Last year Hyatt ran double points April through June and double points for the last month and a half of the year. Those were the only bonus promotions for hotel stays Hyatt ran. Period. And there's been nothing yet this year. Until now: they've just ...

Hyatt Launches New Promotion, You Should Register Right Now, Even Free Nights Earn! and more...  In This Issue...  Hyatt Launches New Promotion, You Should Register Right Now, Even Free Nights Earn!  “When It’s an Important Event and the Nearby Marriott Just Won’t Do”  Alaska Airlines Quickly Rolls Back Limits on Last Minute Partner Award Booking  Hyatt Regency Aruba Gives the Finger to World of Hyatt Members  Trump Wants to Sell DC Airports and That’s a Good Idea  I Was First on the Upgrade List and I Didn’t Clear!  More Recent Articles Hyatt Launches New Promotion, You Should Register Right Now, Even Free Nights Earn! Last year Hyatt ran double points April through June and double points for the last month and a half of the year. Those were the only bonus promotions for hotel stays Hyatt ran. Period. And there's been nothing yet this year. Until now: they've just announced their new promotion and it's likely better than double points -- and kicks in with your first stay. Continue reading Hyatt Launches New Promotion, You Should Register Right Now, Even Free Nights Earn!...          • Email to a friend •   “When It’s an Important Event and the Nearby Marriott Just Won’t Do” Marriott's 'Leadership' prefers the Hyatt Regency LAX over the half dozen Marriott properties in the area. Continue reading “When It’s an Important Event and the Nearby Marriott Just Won’t Do”...          • Email to a friend •   Alaska Airlines Quickly Rolls Back Limits on Last Minute Partner Award Booking Loyalty fraud is a costly issue for programs. A lot of it originates in China. The challenge though is limiting the cost of fraud without undercutting the value proposition of the program to legitimate members. That's what I highlighted earlier in the week with Alaska's new policy of prohibiting booking awards within 72 hours of travel on Cathay Pacific, JAL, or Hainan Airlines. Continue reading Alaska Airlines Quickly Rolls Back Limits on Last Minute Partner Award Booking...          • Email to a friend •   Hyatt Regency Aruba Gives the Finger to World of Hyatt Members When a hotel program promotes that you can use points for any 'standard room' available on property, you think that means the most common room at the hotel. It doesn't. It means the worst or lowest category room at the hotel. And some hotels use this to prevent members from using their points. Hyatt has had real problems with this at some of its premier properties. Continue reading Hyatt Regency Aruba Gives the Finger to World of Hyatt Members...          • Email to a friend •   Trump Wants to Sell DC Airports and That’s a Good Idea There's a lot of pushback to the Trump administration suggestion to sell off DC area airports. I'd like to leave aside the particular proposal and make a few points about the concept, both selling the DC airports and federal assets generally. Even if you're not a fan of the President or of 'privatizing' see if you can disagree with these. Continue reading Trump Wants to Sell DC Airports and That’s a Good Idea...          • Email to a friend •   I Was First on the Upgrade List and I Didn’t Clear! I'm driven nuts by upgrade issues like American Airlines agents not handing out upgrades to passengers who aren't waiting in the gate area or not bothering to process upgrades at the gate because they're too busy (so first class seats go out empty while passengers on the upgrade list sit in back). Most of the time though what looks like shenanigans turns out to have a perfectly logical explanation on closer inspection. Continue reading I Was First on the Upgrade List and I Didn’t Clear!...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles The 11 Best Cards from Chase and How to Get Them Another Hit From the Marriott-Starwood Merger and Saving the A380 Program Gets Real Fantastic First Class Award Availability to Asia on One of the World's Best Airlines       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.