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What New Places Can Your Starwood Points Take You?

June 8, 2013By Edward Pizzarello1 Comment

I always keep an eye on this helpful thread on Milepoint for new Starwood Preferred Guest property announcements. Over the last few weeks I’ve seen some interesting additions, things that I feel definitely add value. This review will consist mostly of cool places you can redeem your points and not on new hotels for the business traveler. No offense, but I don’t consider the new Aloft Tulsa Downtown a good redemption option for vacation. Westin Puntacana: Punta Cana is a small town on the Eastern tip of Dominican Republic. I […]

News & Notes For Friday, October 26th

October 26, 2012By Edward Pizzarello1 Comment

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 options on my favorite domestic airline is always a good thing. They’re talking about adding stops to Germany, South Korea, Peru as well as a few smaller cities in the Midwest. All good things, especially as it seems to indicate AA is getting stronger. US […]

CHEAP $15 Flights Within The USA and New Starwood Credit Card Offers

A quick spin through the travel world with some information you’ll want to see.

Today Only: Why You Should Consider Buying Hertz Gold Rewards Points

These are likely to sell out pretty quickly today. These packages can save you a bunch of money on one-way rentals, SUVS and premium cars.

New Miles to Go Episode! All About Marriott/SPG & Alliance Partner Award Booking

This week Ed is joined by Gary Leff from View from the Wing for a deep dive on the most asked questions about the changes to Marriott and SPG’s new program – there’s so much that we couldn’t get to it all! Summer Hull from Mommy Points is back to talk about how to get to Europe in business class MUCH cheaper.

Registration Is Open For New Hilton Double Points Promotion

Registration is now open for the Hilton double points promotion. Make sure you take a second to register.

Cheap Flights To Iceland And Hawaii And Ten Things To Know About JetBlue

The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles and points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comment, while I add my analysis to others. This is your shortcut to find out what’s going on in the travel world without having to read dozens of travel blogs to get all the best info.

Is Foursquare Dead?

Venture Beat doesn’t think so, and I’m not 100% sure they’re wrong. But, before I discuss the article, a little background on why someone allergic to social media like me became a Foursquare nut. A few years ago, a company called TopGuest came up with this concept where you could earn airline miles and hotel points for checking in at various places on Foursquare. I can’t say I thought it was a terribly good business model, but they convinced a bunch of hotel chains to hand out miles for this. […]

Update: American Airlines Variable Choice Plus Pricing A Feature, Not A Bug

I have to admit, I was pretty pleased with the original announcement that American Airlines was creating bundled pricing that included change fees at a lower apparent cost. Things got a little better when American also announced they were expanding the timeframe you could request a same day change to your flight. And, then things started to get a bit screwy. It started with just one flight I couldn’t get to price right with Choice Plus as an add-on. But, then I did a bit more digging and found out […]

A Summary Of United Airlines Global Services Benefits

As travel has gotten more stressful the benefits of elite status are even more valuable. In some cases, what used to be free for everyone is now only free for those customers that fly most frequently. I value my American Airlines Executive Platinum status more highly than any status I’ve earned, including 1K service with United Airlines. However, Global Services is another matter. For those not aware, Global Services is an invitation-only status level that United bestows on their best customers. What defines a best customer? Well, United doesn’t list […]

Clarity On Restriction of American Airlines Ticket Sales in Argentina

There seems to be some clarity on exactly how American Airlines will handle restrictions for ticket sales in Argentina. I received the following information that was sent by American Airlines to ticket agents today: Argentina Point of Sale Restrictions September 26, 2014 American Airlines has implemented sales restrictions for Argentina point-of-sale on our flights to/from Buenos Aires (EZE), Argentina. These sales restrictions do not apply to point-of-sale outside of Argentina. Reservations can still be made or ticketed for travel on American and American codeshare (AA*/OA) flights for departures prior to: […]

I Flew Frontier, Saved $400 And Didn’t Die. My Frontier Airlines Review

Those low-cost carriers always have very appetizing fare sales. Who wouldn’t want to pay $20 to fly somewhere? But, what does $20 really buy you? I found out exactly what Frontier does (and doesn’t) offer customers on my first flight with them recently.