Just a quick post today… Hertz is running a triple point promotion for all rentals from February 1 – April 15th. There’s no real catch (other than that only 2-day or longer rentals qualify), but you do need to sign up. If you rent from Hertz, you should sign up for this promotion. Here’s the…
You’ve heard the story before… a friend goes on a week-long vacation and uses his phone “once or twice”. A month later, he opens his mobile phone bill to learn that he has been charged north of $1,000 in international roaming charges. He then has to spend several weeks fighting with his telephone company to…
The Chase Freedom credit card offers a flat 1% cash back on all spending, plus additional cash back on up to $1,500 spent in a few spending categories, which change every quarter. The categories for January-March are: Gas Stations Movie Theaters Starbucks The catch is that you must “activate” your bonus categories before each quarter…
Starwood has opened registration for their current promotion, Bring On The Nights. If you stay at Starwood hotels, you should go to the Starwood website and register. Here are the details from the Starwood website: Start packing so you can start earning. With the SPG® Bring On The Nights promotion, you’ll earn 2,500 bonus Starpoints®…
A bit of travel-related stuff from around the interwebs that’s been sitting around on my desk for a while… It looks like Southwest and Virgin are coming to LaGuardia. For my colleagues in Indianapolis (where I am currently staffed) who are interested in signing up for PreCheck, the TSA opened the program for sign-ups at…
Earlier last week I received the following email from American Express, letting me know that access to the American Airlines Admirals Club would be discontinued as a card benefit: We are writing to give you advance notice of changes to your travel benefits and remind you about other valuable features of your Platinum Card. As of March…
Sometimes you need to make a connection between airports in New York City. On a recent trip, I was connecting through LaGuardia, but my flight was late and my rebooking required me to transfer to JFK. The easy solution in this case was to take a taxi, but I was in the mood to explore…
WestJet is the quirky Canadian airline that just likes to have fun. Recently, they introduced Kargo Kids as an April Fools Day prank. This year, they decided to spread some holiday cheer to their customers on two flights. You have to watch the video to believe what happened. Trust me, you’ll enjoy it. The amount…
Today Delta announced some huge changes to their frequent flyer program for 2014. The changes take effect on March 1, 2014. Full details are at Delta’s website, but here are the biggest points: Changes to complementary upgrades Medallion Complementary Upgrades will now be offered on flights between Hawaii and LAX, SEA, SFO, or SLC. Medallion Complementary…
Points Princess uncovered a new way to find better award availability on Air France and KLM. FlyingBlue is a Membership Rewards transfer partner, so if you are looking to book on Air France or KLM, definitely check out her post. Phil shared a news story about a pilot who will probably be losing his job…
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