It seems that Air India is putting all of their pilots and cabin crew on a diet. The airline is introducing new low fat diet meals for all crew effective immediately. Here's the note sent from Air India's senior director of inflight service to employees:…
I'll keep this review relatively short, and will focus on what made this flight unique. I was more detailed in my review of the New York to Paris flight a couple of days prior. Then there's my most detailed Air France first class review ever, which was…
Radisson Rewards has just announced the details of their next global promotion. While it's valid for stays over a few months, the booking window is extremely limited. Radisson Rewards is offering double points and double elite nights for stays this fall.…
There are quite a few loyalty programs that frequently run promotions on purchased points, which can represent a great deal, especially for aspirational redemptions. Back in the day Starwood Preferred Guest would often have promotions on purchased points,…
Last December Capital One introduced a transferrable points currency for their Venture and Spark products, which was an exciting development. The Venture and Spark cards were previously useful for earning rewards that could be redeemed as cash towards…
There are some phenomena in the world that just can't be explained. Jorts. Fanny packs. American Airlines being named a five star global airline. In 2019 American Airlines was awarded five stars by APEX (the Airline Passenger Experience Association),…
This weekend Marriott's peak and off-peak award pricing went live. This is no surprise, as we've known for several weeks that this was coming. Historically when redeeming points for a hotel, the cost has been based on the category of hotel you're staying…
The Chase Freedom® Card (review) is one of my favorite no annual fee credit cards, as it offers 5x points in rotating quarterly categories, for up to $1,500 of spending per quarter. Most people use this as a cashback card, meaning the 5x points really…
Best Western Rewards isn't the most generous loyalty program out there, and for that matter Best Western doesn't have that many aspirational properties. They do offer promotions every so often, though. Their most common promotion is for a $10-20 gift…
My dad, Ford, and I, just returned from our incredible surprise birthday trip to South Africa. We had so much fun, though after being gone for over two weeks it's also nice to be home again. I'll continue rolling out the trip report over the coming days,…
Over the past few years I've had a lot of inquiries from readers and clients about the Four Seasons properties in Hawaii. Of all the Four Seasons properties, I receive the most emails and make the most bookings at the Four Seasons resorts currently operating…
It's no surprise that we've seen a big decrease in demand for flights to & from Hong Kong, given the protests that have gone on there for months. Cathay Pacific is already scaling back their schedule, including eliminating frequencies on many popular…
The Citi® Double Cash Card is one of the all around most lucrative cash back credit cards. The card has no annual fee and offers 1% cash back when you make a purchase, and 1% cash back when you pay for that purchase. In my opinion this is a card that…
In my opinion Qatar Airways offers the all around best business class experience in the world with their Qsuites product. However, historically one area where the airline has lagged is with inflight wifi. Up until recently: -- None of Qatar Airways'…
The IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card is a fantastic hotel credit card that just about everyone should have. For those of you who don't yet have the card -- for whatever reason -- you're in luck, because since early August the card has been offering…
Earlier this week British Airways pilots went on strike for the first time in decades. The pilots carried out a two day strike that canceled hundreds of flights. This strike is over a pay dispute -- the company has offered an 11.5% pay increase over…
I'll keep this review relatively short, and will focus on what made this flight unique. I was more detailed in my review of the New York to Paris flight a couple of days prior. Then there's my most detailed Air France first class review ever, which was…
We had to check out of the Park Hyatt Paris at 4PM, way ahead of our 11:20PM flight to Johannesburg. We ended up taking an Uber to the airport at around 5PM, and got there before 6PM. I was super excited for my dad and Ford to experience Air France's…
I had to be in New York for meetings earlier this summer, and decided to take the opportunity to check out some of the new World of Hyatt properties in the city, starting with The Beekman, a Thompson Hotel. The Beekman is a Category 6 property for World…
We had two nights in Paris, and I decided to book the Park Hyatt Paris for that time. I reviewed this hotel a bit over a year ago, so won't be writing a full review this time. Rather I'll focus on the rooms we received (which were different than last…
I last reviewed Air France La Premiere on a flight a couple of years ago from Paris to Houston. I say that up front because that review was much more detailed than I'll make this one in terms of the hard product, while this review will mostly be focused…
We had a nearly five hour layover at JFK, as we arrived before 12PM from Toronto, and were connecting to Paris on Air France in first class at 4:25PM (in the next installment I'll share the tickets that I booked). Remember that at this point my dad still…
Determining the value of points can be a highly subjective exercise, where people arrive at wildly different numbers. With the increasing popularity of transferable points currencies over the years, deciding on the value of points has become even more…
InterContinental has launched a potentially lucrative promotion to earn IHG Rewards Club points. This promotion is in addition to the global fall 2019 IHG promotion, as that's valid for stays at all IHG brands (while this is specific to InterContinental).…
Priority Pass recently picked up two major lounges in Australia, though there's a catch. Specifically, "The House" lounges at both Melbourne and Sydney Airports have joined the Priority Pass network. These are the former Etihad Airways lounge locations.…
We had to check out of the Park Hyatt Paris at 4PM, way ahead of our 11:20PM flight to Johannesburg. We ended up taking an Uber to the airport at around 5PM, and got there before 6PM. I was super excited for my dad and Ford to experience Air France's…
The Chase Freedom® Card (review) is one of my favorite no annual fee credit cards, as it offers 5x points in rotating quarterly categories, for up to $1,500 of spending per quarter. Most people use this as a cashback card, meaning the 5x points really…
Ultimately this will likely surprise exactly no one, but that won't stop me from sharing... Over the past couple of days my dad, Ford, and I, returned from Cape Town to the US. We took a 10 hour flight from Cape Town to Doha, had an eight hour layover,…
About a year ago I wrote about how LATAM is spending $400 million updating their interiors across their fleet, which includes installing a new business class product. Currently the airline has a pretty lackluster business class hard product, with most…
Choice Privileges is currently running their latest promotion on purchased points, valid for one week only. Through September 17, 2019, Choice Privileges is offering up to a 30% discount on the purchase of points. That discount applies as long as you…
In general I love Amex's portfolio of cards earning Membership Rewards points, though probably the card I see the least value in is the Business Green Rewards Card from American Express. Well, this card now has a new welcome bonus, though I personally…
*Sniff sniff* Can you smell that? Yep, it's the smell of a politician working for the people and trying to find solutions to real problems. That brings us to Kenyan MP Lilian Gogo, who brought up a very important point in a discussion about possible…
