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The Secret to Booking My Elite Rates at Hyatt
A major hat tip to Pizza in Motion for his tips this morning about how to search for and book one of Hyatt’s new “My Elite” rates, which offer at 20% discount to Platinum and Diamond Gold Passport...
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Pass On These Credit Card Offers
One of the most annoying things about credit card sign-up offers is that there are so many! And it’s not just about targeted vs. public offers. There can be a variety of different offers for the same...
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Week in Review: January 12-18
There is always news out there I never get around to sharing. It builds up in my RSS reader or browser bookmarks, so this is my opportunity to start with a clean slate each week. Some of the news and...
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Earn Miles and Discounts for Referring Friends
I was poking around the interwebs this weekend and found a new site, Referaound, that shares information on referral programs. For example, American Express will let existing cardmembers refer people...
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This Boeing 777 Is Made ENTIRELY of Manila Folders
Hat Tip to @jonostrower for sharing a link to this amazing model of a Boeing 777 jet aircraft reviewed on io9 and created by Luca Iaconi-Stewart over the course of five years. Not only is it made at a...
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Honeymoon Trip Report: Day Trip to Phi Phi Islands
Megan and I took a two-week tour of Southeast Asia during our honeymoon in August/September of last year. Now it’s time to wrap up the trip report after a holiday break. Here’s the Trip Report Index:...
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Loyalty and Rewards Programs Are Not the Same
There’s a recent article on Huffington Post by consumer advocate Christopher Elliott circulating in the travel world, which I first found thanks to mikel51 on FlyerTalk. Elliott suggests that most...
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Stupid Interview Questions and the Hilarious Responses
Maybe these things amuse me more than they do others because I happened to be born and raised in Silicon Valley, where strange interview questions are common, but Information Week has sixteen interview...
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American and US Airways EQMs WON’T Be Combined for 2015 Status
I need to update comments made in a post last week, when I alerted readers that US Airways had shared information on its website stating that elite status in the 2015 program year will be based on...
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Honeymoon Trip Report: Thai Airways Business Class (HKT-HKG)
Megan and I took a two-week tour of Southeast Asia during our honeymoon in August/September of last year. Now it’s time to wrap up the trip report after a holiday break. Here’s the Trip Report Index:...
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United Worried about Shrinking Elite Numbers?
I don’t normally think of United Airlines as being generous about offering elite status matches, trials, or challenges — at least not in recent years. Almost anyone can request a status challenge, but...
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Review: Hyatt Place Seattle
Ordinarily I would not review a Hyatt Place. Their virtue is that they are pretty much the same everywhere you go, and Hyatt Place happens to be a market leader in the budget category as far as I’m...
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Kimpton’s New Hotels, Plus Changing Elite Benefits
Earlier this week, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants sent out an email alerting its customers to changes to its InTouch loyalty program. I happen to be an Inner Circle member, status that I obtained...
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Fare Sale: SEA/PDX to Boston on AS, AA, and UA for $218-260 (3.9-4.4 CPM)
HT to The Flight Deal for sharing a cheap fare between Portland and Boston on Alaska Airlines for just $238. Although it’s a nonstop flight so the CPM is higher than my usual goal of 4 cents per mile,...
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Great Proactive Service from Hyatt and American Airlines
I’m always looking for companies that provide good service. I will gladly cut back on other areas of my budget if it means I need to pay more for good service because, quite frankly, bad service makes...
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Stay for 5,000 Points/Night with New IHG PointBreaks List Tomorrow
IHG Rewards — the loyalty program of Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, and InterContinental — offers a regular promotion called PointBreaks in which select hotels provide award nights as low as 5,000 points...
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Week in Review: January 19-25
There is always news out there I never get around to sharing. It builds up in my RSS reader or browser bookmarks, so this is my opportunity to start with a clean slate each week. Some of the news and...
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Why I’m Keeping My American Express Platinum Card
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN carries the most expensive annual fee of any card in my wallet. While I can easily justify paying $65 to help me with my elite status with SPG or...
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Worst Mileage Run in the World?
SiberianTiger shared a cheap fare on FlyerTalk today that caught my attention because it originates in the Pacific Northwest. But it’s not departing Vancouver, Seattle, or Portland. No. It departs from...
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100K Miles, Lounge Access, & $200 Credit for AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard
Citi released an offer today for the Citi Executive® / AAdvantage® World Elite™ MasterCard® that offers 100,000 bonus miles and a $200 statement credit. (No, it is not an affiliate link.) This is the...
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