Delta’s window-seat shop of horrors
Imagine that you're a couple thousand dollars short of the MQDs (Medallion Qualifying Dollars) required to get to the next level of Delta elite status. Now consider that Delta has sent emails to cardmembers...
Impressive: Air Canada Aeroplan’s solution for cancelled Etihad bookings
Earlier this year, we reported on amazing award space to fly in Etihad apartments between London and Abu Dhabi. In some cases, all nine seats in the Etihad first class cabin were bookable as...
Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard Review (2023)
The Air France KLM Flying Blue program has become very interesting lately. The program recently reduced award prices between North America and Europe so that you can now fly one way for 20K miles...
Flying Blue adds first class partner redemptions & new Caribbean partner
Air France has sent an email to members today to announce that they are now allowing for first class award redemptions on select partners, while teasing that first class redemptions will expand to more partners...
Amex referrals back for some
If you are an Amex cardholder who previously lost the ability to refer others, it may be worth logging in to your Amex account as some are once again seeing the ability to refer...
Hyatt Homes & Hideaways now live (had high hopes; however, hardly happy)
Hyatt launched Hyatt Homes & Hideaways yesterday, an opportunity to earn elite night credits and points in the World of Hyatt program when booking vacation rental homes. While that sounds good in theory, its...
Kimpton Fitzroy London Bottom Line Review
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 stay. While we still prefer Marriott's St. Pancras Renaissance hotel...
Amex adds family language to Everyday card
The scourge of Amex family language continues to spread. The latest casualty is the Amex Everyday card: as per the new offer terms, you may not be eligible to receive the welcome offer on...
Hertz misleads customers (again), dealing with gift card fraud and when the Chase 24-month...
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 the Chase 24-month clock for welcome offers resets. All that...
Amex expands once in a lifetime family language, MGM gets hacked and airline jilts...
Amex continues to expand once in a lifetime family language, massive data breaches at MGM and an airline jumps ship from Star Alliance to SkyTeam. All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection,...
Delta’s not a premium airline, Hyatt goes Airbnb and what it’s like to all-you-can-fly...
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 be as much of a premium airline as Delta. All...
How to cancel Virgin Atlantic partner awards online
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 points. Virgin charged only 7,500. Later, our plans changed and...
My first steps towards divorcing Delta’s elite program
On Sunday, I signed up for the Alaska status match designed for disgruntled Delta elites. That should give me Alaska MVP Gold 75K status for 90 days and then once I sign up for...
New Credit Card Displays
For the past several weeks, Carrie and I have been working behind the scenes to refresh our credit card displays and, as of yesterday evening, the new formatting is live!
The card-display refresh had a...
