The major hotel chains sometimes sell discounted gift cards, which is a great way to lower the cost of hotel stays. For the past few years Fairmont has been offering bonuses on gift card purchases at least twice a year. They typically offer one of these…
Cathay Pacific has just launched a "Black Friday" sale that has the potential to be pretty lucrative. You can save $1,000 off the cost of a business class ticket or $500 off the cost of a premium economy ticket when you use promotion code HOLIDAY. Here…
Last week Capital One rolled out some fantastic new welcome bonuses on two of their best business credit cards, which was accompanied by some great news. The Capital One® Spark® Miles for Business has a $95 annual fee that's waived for the first year,…
Through November 27, 2018, Radisson Rewards is offering a 100% bonus on purchased points. Radisson Rewards lets you buy up to 40,000 points per account per calendar year, and the 100% bonus applies even if you buy just 1,000 points. Factoring in the…
The welcome bonus on the Barclaycard Arrival® Plus World Elite Mastercard® (see terms) has just been improved even more (for the third time in a few months): -- This card used to have a welcome bonus of 50K miles upon completing minimum spend, and the…
Priority Pass is the world's largest network of independent airport lounges, with over 1,200 locations around the world. The number of Priority Pass members has increased greatly the past couple of years, ever since the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card was…
We frequently see loyalty programs sell points at a discount, and for many this is an opportunity to buy points at a cost that makes sense, especially for aspirational redemptions. At the moment we're seeing so many loyalty programs offering great deals…
Yesterday I published a post about the bizarre incident that occurred on an EL AL flight from New York to Tel Aviv this past Thursday. I admit that at first I didn't get all the details right, and apologize for that. That's because I drafted the post…
While Qatar Airways has A380s, they have only 10 of them in their fleet, with no further A380s on order. As a point of comparison, Emirates has over 100 of them in their fleet. While Emirates flies A380s to all kinds of destinations, Qatar Airways has…
Over the past year we’ve seen several airport restaurants and bars in the US join Priority Pass. The concept is that at some airports Priority Pass has a tough time striking a deal with a major lounge due to crowding issues, so when that’s not possible,…
The CardMatch Tool, which is offered by creditcards.com, often gives people access to bigger targeted card welcome bonuses. In order to use the tool you have to enter your name, address, and last four of your social security number, and based on that,…
Well, I'm quite surprised by this, even if the amount isn't quite right. I've written extensively about Air Belgium, which is the airline that began flying between Charleroi and Hong Kong over the summer. By late September the airline announced that…
I boarded through the second set of doors, where I was greeted by an exceptionally friendly cabin manager and flight attendant who pointed me left into the business class cabin. The A330 is the backbone of Singapore Airlines' shorthaul fleet. The plane…
The CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® has been offering a phenomenal welcome bonus for several months now, and it's still going strong. The card is offering 70,000 AAdvantage bonus miles after spending $4,000 within four…
Okay, deep breaths, Delta flyers. Between the frantic two-day Delta One award sale to Europe, the changes to Sky Club policies, and the new monthly SkyMiles statement email (which totally doesn't merit a blog post but is kind of fun, I guess?), we've…
A couple of years ago Chase introduced the Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card, which continues to be one of the most compelling business cards out there. There's not another business card that offers a combination of a huge welcome bonus, generous return…
Priority Pass is the world's largest network of independent airport lounges, with over 1,200 locations around the world. The number of Priority Pass members has increased greatly the past couple of years, ever since the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card was…
I boarded through the second set of doors, where I was greeted by an exceptionally friendly cabin manager and flight attendant who pointed me left into the business class cabin. The A330 is the backbone of Singapore Airlines' shorthaul fleet. The plane…
I got to Ahmedabad Airport at around 8:30PM for my 10:50PM flight to Singapore. The outside of the airport was packed with people waiting for arriving passengers, and at first I was confused about where I could enter the terminal. I asked several people…
I was in Ahmedabad from around 4AM until 11PM, and my plan was to mostly sleep, since I was coming off two overnight flights. While Marriott/Starwood and Hyatt have a fair number of hotels in Ahmedabad, none of the Marriott/Starwood options seemed particularly…
At the forward door I was greeted by the cabin manager and pointed towards my seat, 4F. Etihad's business class cabin on the A320 consists of a total of 16 seats, spread across four rows in a 2-2 configuration. For aircraft mostly operating regional…
I had a roughly four hour layover in Abu Dhabi, as my flight from Washington arrived around 7PM, while my connecting flight to Ahmedabad was departing at 11PM. As usually seems to be the case, our flight arrived at a remote stand. I didn't mind this…
Singapore Airlines recently launched the world's longest flight, from Singapore non stop to Newark using their new special Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft. They decided to fit these aircraft with only 67 business class, and 94 premium economy seats (i.e.…
EL AL doesn't operate flights over Shabbat (from Friday evening until Saturday night), so when you look at their schedule, you'll see there's always a gap there. Planes on the ground in Israel will stay there, while planes at outstations will simply…
I'm a huge fan of CLEAR, and have written about it quite a bit in the past. I signed up for it last year, and it has saved me a significant amount of time. The benefit of being a CLEAR member is that instead of lining up to have your ID checked in the…
Hello from St. Kitts! We're spending the weekend at the Park Hyatt St. Kitts (thanks to an amazing deal earlier this year), and are having a great time. I'll have another post soon with my initial thoughts on the hotel, but overall I'm impressed, and…
I got to Ahmedabad Airport at around 8:30PM for my 10:50PM flight to Singapore. The outside of the airport was packed with people waiting for arriving passengers, and at first I was confused about where I could enter the terminal. I asked several people…
Hello from Muscat! The new airport here is incredible and is possibly my new favourite airport (and so far I've only experienced it as an arriving passenger). A few days ago I flew in from Amman, Jordan via Doha, on Qatar Airways. A few months ago I…
This week American Airlines has rolled out new menus on their flights within North America. There are eight lunch choices and eight dinner choices, and you should expect to see them cycled throughout the coming year, with different routes getting different…
Like many of you, I manage the miles & points accounts for my entire family. I rely on them to use the right credit cards for their spend, but the rest is on me, including making sure that their points don't expire, helping them redeem their points,…
I was in Ahmedabad from around 4AM until 11PM, and my plan was to mostly sleep, since I was coming off two overnight flights. While Marriott/Starwood and Hyatt have a fair number of hotels in Ahmedabad, none of the Marriott/Starwood options seemed particularly…
While this promotion isn't a reason to switch any stays to Choice, it's certainly an offer to take advantage of if you have any upcoming stays. Choice Privileges is offering 1,000 bonus points per night for bookings made and consumed by January 31, 2019.…
