Category - Recaps

American Airlines Agrees to Pay $45 Million to Settle Fare Collusion Lawsuit by Bloomberg. People Are Taking Equifax To Small Claims Court And Winning by WSB Radio via VFTW. Given that the government refuses to hold Equifax to account... Read More →

Marriott Free Breakfast Simplified by Frequent Miler. Despite FM trying to make this easy, Marriott refuses to make it so. Even though some brands are advertised as having all properties offering free breakfasts, some individual... Read More →

How Much Restaurants Get Reimbursed By Priority Pass (and Whether It’s Profitable) by View From The Wing. I’d be interested to know if they get $23 per ‘check in’ regardless of spend, because surely not everybody is... Read More →

Anthony Bourdain dead at 61 by CNN. Anthony Bourdain has always been somebody who has inspired me to travel, take the road less traveled and to try my best to cut through the bullshit and share honest opinions that matter. Usually when... Read More →

(UPDATED – Response Sent Out) Are There Issues with The Plastic Merchant? Reports Are Not Looking Good! by Miles to Memories. I retweeted an earlier report of this from Miles Per Day, but some readers were wondering why we didn’t... Read More →

Dear Travel PR, Don’t Lie by View From The Wing. Couldn’t agree with this more. I’ve got a mental list of the media departments that give frequent untruthful answers. It’s actually interesting in that the way the lie... Read More →

[Targeted] Citi AT&T Access More 35,000 Point Spend Bonus by Milenomics. Great retention bonus if you’re targeted. Hyatt Place: no more free breakfast for 3rd party bookings; early check-in coming for Explorists by Frequent... Read More →

MoviePass Parent Company Acquiring Emmett Furla Oasis Films (EXCLUSIVE) by Variety. I guess this is the acquisition they were hinting about? I don’t really know how MoviePass or Sinemia plan to survive long term at this stage but... Read More →

“Fancy Bear” can wreck your router by Wired. Basically just reset your router. Thanks to Wired for actually linking to the FBI PSA as well, other news outlets please take note if you’re going to say that the FBI suggests doing... Read More →

Just a heads up that there seems to be some issues with the giftcards.com app when activating, best to call in to activate currently. Jabbrrbox: An airport lounge all to yourself by CNN Travel. $30 per hour seems exceptionally... Read More →

Free Breakfast Returns to Hyatt Place Properties Testing a Pay-To-Eat Approach by Mommy Points. Fingers crossed it stays this way. Barclays Mulls Bank Deals Including With Standard Chartered by PYMNTS. No immediate impact for us, just... Read More →

A very impressive AMEX phishing email by Miles Per Day. The surprising company beating Apple and Google in mobile payments by QZ. Not that surprising given the number of promotions we’ve seen Starbucks run to get people to use the... Read More →

IHG and Radisson Won’t Honor Award Booking If Hotel Leaves Chain by Points Adventure. Ugh, not honoring these bookings is terrible. I would have thought that IHG & Radisson would have put this in the individual contracts with each... Read More →

Chase Pay Buy Button Comes To BigCommerce by PYMNTS. I doubt we will see any deals as a result of this, but we can always hope. AMEX Freezing MR Points After Referral and Sign-Up Bonus by Traveling The World For Less. Seems like an odd... Read More →