Category - Recaps

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 →

The Credit-Card Kingmaker by WSJ. This just goes to show how big business this hobby and in particular TPG has become. The article states that TPG doesn’t accept free travel to remain unbiased, but it also claims that the TPG... Read More →

Milesperday has some interesting posts on necker island. Personally I would never do a trip like this, but that’s because I’m incredibly cheap. Necker Island here I come Would you pay $16,000 for a week on Necker Island... Read More →

No, TPG, Marriott Devaluations Aren’t Good for Members by View From The Wing. First a piece critical of Marriott was removed and no explanation given, now they are just copying and pasting press releases from Marriott. US Bank Altitude... Read More →

A Complete Guide To Making A Ton Of Money On Airbnb & /w Short Term Rentals by Travel is Free. Super detailed guide, I haven’t read the whole thing yet as I don’t have any properties I want to list on Airbnb but... Read More →

$200 Resort Credit At Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas With Any Amex Card by MtM. Just keep in mind that booking through AmEx looks like it doesn’t include the resort fee of $45 per night. Report Finds CEO Pay Rises After Data Breach by... Read More →

Last week saw a lot of people with denied American Express sign up bonuses receive those bonuses, it’s not exactly clear why this happened but good news regardless. We also saw Bank of Hawaii/Barclays offer a sign up bonus of... Read More →

Uber Eyes April IPO Debut by PYMNTS. This IPO is most likely the reason behind things such as the UberEats fee increase. Changi Airport to inaugurate The Jewel on April 17, 2019 by Live From A Lounge. Changi is already the best airport... Read More →

The St. Regis Aspen’s Unconscionable Cancelation Policy by One Mile At A Time. This policy is absolutely ridiculous. If you want to have such a policy then the very least you could do is clearly disclose it to customers before booking... Read More →

PSA: Stay away from Coinseed by DEM Flyers. Marriott Bonvoy 110,000,000 Customer Cases Opened Since April 2018? by Loyalty Lobby. Big if true and according to a different source  this is accurate.   Priority Pass trials Priority... Read More →

Do You Like Camping? Wait Until You Learn About “Champing!” by YMMV. Basically camping in a Church. Looks like a unique experience but only available in England. U.S. Grounds Boeing Planes, After Days of Pressure by NY Times. I’m... Read More →

American Express drops after missing Wall Street’s fourth-quarter expectations by CNBC. Missed expectations but profit is still well up. Some Thoughts About Influencers by The Deal Mommy.   CLEAR Proposed Expansion Plans in 2019 by... Read More →