I’ve been a satisfied Chase Ultimate Rewards customer for 13 years and have a seven figure points balance in the program. If you’re not already earning here it seems to make sense to do so while there are elevated offers for these cards.
Luxury hotel amenities can elevate personal spaces and connect you with a property and your trip memories long after you’ve returned home. Hotels are making it harder than ever to take them with you. But you can buy many of these items online, and you’ll be surprised how inexpensive they are.
Airbnb is contemplating a loyalty program – rejecting points in favor of a subscription model akin to Amazon Prime, reflecting CEO Brian Chesky’s belief that a paid membership could better monetize the platform’s top customers without the downsides he associates with conventional loyalty schemes.
Traditionally, Chase hasn’t been willing to approve customers for new cards who have opened 5 or more new card accounts in the past 24 months. This is referred to as “5/24.” However recently there are reports of new card offers from Chase where people do get approved despite being over this limit.
A 33-year veteran flight attendant asks me a pretty interesting question: why do passengers touch cabin crew so much?
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The Love & Hip Hop alum actually fought off two men at once as they were descending an escalator. Jones can be seen on video delivering punches to the two, accidentally landing on an older man who then fell to the ground. Another woman rushed to deactivate the escalator, but the fight continued despite attempts by several bystanders to intervene.
British Airways parent company IAG also owns Iberia and Aer Lingus. All three use Avios as their currency, and all three have U.S. credit cards from Chase.
Now Chase is out with a new offer for each of those cards. It’s 10,000 more Avios than the last offer without additional spend in a bonus category. And it’s the biggest offer they’ve had in years that didn’t require significant spending to qualify for.
AirTipping is an insidious practice, and no you shouldn’t be doing it in airport lounges. Airport workers aren’t paid a ‘tipped wage’ and tipping lets employers pay less. At airline lounges, offerings are included in the price of your ticket.
Sara Nelson, president of the largest flight attendants union (which represents cabin crew at United Airlines, among others, and is trying to organize at Delta) has came out for pro-Hamas protestors on Friday.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
