Virgin Atlantic launching ‘hand baggage only’ and ‘Economy Delight’ fares – what do you get? by Head For Points. I really don’t see this being a good long term plan for traditional carriers. This just means they will be directly... Read More →
A Year of Tracking – Autoslash’s Results by The Art of Travel Hacking. Autoslash is a must use tool if you ask me. This post shows why, impressive savings. It’s also nice being able to book in advance and then just watch the price... Read More →
United Airlines does abrupt about-face on controversial lottery bonus by Chicago Business Journal. If only somebody could have predicted that gutting a employee rewards program and replacing it with a lottery would receive negative... Read More →
Children’s Passports Getting Pricier on April 2nd by Mommy Points. It’s not a huge fee increase, but every dollar adds up especially when children are involved. MoviePass Sues Subscription Rival Sinemia for Patent Infringement by... Read More →
Hyatt cracks down on second guest approach to sharing status by Frequent Miler. Surely they aren’t cracking down due to people doing things like this? Uber and Lyft drivers’ median hourly wage is just $3.37, report finds by... Read More →
A loyalty scam sold to the uninformed by Wandering Aramean. I think there is a big difference between learning the rules of a program and taking advantage of sweet spots and then outright breaking them like this. It’s not a good... Read More →
AMEX RAT not giving out spending bonuses due to GC purchases by Miles Per Day. RAT at it again. Sometimes I think calling in can just draw attention to your account, but it’s hard to know for sure. Uber & Lyft giving two $10... Read More →
What’s The Most Useful Form of Cash? (Hint: It’s not a $100 Bill) by WSJ. Really interesting read. Coinbase IRS notification. This shouldn’t come as a great surprise, but I suspect it will – especially for those that want... Read More →
Chase ‘Glitch’ Exposed Customer Accounts by Krebs On Security. I really don’t understand the level of ambivalence to this ‘glitch’ that has been shown in our community and the MSM in general. This Krebs post provides a... Read More →
Why Priceline Group Is Changing Its Name to Booking Holdings by Fortune. Didn’t realize that booking.com was quite that big. Didn’t Receive your Wyndham Points? Now you Can! by Deals We Like. Such an absurd system where you have... Read More →
The Latest Amazon Prime Benefit: Free Shipping At Woot by DansDeals. Don’t think I’ve bought anything from Woot for a long time, but might be useful to some people. When Booking Two Cruise Cabins is a Better Deal than... Read More →
PSA: Do NOT Use Zelle or Venmo to Pay People on Craigslist, eBay or Strangers Online by Travel With Grant. I think this should be pretty obvious, but a good reminder regardless. I personally wouldn’t rely on Paypal’s... Read More →
Sam’s Club Pushes A Prime Competitor by PYMNTS. Goodluck with that, Sam’s Club. Coinbase Product Update — February 13, 2018 by Coinbase. Basically no more adding credit cards. I don’t think purchasing crypotcurrency with a... Read More →
Stash Raises $37.5M To Launch New Banking Service by PYMNTS. I’m surprised they are adding 40,000 new users weekly, I could understand it when they had the easy $18 money maker but I don’t think it’s actually that... Read More →
Uber mandates a six-hour rest period for frequent drivers by Washington Post. MoviePass terminated a ‘small percentage’ of its users for violating its terms of service — and people are freaking out by Business Insider... Read More →
