In mid-April we learned the full details of Marriott's new loyalty program, which will be debuting in August. This is a huge undertaking on Marriott's part, and members have had a lot of questions and concerns. While there are some areas where we have…
Later this year, Air Tahiti Nui will be refreshing their fleet. The airline currently has five Airbus A340s, and later this year they'll take delivery of their first of four Boeing 787-9s, which will replace the A340 fleet by 2019. Air Tahiti Nui's average…
In the past couple of months we've seen Chase introduce two new co-branded hotel credit cards. Specifically, I'm talking about the IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card and Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Credit Card. Given that these cards are both new,…
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,…
As much as I commend Qatar Airways for the onboard product they offer, just about everything else about the airline is a complete #&*%show. And that includes their loyalty program. Qatar Airways has just introduced a massive devaluation to their award…
Aer Lingus has a great business class product on their A330s, as they have a staggered configuration with fully flat seats. It has been cool to see Aer Lingus' growth the past few years, which has been gradual but consistent. They've added a handful…
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! I'm doing a whole lot of nothing this weekend, as in a few days I'm leaving on a trip to Italy and Greece, which I'm excited about. I'll be going to Milan, Santorini, and Athens. The whole reason Milan is part of the itinerary…
Earlier this week we saw the introduction of the new Ink Business UnlimitedSM Credit Card, which joins Chase's excellent lineup of Ink Business Cards (which otherwise include the Ink Business Cash℠ Credit Card and Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card).…
Recently we saw the introduction of two big new welcome bonuses on Citi AAdvantage Cards: -- The Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ Mastercard® is offering a welcome bonus of 60,000 AAdvantage miles after making $3,000 of purchases…
IHG initially announced that they were purchasing Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants back in 2014, but up until this year the brands continued to operate separately. Earlier this year the Kimpton Karma Rewards program was integrated into the IHG Rewards Club…
The newly delivered 787 that I'm most excited about this summer belongs to Air Tanzania, as they'll be adding a single Boeing 787 to their fleet, which they plan to use for flights to Mumbai. You can bet I'll be on that flight only shortly after it launches.…
Just a quick housekeeping update as we transitioned to a new email service yesterday (the previous one has been in place since 2008, and has been causing problems). I realize everyone is already receiving too many dang emails due to GDPR compliance stuff,…
Earlier I wrote about how Qatar Airways added a new $100 per segment surcharge for those booked in their excellent Qsuites business class product. Unfortunately it looks like that's not the only new or increased surcharge we should expect from Qatar…
Qatar Airways' Qsuites business class is by far the best in the world, in my opinion, taking into account both the hard and soft product. Qatar Airways has perfected business class, plain and simple. Qsuites first debuted last summer, and Qatar Airways…
I’ve written extensively about Silvercar, including my recent rental experience with them in Orlando. Silvercar is an innovative rental car company available in over 20 US markets markets, which exclusively rents Audis (they used to just rent the A4,…
Edelweiss Air is Swiss' leisure airline, which operates a fleet of A320s, A330s and A340s, to both shorthaul and longhaul destinations. They're not a low cost carrier per se, but rather operate routes to many leisure destinations that wouldn't work for…
For our last night five nights in the Seychelles we visited Desroches Island, where a brand new Four Seasons opened in March. The Seychelles consists of over 100 islands, though Mahe is by far the largest, and then there are a few more populated islands.…
We were spending eight days in the Seychelles, and when we booked this trip many months ago, we initially booked five nights at the Four Seasons Desroches Island, which was going to be the "highlight" of our trip. I'll talk more about that booking process…
Before I get into this review, I just wanted to clarify that this flight was supposed to be operated by Air Seychelles. However, shortly after we booked, Air Seychelles announced a major restructuring, which would include them canceling their Paris to…
Our flight was departing Paris at 9:55PM. We had to check out of our hotel at 4PM and decided to head to the airport at around 5PM, and arrived around 6PM. Air Seychelles departs from Terminal 2. We had already checked in online, so didn't need to stop…
For our four nights in Paris we booked the Park Hyatt Vendome using points. This is typically considered to be one of the most aspirational points properties out there, and I hadn't yet stayed there. The Park Hyatt is a Category 7 World of Hyatt property,…
My layover at Heathrow was roughly five hours, as I was arriving in London around 3PM, and departing for Paris shortly after 8PM. Ford was on a different transatlantic flight, and landed in London about an hour after I did. My flight from San Jose arrived…
For as long as I can remember, Qantas has always promoted how their fares have 'everything included.' For years as I drove into little Adelaide Airport, there was a giant billboard at the entry road with a Qantas aircraft seat stacked high with luggage,…
In mid-March I wrote about how Hyatt seemed to be running a trial at some of their limited service Hyatt Place properties. It's not unusual for big companies to test out new concepts and analyze the guest feedback to decide if bigger changes might make…
In June 2016, Air Serbia began flying between Belgrade and New York. I've had the chance to fly this route from both Belgrade to New York and New York to Belgrade, and immensely enjoyed both of my flights. This route was only possible thanks to the support…
A couple of weeks ago we first learned about rumored changes coming to the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card. These changes have now been confirmed, and over the past couple of days cardmembers should have received emails regarding this. Specifically, as…
Yikes. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is known for being an outspoken supporter of issues he is passionate about, whether it is standing up to union officials by grounding the entire Qantas fleet many years ago, or supporting marriage equality. This time he's…
Tiffany first wrote about Blacklane back in 2016, and about how she often finds it to be a good alternative to Uber. I'm unfortunately a creature of habit, so when I'm used to using a service I just keep using it whenever possible, and often don't want…
In mid-April I first wrote about how Zimbabwe took delivery of a Boeing 777, which used to fly for Malaysia Airlines. Zimbabwe’s government owned airline is 300 million USD in debt, so Zimbabwe did what any rational government would do, and planned to…
As I first wrote about in January, American was planning some improvements to Main Cabin Extra, which is their extra legroom economy section. Specifically, with these changes passengers seated in Main Cabin Extra will receive: -- Complimentary beer,…
A few days ago I wrote about how Starwood's 35% discount on purchased Starpoints expires on May 31, 2018. Starwood ordinarily charges 3.5 cents per purchased Starpoint. If you max out this promotion you can buy up to 30,000 Starpoints at a cost of $682.50,…
Every month I make a post with what I consider to be the best credit card bonuses of the month. While there are several excellent long standing credit card offers, the specifics of the best offers are constantly changing (be it the annual fee, minimum…
