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American’s Airbus A321 Retrofit Plan and Ultimate Gaming of Tripadvisor Reviews and more...  In This Issue...  American’s Airbus A321 Retrofit Plan and Ultimate Gaming of Tripadvisor Reviews  It’s Vaporware For Now – But Hilton Could (Eventually) Be Onto Something With ‘Connected Room’  United Announces $3 Billion Share Buyback, Conceding Few Growth Opportunities for the Business  Delta, Air France and KLM Introducing Checked Bag Fees on Flights to Europe  African American Passenger Stands His Ground in Priority Boarding at Washington National Airport  (Some) American Airlines ConciergeKey Members Can Now Gift Executive Platinum Status  IHG’s New Gamified Promotion is Out — What’s Your Offer?  How to Get the Best Credit Card Signup Bonus Out There  More Recent Articles American’s Airbus A321 Retrofit Plan and Ultimate Gaming of Tripadvisor Reviews 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 American’s Airbus A321 Retrofit Plan and Ultimate Gaming of Tripadvisor Reviews...          • Email to a friend •   It’s Vaporware For Now – But Hilton Could (Eventually) Be Onto Something With ‘Connected Room’ Hilton announced their new 'Connected Room' concept, which is live at one hotel — the Hilton Garden Inn Memphis — sort of. They promise to add 7 hotels in the coming weeks and roll out in the U.S. only in the coming year. So far this isn't actually "in-app" and they don't have all the technology vendors on board, but they have the right concept. Continue reading It’s Vaporware For Now – But Hilton Could (Eventually) Be Onto Something With ‘Connected Room’...          • Email to a friend •   United Announces $3 Billion Share Buyback, Conceding Few Growth Opportunities for the Business United got hammered during their earnings call in October. They offered a number of metrics at an investor day a year ago, said that most of those efforts were on track, but refused to give any numbers to back up or elucidate on the claim. Their stock is down about 15% in the last year, and about 12% since the beginning of the year. Continue reading United Announces $3 Billion Share Buyback, Conceding Few Growth Opportunities for the Business...          • Email to a friend •   Delta, Air France and KLM Introducing Checked Bag Fees on Flights to Europe Delta and their transatlantic joint venture partners are adding a first checked bag fee to their least expensive fares to and from Europe. As American and United roll out their Basic Economy fares internationally you can expect they'll follow Delta in short order since they generally believe Delta is smarter than they are. Continue reading Delta, Air France and KLM Introducing Checked Bag Fees on Flights to Europe...          • Email to a friend •   African American Passenger Stands His Ground in Priority Boarding at Washington National Airport On Tuesday an African American man departing Washington National airport was in the priority line for boarding when – he reports – the woman behind him told him he was in the wrong place. He told her he was in first class so he was in the right place. Apparently she persisted, complaining about the airline boarding military personnel with priority, "we paid for our seats so he still should have to wait." Continue reading African American Passenger Stands His Ground in Priority Boarding at Washington National Airport...          • Email to a friend •   (Some) American Airlines ConciergeKey Members Can Now Gift Executive Platinum Status American Airlines ConciergeKey is the 'super secret' level that George Clooney had in Up in the Air, in some sense equivalent to United Global Services and Delta 360. And they've introduced a new benefit for 2018. Continue reading (Some) American Airlines ConciergeKey Members Can Now Gift Executive Platinum Status...          • Email to a friend •   IHG’s New Gamified Promotion is Out — What’s Your Offer? The next IHG Rewards Club promotion is up and available for registration. They're coming out with 'Accelerate' again for stays between January 1 and April 30 you earn even more points. And in some ways it's my favorite hotel promotion — not as much for its richness as much because it is sort of fun. Continue reading IHG’s New Gamified Promotion is Out — What’s Your Offer?...          • Email to a friend •   How to Get the Best Credit Card Signup Bonus Out There Right now the credit card signup bonus comes from a small business card, and the best bonus as well as best business card to sign up for in my opinion, is the Chase Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card. It's worth walking through the various benefits of small business cards, and also who is eligible to get them. Because most of you can probably sign up. Continue reading How to Get the Best Credit Card Signup Bonus Out There...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Miles That Can Be Worth Buying: 40% Bonus From Star Alliance Member Aegean       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.