Category - Recaps

Amazon Finds It’s Hard to Run a Real Sweepstakes in the Robocall Era by Bloomberg via Travel With Grant. Announcing The New Delta SkyMiles Calculator by Travel is Free. I always find this useful when trying to determine how good a... Read More →

Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa by Bloomberg. I can understand why they review the audio, but it’s still somewhat creepy. Google and Huawei agree to pay owners of faulty Nexus 6P devices up to $400 by The Verge... Read More →

Armed robbers make off with huge cash haul in Albanian plane heist by CNN International Marriott’s Arne M. Sorenson Named Chief Executive’s 2019 CEO of the Year by Chief Executive. Lol.   Yahoo Looks to Settle Huge Data Breach with... Read More →

Sinemia faces consumer pushback and a class action suit over a battery of complaints by Tech Crunch What is Chase Going to Do About These Two United Credit Card Perks? by Running With Miles. I do wonder how much Chase is consulted on... Read More →

Inflated Credit Scores Leave Investors in the Dark on Real Risks by Bloomberg. Shouldn’t really come as a surprise that credit scores are stronger when the economy is. I don’t think the scores are artificially higher than... Read More →

Wyndham Sued Over Worthless Club Membership in Arkansas by MtM Uber Eats Lands at Toronto’s Pearson Airport by Skift Table. At first I didn’t understand why the existing restaurants would allow this, but it seems it’s... Read More →

So, I Got Stabbed In Colombia by Nomadic Matt. I like how despite the negative experience it didn’t let Matt cloud his judgement of all of Colombia or even Bogota. Bogota is probably one of my favorite cities in the world and I... Read More →

Not a big fan of April fools, but I did think whoever made this fake ‘Flat Earth Society Credit Union‘ was pretty funny. What the New York Times got wrong about long-haul Amtrak travel by Freequent Flyer. Train travel always... Read More →

A Month After 2 Million Customer Cards Sold Online, Buca di Beppo Parent Admits Breach by Krebs On Security. Data breaches will continue to occur until the penalties for companies having data breached are increased. Amazon Cuts More... Read More →

Office Depot rigged PC malware scans to sell unneeded $300 tech support by Ars Technica. This is not what you like to see, obviously won’t stop me from taking advantage of this weeks Office Depot Mastercard deal though. Lawsuit... Read More →

Great News! Southwest Has Stopped Blocking Many Countries from Their Website! by Running With Miles. You Can Now Use Etihad Guest Miles To Bid For Etihad Upgrades by Traveling For Miles. Annoying they don’t give you any sort of... Read More →

Southwest Airlines has canceled 9,400 flights in past six weeks, and more are on way by USA Today. Partially due to the issue with the mechanics and partly due to the MAX issues. American Airlines is Expanding Their Miami Clubs by VFTW... Read More →

Grounded Southwest Boeing 737 Max 8 makes emergency landing on way to storage facility by USA Today. Was frustrating to see some of the headlines used for this story. No passengers on flight and it was a different issue than what caused... Read More →

Millennium Hotels Relaunches a Simplified Loyalty Program by Skift. WOW Air Cancels Dozens Of Flights After Icelandair Deal Falls Through by Simple Flying. Not looking good for WOW Air if I’m honest.   Report: Cathay Pacific... Read More →