In Marriott's earnings call yesterday Arne Sorenson laid out his thinking on the loyalty program that will combine Marriott, Starwood, and Ritz-Carlton in 2019. The only thing from Sorenson's remarks that worries me is that they're driving down the cost ...

Marriott’s CEO Laid Out Vision for 2019’s New Combined Loyalty Program and more...  In This Issue...  Marriott’s CEO Laid Out Vision for 2019’s New Combined Loyalty Program  Father Put Sex Toys in His Son’s Bag and Sent Him Through Airport Security  American is Removing Business Class Seats from Some Boeing 777s to ‘Standardize’ Product  Foreign Airlines Flying US Domestic Routes Just Got Closer and How Much Money Uber Loses  The Best No Annual Fee Points Transfer Card is Now Also a Great 0% Balance Transfer Card  The EPA Administrator Flew Emirates Business Class and That’s Just Fine  Earn More Miles By Adding Small Business Cards to Your Wallet  More Recent Articles Marriott’s CEO Laid Out Vision for 2019’s New Combined Loyalty Program In Marriott's earnings call yesterday Arne Sorenson laid out his thinking on the loyalty program that will combine Marriott, Starwood, and Ritz-Carlton in 2019. The only thing from Sorenson's remarks that worries me is that they're driving down the cost of the program for hotels, although no doubt that's a part of how they get properties on board with program changes they're planning to announce in the coming months. Continue reading Marriott’s CEO Laid Out Vision for 2019’s New Combined Loyalty Program...          • Email to a friend •   Father Put Sex Toys in His Son’s Bag and Sent Him Through Airport Security A man from New Orleans packed a foot long sex toy and lube in his son's carry on bag. Then he sent his son through a TSA screening checkpoint. Hijinks ensue. Continue reading Father Put Sex Toys in His Son’s Bag and Sent Him Through Airport Security...          • Email to a friend •   American is Removing Business Class Seats from Some Boeing 777s to ‘Standardize’ Product American Airlines has myriad aircraft in different configurations from legacy American Airlines decisions before the merger and from US Airways, and a series of individual decisions along the way. Customers can luck out with better aircraft for passenger experience and worse aircraft. They're making efforts to standardize the fleet where they can, and that means the 13 Boeing 777-200s with 45 business class seats will each be losing 8 seats up front. Continue reading American is Removing Business Class Seats from Some Boeing 777s to ‘Standardize’ Product...          • Email to a friend •   Foreign Airlines Flying US Domestic Routes Just Got Closer and How Much Money Uber Loses 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 Foreign Airlines Flying US Domestic Routes Just Got Closer and How Much Money Uber Loses...          • Email to a friend •   The Best No Annual Fee Points Transfer Card is Now Also a Great 0% Balance Transfer Card The Amex Everyday Card is one of the best no annual fee value propositions out there. It's the only no annual fee personal card whose points transfer 1:1 into airlines and hotel programs, because it earns 'real' transferable Membership Rewards points. What's just been added is a $0 balance transfer fee on balance transfers requested within 60 days from account opening and 0% balance transfers for 15 months on purchases and balance transfers. Continue reading The Best No Annual Fee Points Transfer Card is Now Also a Great 0% Balance Transfer Card...          • Email to a friend •   The EPA Administrator Flew Emirates Business Class and That’s Just Fine Earlier in the week I wrote about the pretty outrageous domestic first class fares the EPA Administrator travels on. He's loyal to Delta even when the federal government has awarded a city pair contract to another airline. And he pays full fare first even for the Delta Shuttle between New York and DC. There's been much hand wringing though over his flying Emirates business class Milan - New York in June. That's wrong. Here's why. Continue reading The EPA Administrator Flew Emirates Business Class and That’s Just Fine...          • Email to a friend •   Earn More Miles By Adding Small Business Cards to Your Wallet Small business credit cards often have bigger and better offers than personal cards. That's because small businesses spend more than individual people do on average. Acquiring a business as a customer means more spend, which means a card company can invest more marketing to obtain the customer. Furthermore, small business cards from most issuers don't generally 'count' towards 5/24 limits getting approved for a new card with Chase since most banks don't report them on your credit report. So getting a small business card usually doesn't stand in the way of getting other cards. Continue reading Earn More Miles By Adding Small Business Cards to Your Wallet...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles 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       Click here to safely unsubscribe from "View from the Wing." 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