Everyone partners with Uber, it's integrated into the United app and American had a promo. Presumably they're earning off rides. Three hotel chains -- Starwood, Hilton, and IHG -- partner with Uber. But only Starwood's partnership has been worthwhile. ...

Last Day to Earn Starwood Points for Uber Rides Will Be December 17 and more...  In This Issue...  Last Day to Earn Starwood Points for Uber Rides Will Be December 17  Why I Need to Stop Staying at Hyatt This Year  ANA, Cathay, and Korean Join PreCheck, Make Sure Your Known Traveler Number is Up to Date  Here’s Why American Thinks Your Miles Are Worth Only 1/7th of a Cent Each  Regional Jet Spun 180 Degrees on Landing in Finland Today  New Uber Visa Offers Cell Phone Protection and Rebate for Netflix, Spotify  Get Free Bose Headphones When Buying $600+ Air and Hotel  More Recent Articles Last Day to Earn Starwood Points for Uber Rides Will Be December 17 Everyone partners with Uber, it's integrated into the United app and American had a promo. Presumably they're earning off rides. Three hotel chains -- Starwood, Hilton, and IHG -- partner with Uber. But only Starwood's partnership has been worthwhile. So naturally it's ending. Continue reading Last Day to Earn Starwood Points for Uber Rides Will Be December 17...          • Email to a friend •   Why I Need to Stop Staying at Hyatt This Year My favorite hotel benefit is Hyatt's confirmed suite upgrade. I can reserve a suite at time of booking a best-priced standard room for any stay up to 7 nights where standard suites are available. Unfortunately the way Hyatt awards confirmed suite upgrades means I need to pretty much stop staying at Hyatts for the rest of the year. There are some simple changes Hyatt could make to fix this disincentive. Continue reading Why I Need to Stop Staying at Hyatt This Year...          • Email to a friend •   ANA, Cathay, and Korean Join PreCheck, Make Sure Your Known Traveler Number is Up to Date A year ago Lufthansa became the 19th airline set up with TSA PreCheck. They joined Air Canada, Etihad, Aeromexico and WestJet as the first non-US airlines set up with PreCheck. And with that the massive US data-sharing, surveillance and passenger-convenience program had gone global. Now 5 more airlines have joined: ANA, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, Finnair and Contour Airlines. Continue reading ANA, Cathay, and Korean Join PreCheck, Make Sure Your Known Traveler Number is Up to Date...          • Email to a friend •   Here’s Why American Thinks Your Miles Are Worth Only 1/7th of a Cent Each In theory American believes they'll sell out their flights the Sunday after Thanksgiving (though if that's true, why are tickets just $133?) so they're letting you redeem your miles at $0.0017 per mile. That's actually how much liability American has been accruing on its books for each mile they award for travel. The accounting changes January 1, and that may be why American is promising better award space. Continue reading Here’s Why American Thinks Your Miles Are Worth Only 1/7th of a Cent Each...          • Email to a friend •   Regional Jet Spun 180 Degrees on Landing in Finland Today Scandinavia's flight SK4236 from Stockholm to Turku, Finland "spun 180 degrees on runway after landing" this evening. After a 35 minute flight the one and a half year old Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Cityjet "skidded on runway" due to heavy snow. Continue reading Regional Jet Spun 180 Degrees on Landing in Finland Today...          • Email to a friend •   New Uber Visa Offers Cell Phone Protection and Rebate for Netflix, Spotify 4% back on restaurants. $100 signup bonus. Cell phone protection and a rebate on Netflix or Spotify. This is an interesting no fee card with no foreign transaction fees but it's missing premium benefits from Uber. Continue reading New Uber Visa Offers Cell Phone Protection and Rebate for Netflix, Spotify...          • Email to a friend •   Get Free Bose Headphones When Buying $600+ Air and Hotel Upside is the new travel booking site from Priceline founder Jay Walker that launched publicly at the beginning of the year. Last summer I interviewed Jay about his history with Priceline and his new business idea. For both business and leisure travelers they occasionally run compelling first-use bonuses like guaranteed gift card minimums that make booking through them a no-brainer. Continue reading Get Free Bose Headphones When Buying $600+ Air and Hotel...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Lufthansa Sticks it to Berlin, Hotel Credit Card Scam, and Hawaii Airfares Will Fall Terrible Farce: NAACP Issues Travel Warning Against American Airlines 90,000 Mile Signup Bonus for Virgin Atlantic MasterCard is Back       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.