Checklist Item #1: Vote In Freddie Awards There are tons of travel awards out there. Some are influenced by money, others decided on by experts. But, there’s only one group of awards that are decided by the frequent traveler. Millions of them, in fact….
I remember when I started writing this blog a few years ago. I had a big pile of miles and points and I enjoyed helping other people plan their travel. So, I figured I would write about it once in a while. I figured…
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…
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…
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Things are in full swing for the first hotel promotions of 2013. Once again, the important take away here is to register for all the promos even if you don’t think you’ll patronize a specific chain during the promo period. Plans change frequently and…
United has announced a handful of new domestic and international routes. By hub, here are the new routes: Washington Dulles: Guatemala City, Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica Vancouver Grand Rapids, MI Chicago: San Jose, Costa Rica Fairbanks, Alaska Newark: Edmonton Denver: Fort MacMurray,…
It’s that time of year again. I got my monthly Hyatt newsletter, and noticeted that Hyatt has announced properties that are getting more expensive and cheaper to book using Gold Passport points in 2013. It’s good to see that the list is very small this…
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…