As a in pursuit of lifetime status with both Hyatt and Starwood, I’ve been dedicating all my paid stays to Hyatt this year and all my award stays to Starwood. Roughly a year ago now, SPG made some pretty significant changes to their program. …
Hyatt announced the grand opening of the Hyatt Place Los Angeles/LAX/El Segundo. Gotta love one of the longest official names for a hotel I’ve ever seen. Hyatt started as Hyatt House when the Pritzker family bought the property adjacent to LAX back in 1957. …
What’s happening in the world of travel? View From the Wing has a detailed lowdown on new fare choices at American Airlines. Gary has done an awesome job laying out a ton of detail on the new fares, so I won’t re-cover everything, but…
StarMegaDO4: Getting Under Way StarMegaDO4: Sheraton Gateway LAX Review StarMegaDO4: Lufthansa LAX-FRA Departure And Star Alliance Lounge StarMegaDO4: LAX-FRA On a Lufthansa 747-400 StarMegaDO4: Media Roundtable With Jeff Zidell and Other Hyatt Execs StarMegaDO4-Frankfurt Lufthansa Welcome Reception StarMegaDO4: 18 Hours in Zurich, Park Hyatt…
In a recent Milepoint thread, Jeff Zidell (VP, Hyatt Gold Passport) announced that they would be discontinuing the Platinum Extras benefit for Platinum members of their Gold Passport program. Now, I’m lucky enough to have been given Diamond status as a match to my…
Passbook has really improved the quality of my flying experience. I’ve been using it on my American and United flights and enjoying the ease of use it adds to my travel experience. I was happy to hear a few weeks ago that Hyatt (my…
Still trying to catch up on MegaDO posts. Here’s a list of previous posts: StarMegaDO4: Getting Under Way StarMegaDO4: Sheraton Gateway LAX Review StarMegaDO4: Lufthansa LAX-FRA Departure And Star Alliance Lounge StarMegaDO4: LAX-FRA On a Lufthansa 747-400 StarMegaDO4: Media Roundtable With Jeff Zidell and…
Jeff Zidell, who’s been a big supporter of the Milepoint community and the MegaDOs for quite some time, took a few minutes to sit down with members of the media and blogsphere during StarMegaDO4. He covered some of the recent highlights for Hyatt and…
Michelle and I recently took our first extended trip without the kids since our second was born. We’d taken overnight trips without the kids, but this would be the first trip where we’d sneak away for a long weekend. We were headed to Austin…
I was just thinking the other day when we announced the next Frequent Traveler University that it was odd my go-to hotel company, Hyatt, didn’t have a property in Tysons Corner, VA. This is about 30 minutes from my house, and for those not…