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Hyatt Homes & Hideaways

Hyatt Homes & Hideaways now live (had high hopes; however, hardly happy)

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Hyatt launched Hyatt Homes & Hideaways yesterday, an opportunity to earn elite night credits and points in the World of Hyatt program when booking...
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Kimpton Fitzroy London Bottom Line Review

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IHG's Kimpton Fitzroy hotel in London is visually stunning inside and out.  My wife and I just spent 6 nights here and enjoyed our...
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Amex adds family language to Everyday card

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The scourge of Amex family language continues to spread. The latest casualty is the Amex Everyday card: as per the new offer terms, you...
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Hertz misleads customers (again), dealing with gift card fraud and when the Chase 24-month...

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Hertz in hot water for lying to their customers, one man's story of dealing with gift card fraud and how to figure out when...
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Amex expands once in a lifetime family language, MGM gets hacked and airline jilts...

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Amex continues to expand once in a lifetime family language, massive data breaches at MGM and an airline jumps ship from Star Alliance to...
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Delta’s not a premium airline, Hyatt goes Airbnb and what it’s like to all-you-can-fly...

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Hyatt launches a vacation rental program, a harrowing tale of actually using Frontier's all-you-can-fly pass and at least one frequent flyer thinks JetBlue might...
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How to cancel Virgin Atlantic partner awards online

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Over the summer I had used my Virgin Atlantic points to book a Delta flight from Detroit to DC.  Delta would have charged 16,000...
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My first steps towards divorcing Delta’s elite program

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On Sunday, I signed up for the Alaska status match designed for disgruntled Delta elites.  That should give me Alaska MVP Gold 75K status...
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New Credit Card Displays

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For the past several weeks, Carrie and I have been working behind the scenes to refresh our credit card displays and, as of yesterday...
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[Update: Uh-oh] Transfers from Amex to Aeroplan not going through quickly

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Update 9/21/23: Many readers have reported in the comments that they transferred to Aeroplan and transfers are not going through in a timely fashion. I...
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Delta’s new elite requirements: Blatant copies of United

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I knew that the general idea of Delta's new elite requirements seemed to follow United and AA's lead (see: Delta’s 2024 elite program -...
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A new Hyatt Premium Card, Delta makes everyone angry and skipping TSA Precheck for...

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Hyatt exploring a new premium card, trying out Chase's premium card rental insurance and did Delta go too far with their recent program changes?...
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Turkish Star Alliance awards online once again! Book United to Hawaii for 7500 miles...

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In 2019, we broke the news on the Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot for domestic Star Alliance flights with the revelation that it...
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Big changes coming to Delta SkyMiles, how to get free United flights and new...

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Big changes are coming next week to Delta SkyMiles, a rarely-discussed perk that can get you free flights on United and Citi's new cards...

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