! First, a reminder on how to keep informed on all the miles and points goodies we discuss: There’s a box in the right-hand corner of my website where you can enter your…
Courtesy of thepointstraveler on Milepoint this morning, Delta members can earn 500 miles by signing up for a service called Whiteboard and completing a survey. I’m not familiar with Whiteboard but I know other popular survey companies award far less than 500 miles for…
As I look forward to 2013 from a travel standpoint, I’m hoping to be in the air a bit less and home with the family a bit more. I broke down my travel recently to see what I had accomplished from a flying standpoint…
Well, almost. I still have two stays with SPG to post, though I doubt one will post by the end of the year, as I detailed here. As the year comes to a close, I’m taking time to summarize my year in travel as…
Unless you’ve been fortunate enough to earn lifetime status with your favorite airline or hotel chain, keeping those benefits that you value so highly is a yearly requirement. Virtually every loyalty program you’ll come across recognizes your achievements over a calendar year and offers…
Sounds like it was a busy day at Payne Field in Seattle last week. Boeing announced they delivered a total of seven 787s in 25 hours. Considering there’s still less then 50 of them flying, that’s a pretty impressive stretch. Boeing has had tons…
Courtesy of Mommy Points this morning, Travelocity’s Canadian website is offering a $300 discount on packages of $750 or more. As Mommy Points notes, I’m not sure who the code is/was intended for, so there’s some risk this doesn’t work. Though, based on past…
This was one of my busier years in the air. I keep track of my flights using a program called Flight Memory. I’m pretty sure I got the majority of my flight but I might have missed one or two. Some year-end factoids: 150,000…
Starwood Preferred Guest has released it’s year-end summary of fun facts about how members interacted with their program in 2012. I remember them doing this last year, but I don’t remember some of the number being quite so eye-popping. The top-earning member from hotel…