A month ago Hyatt named Starwood veteran Mark Vondrasek as Head of Loyalty and Business Platforms. World of Hyatt reports up to him, and he's also responsible for integrating Hyatt's lifestyle brand acquisitions Miraval and Exhale into the chain. He's ...

Hyatt Names New Head of World of Hyatt Program and more...  In This Issue...  Hyatt Names New Head of World of Hyatt Program  $18,250 Giveaway and Circumventing Chip and PIN  Today is Opening Day For the New American Express Lounge Philadelphia  Singapore Airlines Will Serve $300 Vintage Krug in First and Suites Class  Say What?? Fare Alert – $186 Roundtrip to Australia!  Mileage-Earning Rate Doubled for Investing Through Lending Club, Possible Big Miles Opportunity  Earn More Miles By Adding Small Business Cards to Your Wallet  Group of Passengers Kicked Off Flight for Smelling Too Bad  More Recent Articles Hyatt Names New Head of World of Hyatt Program A month ago Hyatt named Starwood veteran Mark Vondrasek as Head of Loyalty and Business Platforms. World of Hyatt reports up to him, and he's also responsible for integrating Hyatt's lifestyle brand acquisitions Miraval and Exhale into the chain. He's not filling huge hole Hyatt has had since Jeff Zidell left. He had to hire that person. Continue reading Hyatt Names New Head of World of Hyatt Program...          • Email to a friend •   $18,250 Giveaway and Circumventing Chip and PIN A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading $18,250 Giveaway and Circumventing Chip and PIN...          • Email to a friend •   Today is Opening Day For the New American Express Lounge Philadelphia A week and a half ago I shared a sneak preview of the 8th American Express Centurion lounge in Philadelphia near gate A14 in terminal A-West. The lounge has officially opened as of 5 a.m. Eastern time this morning. Continue reading Today is Opening Day For the New American Express Lounge Philadelphia...          • Email to a friend •   Singapore Airlines Will Serve $300 Vintage Krug in First and Suites Class Krug Grande Cuvée is an excellent champagne, and several airlines serve it in international first class. It's a blend of wines from 10 or more vintages and from a combination of pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot meunier. And it's cellared for at least six years. You'll often pay $160 or more in a bottle shop. However Singapore Airlines is introducing Krug 2004 "on all First Class and Suites flights where both" Dom Perignon and Krug are normally served. Continue reading Singapore Airlines Will Serve $300 Vintage Krug in First and Suites Class...          • Email to a friend •   Say What?? Fare Alert – $186 Roundtrip to Australia! Virgin Australia and its joint venture partners are actually offering a $186 roundtrip fare between Dallas and Melbourne, Australia. That's not a typo. Continue reading Say What?? Fare Alert – $186 Roundtrip to Australia!...          • Email to a friend •   Mileage-Earning Rate Doubled for Investing Through Lending Club, Possible Big Miles Opportunity A year ago I wrote about Lending Club offering up to 100,000 United miles. At the time they were offering one mile per $2 invested by new customers. You earn better yields than a bank, but there's some risk... Continue reading Mileage-Earning Rate Doubled for Investing Through Lending Club, Possible Big Miles Opportunity...          • Email to a friend •   Earn More Miles By Adding Small Business Cards to Your Wallet Small business credit cards often have bigger and better offers than personal cards. That's because small businesses spend more than individual people do on average. Acquiring a business as a customer means more spend, which means a card company can invest more marketing to obtain the customer. Furthermore, small business cards from most issuers don't generally 'count' towards 5/24 limits getting approved for a new card with Chase since most banks don't report them on your credit report. So getting a small business card usually doesn't stand in the way of getting other cards. Continue reading Earn More Miles By Adding Small Business Cards to Your Wallet...          • Email to a friend •   Group of Passengers Kicked Off Flight for Smelling Too Bad Spirit Airlines kicked a group of passengers off of a San Jose, Costa Rica to Fort Lauderdale flight last week because they smelled. Spirit promised they could fly the following day, but the passengers pointed out "We're going to smell the same tomorrow." Continue reading Group of Passengers Kicked Off Flight for Smelling Too Bad...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles 12,000 Bonus Miles for Online Shopping More Hypocrisy By US Airlines on Subsidies: Where's the Outrage Over the Latest Bailout?       Click here to safely unsubscribe from "View from the Wing." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.