Category - Recaps

PSA: Check Amazon Gift Card Balance for Missed Allowance Reloads by Travel With Grant Southwest is Adding a Fourth Hawaii Gateway by Jeff Setter.   Cathay Pacific to sack nearly 300 cabin crew in US, calling bases in New York, San... Read More →

GiftCards.com Donating 5% Of Visa Gift Card Sales To Feeding America by GC Galore. Apple Introduces Budget-Friendly $399 iPhone SE by PYMNTS. I think my days of buying flagship phones is over, the SE and Pixel A products seem like much... Read More →

Amazon slashes commission rates for program that gives publishers a cut of sales by CNBC. I guess they don’t really need affiliates at the moment as they are struggling to keep up with demand. Airlines Have To Refund You If They... Read More →

Airlines Will Have To Repay More Government Aid Than Expected by OMaaT. I’m so sick of the airlines and unions threatening bankruptcy at every turn. If airlines are really that close to bankruptcy then propping them up with these... Read More →

Chase Now Lets You Defer Credit Card Payments Online by MtM American Airlines Donates More Than 81,000 Pounds of Food to Area Food Banks by American Airlines.   Be Wary! Massive Changes to Brazil’s Cancellation / Refund Laws. by... Read More →

Microsoft Buys Corp.com So Bad Guys Can’t by Krebs On Security. Etihad to Test New Check-in Kiosk That Can Tell If You’re Sick by Travel Codex.   Finnair Desperately Want Me To Take A Voucher Refund by Travel Update. How To Get A... Read More →

McDonald’s Breakfast Free for Health Care Workers, First Responders by NBCS San Diego. Socal only? T-Mobile Customers Get Quibi on Us! Original Movie-Quality Content Designed for Mobile by T-Mobile. Not available to all T-Mobile... Read More →

Delta To Travel Agents: We Are Fighting All Chargebacks On Cancelled Flights, But We Won’t Charge You If We Lose by Dan Deals. If you don’t provide a good or service, you shouldn’t be able to charge for that good or service... Read More →

SPECIAL GUEST: Hear Nomadic Matt Talk About His Experience Testing Positive For COVID-19 by Pizza In Motion. Another Possible Risk Factor for U.S. Airlines: Credit Card Holdbacks by Skift. It makes sense for the processor to do... Read More →

U.S. Hotels Will Need More Than What’s in the $2 Trillion Relief Package: Industry Trade Group CEO by Skift. You could give $2 trillion directly to the hotel lobby group and they would still ask for more. How Frequent Miler (the... Read More →

Chase shuts down my wife a 2nd time by Miles Per Day My Interview With A Covid-19 Positive United Employee by Live and Lets Fly.   Flying Blue has announced that miles won’t expire between now and the end of 2020. Hat tip to... Read More →

People Need Loans as Coronavirus Spreads. Lenders Are Making Them Tougher to Get. by WSJ Reminder to be careful with United’s change policy.   Robinhood Accused of Offering $75 Compensation with “No Lawsuit” Catch by DDG... Read More →

Staples Unlikely To Offer In-Store Gift Card Deals For The Next Month by GC Galore. American Express Conspires With Air France To Rip Off Consumers, Break Law by Live and Lets Fly. Looks like I won’t be making any purchases on an... Read More →

Inside American Airlines’ Scramble as Virus Grounds Jets by Hundreds by NY Times. US Government Sites Give Bad Security Advice by Krebs On Security   The Four Seasons NYC Will Give Free Rooms To NYC Healthcare Workers! by Dans... Read More →

United Is Going Out of Its Way to Hose Customers: My COVID-19 Cancellation Experience by Miles to Memories. My tweet on the matter. Aeroplan soft launches using miles to bid for upgrades and a full time buy/gift miles option by Frequent... Read More →