The new World of Hyatt program was a change to elite qualification and benefits, not really a change to earn and burn. And a year into that program there's certainly some consternation, and there's new leadership running loyalty at Hyatt. In spite ...

Only 9 Hotels are Moving Up or Down Hyatt Category This Year and more...  In This Issue...  Only 9 Hotels are Moving Up or Down Hyatt Category This Year  Four Online Shopping Bonuses, Four Thousand Miles  Passenger Pulled Out of Lavatory for Smoking, Threatens to Kill Everyone on the Plane  UK’s Total Capitulation on Brexit Deal Saves British Airways  Lufthansa’s Frequent Flyer Program Going Revenue-Based March 12th  New Airline List to Ban Passengers and Will Marriott Lose Starwood’s Customers?  Chase Hired a New Head of the Sapphire Reserve Card  1000 Marriott Points Quick and Free  United and American Discounting Their Miles Through End of Year  More Recent Articles Only 9 Hotels are Moving Up or Down Hyatt Category This Year The new World of Hyatt program was a change to elite qualification and benefits, not really a change to earn and burn. And a year into that program there's certainly some consternation, and there's new leadership running loyalty at Hyatt. In spite of record hotel occupancy Hyatt is tweaking very little for earn and burn, moving only 9 hotels up or down in category (8 up, 1 down). Continue reading Only 9 Hotels are Moving Up or Down Hyatt Category This Year...          • Email to a friend •   Four Online Shopping Bonuses, Four Thousand Miles I do as much of my shopping online as possible to earn shopping portal bonuses, you go online and click a link to a store to earn a rebate for the purchases you'll make anyway. There are other ways to do this of course, for instance the MileagePlus X app lets you earn United miles for in-store purchases at participating merchants. But online is generally best. Several times during the year however there will be bonuses that each of the major shopping portal offers. Want to know why they all have similar offers around the same time? Here's some of the inner workings of mileage-earning shopping portals. Continue reading Four Online Shopping Bonuses, Four Thousand Miles...          • Email to a friend •   Passenger Pulled Out of Lavatory for Smoking, Threatens to Kill Everyone on the Plane A woman sitting in the bulkhead on Southwest Airlines flight WN2943 from Portland to Sacramento on Saturday was caught smoking. The woman had tampered with the smoke detector on the lavatory. Continue reading Passenger Pulled Out of Lavatory for Smoking, Threatens to Kill Everyone on the Plane...          • Email to a friend •   UK’s Total Capitulation on Brexit Deal Saves British Airways Pro-Brexit forces in the UK have nearly completely folded in coming up with a transition deal. The 'win' was saying they'd leave the EU, but in practice it won't happen for many years (and the transition period could always get extended) while in the meantime they're going to pay the EU, subject themselves to European regulation, and get a trade agreement. Continue reading UK’s Total Capitulation on Brexit Deal Saves British Airways...          • Email to a friend •   Lufthansa’s Frequent Flyer Program Going Revenue-Based March 12th Lufthansa has announced that the Miles & More program will move to revenue-based earning effective with tickets purchased March 12 onward. Continue reading Lufthansa’s Frequent Flyer Program Going Revenue-Based March 12th...          • Email to a friend •   New Airline List to Ban Passengers and Will Marriott Lose Starwood’s Customers? 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 New Airline List to Ban Passengers and Will Marriott Lose Starwood’s Customers?...          • Email to a friend •   Chase Hired a New Head of the Sapphire Reserve Card The Wall Street Journal is covering Chase's hire of Matthew Massaua from Barclaycard to run the Sapphire Reserve product. Matt ran partnerships for Barclaycard, and is universally well-regarded. Continue reading Chase Hired a New Head of the Sapphire Reserve Card...          • Email to a friend •   1000 Marriott Points Quick and Free Marriott will give you 1000 points for answering a simple question on Twitter. And here's the answer. Continue reading 1000 Marriott Points Quick and Free...          • Email to a friend •   United and American Discounting Their Miles Through End of Year We used to think of miles as worth 2 cents apiece. That was a simplistic calculation, 25,000 miles paid for a $500 domestic ticket more or less. The truth is miles with several airlines used to be worth far more than 2 cents apiece. They'd sell you miles for 3.5 cents, and credit card signup bonuses were commonly 5000 miles (if anything at all). Airlines have so devalued their miles that most aren't worth anywhere close to 2 cents anymore, although the specific value of each currency varies. As a result, in order to get the same juice in consumer behavior as because, it's necessary to... Continue reading United and American Discounting Their Miles Through End of Year...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Government Withdraws Plan to Regulate What You See When You Search for Airfare       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.