Might not be important for everyone, but hey, I thought they were all newsworthy. 🙂 American Airlines is talking expansion. They’re talking international expansion, which is music to my ears. I prefer to redeem my miles to cool places all over the world, so…
More Hyatt growth. They’ve announced a new Hyatt Place in Times Square. And, they’re adding another Park Hyatt, this time in Qingdao, China. The TSA kinda screwed up in a pretty meaningful way in terms of randomizing security. Wandering Aramean details how they could…
There’s nothing more a miles junkie like me enjoys more than a great value for his points. And, Starwood has provided just that. View From The Wing has details on a huge discount on some of Starwood Preferred Guest’s properties. There are some truly…
One of the knocks on Hyatt is that they have significantly less properties than the other large hotel companies. Starwood is the next smallest after Hyatt and they have almost double the roughly 500 properties Hyatt has. That’s why it’s good to see them…
View From The Wing has reported that you can now search for Air Berlin and Finnair awards online with American Airlines.  For me, one of the biggest mileage values is using your miles for international travel (especially in business class). You used to have…
My business travel has started taking me down to the Miami area with some increasing frequency. I’ve been trying to find the right Hyatt property (since I’m putting most of my paid stays there to lock up lifetime status, while most of my award…
I’ve heard frequently from others about the Andaz 5th for a few years now. Gary of View From The Wing swears by the property as his go-to in NYC and has written about it numerous times. I’ve had my fair share of stays in…
View From The Wing has two juicy tidbits today, one that was more affirmation of something I suspected, the other a bit of a surprise about an airline I spend a fair time flying and criticizing. First, Gary notes that Hyatt has pretty much…
If you’re a holder of the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express Card, you should be familiar with their feature that gives you stay and night credit every year you maintain their card. You can get 5 nights and 2 stays by holding the SPG…
Over the years I’ve refereed/participated in a number of debates about which hotel loyalty program is the best. Reasonable minds can disagree (except for those people who think Marriott is the best out there) about the best program, and different types of travelers will…