Passengers want to accompany friends and family to the gate. Airports want more people shopping and dining, they earn a percentage of the revenue at all the merchants at the airport. And by the way airlines usually share in this revenue, too. The TSA ...

You Can Now Go Through Security Even If You’re Not Flying at Two Major Airports and more...  In This Issue...  You Can Now Go Through Security Even If You’re Not Flying at Two Major Airports  Marriott Changes Program Terms to Exclude Platinum Breakfast at Two High Profile Hotels  Yesterday There Was Another Lion Air 737 Incident Following Last Week’s Crash  American Express Business Gold Rewards Now Earns 4 Points Per Dollar in 2 Spending Categories  One Man Just Flew His 20 Millionth Mile on United  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. You Can Now Go Through Security Even If You’re Not Flying at Two Major Airports Passengers want to accompany friends and family to the gate. Airports want more people shopping and dining, they earn a percentage of the revenue at all the merchants at the airport. And by the way airlines usually share in this revenue, too. The TSA wants to limit the number of people going through security. They also want to limit the bags they have to screen at the checkpoint. As of today a second major US airport will allow passengers to clear security without a same day boarding pass. Continue reading You Can Now Go Through Security Even If You’re Not Flying at Two Major Airports...          • Email to a friend • Marriott Changes Program Terms to Exclude Platinum Breakfast at Two High Profile Hotels A loyalty program promises benefits in the future for your business today. It's fundamentally based on trust. So one of the things I hate the most, even more than changes without notice, is changes that the program doesn't even tell you about. Marriott has just made changes to Platinum breakfast, participating properties, and earning points on spending at hotels when not a registered guest. Continue reading Marriott Changes Program Terms to Exclude Platinum Breakfast at Two High Profile Hotels...          • Email to a friend • Yesterday There Was Another Lion Air 737 Incident Following Last Week’s Crash A week after the tragic crash of Lion Air flight JT610 on October 29 another Lion Air Boeing 737 has had an incident this time crashing into a pole while taxiing out to the runway for takeoff from Bengkulu to Jakarta. Continue reading Yesterday There Was Another Lion Air 737 Incident Following Last Week’s Crash...          • Email to a friend • American Express Business Gold Rewards Now Earns 4 Points Per Dollar in 2 Spending Categories The American Express® Business Gold Card has just gotten a refresh after four years and now earns points faster. It has two spending categories which earn four points per dollar. And the cool thing is that those two categories will be the ones you spend the most in out of 6 choices. Continue reading American Express Business Gold Rewards Now Earns 4 Points Per Dollar in 2 Spending Categories...          • Email to a friend • One Man Just Flew His 20 Millionth Mile on United I first wrote about Tom Stuker in 2009, and then again in 2011 when he crossed 10 million miles flown on United. In 2009 he was flying 700,000 miles per year. By 2016 he had doubled that pace. And he's only sped up. Continue reading One Man Just Flew His 20 Millionth Mile on United...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Why Do First Class Passengers Board First — Rather Than Last? Extreme Lengths Airlines Go to Reduce Weight and 20 Airlines With the Most Planes Ordered 50,000 Bonus American AAdvantage Miles for Partner Activity Through End of Year Indonesian Passengers Demand Removal of Yummy Cargo Before They'll Fly Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.     Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC • 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123 • Sudbury, MA 01776, USA