Just as Marriott excluded Ritz-Carlton hotels, Hilton excuded Waldorf=Astoria properties. Those hotels were allowed to offer breakfast but weren't required to, largely because a handful objected. However Hilton has overcome those objections and elite ...

Hilton Improving Elite Breakfast Benefit on January 1 and more...  In This Issue...  Hilton Improving Elite Breakfast Benefit on January 1  Did a jetBlue Flight Get Landing Priority Because Someone Claimed to Know Ryan Seacrest?  Fly Roundtrip Business Class for Just 51,000 Points That You Probably Have  Credit Cards Killed in 2017 and What 2018 Will Bring  Woman Kicked Out of Marriott in Pajamas and Handcuffs Because She Wasn’t a Swinger  Hilton Wants Housekeepers to Serve as First Line of Defense in the War on Terror  British Airways Parent Expected to Take Over Austrian Airline NIKI  Hyatt Will Count Award Stays Towards Status and Improve Short-Expiring Free Night Awards  More Recent Articles Hilton Improving Elite Breakfast Benefit on January 1 Just as Marriott excluded Ritz-Carlton hotels, Hilton excuded Waldorf=Astoria properties. Those hotels were allowed to offer breakfast but weren't required to, largely because a handful objected. However Hilton has overcome those objections and elite breakfast benefits will no longer exclude Waldorf properties. Continue reading Hilton Improving Elite Breakfast Benefit on January 1...          • Email to a friend •   Did a jetBlue Flight Get Landing Priority Because Someone Claimed to Know Ryan Seacrest? On the same day and at the same airport last year three pilots faked fuel emergencies in order to get priority for landing. But that was Kolkata, India, and the airlines in question were IndiGo, Air India, and SpiceJet. You certainly don't expect anything like that to happen in the U.S., although some pilots have a sense of humor that might lead certain passengers to think something like that is happening. Continue reading Did a jetBlue Flight Get Landing Priority Because Someone Claimed to Know Ryan Seacrest?...          • Email to a friend •   Fly Roundtrip Business Class for Just 51,000 Points That You Probably Have Iberia is a oneworld airline based in Spain with an underrated fully flat business class product. They're owned by IAG, the same airline that owns British Airways, and they're a oneworld partner of American Airlines. The great thing about Iberia is that when you use Iberia Avios to redeem for Iberia flights they charge fewer miles than British Airways or American does and they do not add usurious fuel surcharges. What's more they occasionally discount their already reasonable award prices. Continue reading Fly Roundtrip Business Class for Just 51,000 Points That You Probably Have...          • Email to a friend •   Credit Cards Killed in 2017 and What 2018 Will Bring 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 Credit Cards Killed in 2017 and What 2018 Will Bring...          • Email to a friend •   Woman Kicked Out of Marriott in Pajamas and Handcuffs Because She Wasn’t a Swinger A Marriott hotel in Atlanta is being sued for kicking a woman with a reservation out of the property because she wouldn't pay extra to stay on a "swinger's floor." She had booked a 3 night New Years Eve stay but was asked for more money "for being on a floor that had been completely booked by Swingers of Atlanta." Continue reading Woman Kicked Out of Marriott in Pajamas and Handcuffs Because She Wasn’t a Swinger...          • Email to a friend •   Hilton Wants Housekeepers to Serve as First Line of Defense in the War on Terror After the Las Vegas shooting massacre there were calls for limits to be placed on hotel 'do not disturb' signs even though there was no indication that a do not disturb sign played any role in the shooting. Now Hilton will no longer honor Do Not Disturb signs for more than 24 hours. Continue reading Hilton Wants Housekeepers to Serve as First Line of Defense in the War on Terror...          • Email to a friend •   British Airways Parent Expected to Take Over Austrian Airline NIKI NIKI was driven into insolvency with the collapse of air berlin and withdrawl of support from Etihad. It was expected that the Austrian carrier would go to Lufthansa (specifically their low cost subsidiary Eurowings), but European competition regulators shut down that possibility. Continue reading British Airways Parent Expected to Take Over Austrian Airline NIKI...          • Email to a friend •   Hyatt Will Count Award Stays Towards Status and Improve Short-Expiring Free Night Awards Hyatt is making two changes to their elite program for 2018, and they're both positive. Continue reading Hyatt Will Count Award Stays Towards Status and Improve Short-Expiring Free Night Awards...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Turkey Resuming Issuance of Visas to US Citizens All State Drivers Licenses Will Be Accepted by TSA At Least Until October 1, 2020       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.