This has been the 'it' card ever since it first came out. They're offering a generous 50,000 point signup bonus (after $4000 spend within 3 months of account opening). The card earns triple points on travel and dining. There's a $300 travel ...

Review: Chase Sapphire Reserve Card and more...  In This Issue...  Review: Chase Sapphire Reserve Card  Singapore Airlines Introducing Credit Card Surcharges on Basic Economy Fares  Cathay Pacific Cancels Dine on Demand in Business Class, Introducing Buy On Board in Coach  Hilton’s Biggest Investor Borrowing Big Against Their Stake and a Travel Blogger Went Crazy  American and Southwest are Bonusing All Employees $1000 Because of Tax Reform  Presenting the Wrong ID at a Hotel and New Credit Card Nightclub Benefit  American Express Improves Membership Rewards Transfer Rate to Hilton  New More Expensive Award Prices From IHG Rewards Club  President Trump Claims Credit for Planes Landing Safely in 2017  More Recent Articles Review: Chase Sapphire Reserve Card This has been the 'it' card ever since it first came out. They're offering a generous 50,000 point signup bonus (after $4000 spend within 3 months of account opening). The card earns triple points on travel and dining. There's a $300 travel credit, $100 Global Entry credit, unlimited visit Priority Pass Select, and points that are worth more than usual towards paid travel and that transfer to airlines and hotel programs. Money where my mouth is, here's my Chase Sapphire Reserve Card: Continue reading Review: Chase Sapphire Reserve Card...          • Email to a friend •   Singapore Airlines Introducing Credit Card Surcharges on Basic Economy Fares Last month Singapore Airlines announced new fare types going into effect January 20. 'Economy lite' fares -- Singapore's Basic Economy fare buckets Q, N, V, and K -- aren't just going to mean paid advance seat selection. While this wasn't announced at the time, Singapore will also be imposing a 1.3% credit card surcharge to Economy Lite reservations originating in Singapore. Continue reading Singapore Airlines Introducing Credit Card Surcharges on Basic Economy Fares...          • Email to a friend •   Cathay Pacific Cancels Dine on Demand in Business Class, Introducing Buy On Board in Coach Cathay Pacific is reportedly cancelling its planned roll out of 'dine on demand' in business class and introducing 'buy on board' meals on some shorter economy flights in place of complimentary food. Flight crew hated having to offer dine on demand, and charging for food in economy means big cost savings boarding far fewer meals on flights like Hong Kong - Manila and overnight flights to North Asia. Continue reading Cathay Pacific Cancels Dine on Demand in Business Class, Introducing Buy On Board in Coach...          • Email to a friend •   Hilton’s Biggest Investor Borrowing Big Against Their Stake and a Travel Blogger Went Crazy 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 Hilton’s Biggest Investor Borrowing Big Against Their Stake and a Travel Blogger Went Crazy...          • Email to a friend •   American and Southwest are Bonusing All Employees $1000 Because of Tax Reform Southwest is giving every employee $1000, giving an additional $5 million to charity and exercising options for 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8 ("15 firm orders in 2019 and 25 firm orders in 2020"). They're crediting the tax reform bill for the moves. American Airlines is also giving each employee $1000. It'll cost American Airlines about $130 million or almost twice what it will cost Southwest because of American's size. American also credits the tax reform bill. Continue reading American and Southwest are Bonusing All Employees $1000 Because of Tax Reform...          • Email to a friend •   Presenting the Wrong ID at a Hotel and New Credit Card Nightclub Benefit 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 Presenting the Wrong ID at a Hotel and New Credit Card Nightclub Benefit...          • Email to a friend •   American Express Improves Membership Rewards Transfer Rate to Hilton American Express Membership Rewards points have historically transferred to Hilton at a rate of 1000 -> 1500. So 1 Amex point was worth 1.5 Hilton points. That's not a rate I'd want to transfer at. I value Hilton points at 4/10ths of a cent and Amex points at 1.8 cents apiece. Sometimes they'd run bonuses where 1 Amex point would yield 2 Hilton, still not a great deal but better of course. Continue reading American Express Improves Membership Rewards Transfer Rate to Hilton...          • Email to a friend •   New More Expensive Award Prices From IHG Rewards Club New higher-priced top redemption category, hotels can cost up to 70,000 points per night rather than 60,000. 499 hotels go up in category (cost more points to redeem) while 192 go down, more than a 2.5 to 1 ratio of increases to decreases. Most of the increases are in the U.S. Continue reading New More Expensive Award Prices From IHG Rewards Club...          • Email to a friend •   President Trump Claims Credit for Planes Landing Safely in 2017 Commercial air safety has consistently improved for the past 35 years, but Trump has been in office just one year. Oddly though his primary air travel safety initiative — spinning off air traffic control into an independent non-profit corporation, separating out regulation from the actual provision of air traffic services, an ICAO best practice the US currently fails to follow — failed to gain traction in 2017. Continue reading President Trump Claims Credit for Planes Landing Safely in 2017...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Flew Coach for New Year's       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.