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The Best Rewards Card on the Planet is One You Cannot Get (Well, There Is One Way) and more...  In This Issue...  The Best Rewards Card on the Planet is One You Cannot Get (Well, There Is One Way)  Hyatt’s New SLH Properties – By Redemption Category. Are They a Good Deal?  What’s Behind Higher Spending Requirements for Elite Status and Special Treats Coming to Centurion Lounges  If You Can’t Stand Each Other Please Don’t Fly Together  Now That United is Introducing Premium Economy,, How Are They Handling Awards and Upgrades?  Donald Trump’s Plane Got Whacked at New York LaGuardia  Air New Zealand’s Christmas Video Mocks Donald Trump  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. The Best Rewards Card on the Planet is One You Cannot Get (Well, There Is One Way) Competition in the rewards credit card market has gotten so intense that I believe the two year old Chase Sapphire Reserve card has become passé -- it's gone from the 'it' card, most rewarding in the marketplace, to merely a good card that in my view has been surpassed in its rewards-earning. But what if the card threw in a full United Club membership at no extra cost? Continue reading The Best Rewards Card on the Planet is One You Cannot Get (Well, There Is One Way)...          • Email to a friend • Hyatt’s New SLH Properties – By Redemption Category. Are They a Good Deal? Hyatt has launched its partnership with SLH hotels offering points and elite credit earning on paid stays, and points redemptions. More options for where to use your points are better. Full stop. And there are some lovely properties included in this portfolio. This gives members more nice places to use their points. Continue reading Hyatt’s New SLH Properties – By Redemption Category. Are They a Good Deal?...          • Email to a friend • What’s Behind Higher Spending Requirements for Elite Status and Special Treats Coming to Centurion Lounges 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 What’s Behind Higher Spending Requirements for Elite Status and Special Treats Coming to Centurion Lounges...          • Email to a friend • If You Can’t Stand Each Other Please Don’t Fly Together Right before Thanksgiving an American Airlines flight from Washington DC to Los Angeles had to divert when a husband and wife wouldn't stop fighting. A flight attendant separated them, moving the husband to the back of the aircraft. However his wife followed and things escalated. I figured the guy must've said the wrong thing about his mother-in-law. Now it seems another couple fought on board an American Airlines flight on Wednesday and caused the pilot to divert. Continue reading If You Can’t Stand Each Other Please Don’t Fly Together...          • Email to a friend • Now That United is Introducing Premium Economy,, How Are They Handling Awards and Upgrades? United announced that international premium economy will go on sale on Monday for certain flights starting March 30, 2019 and that it will expand to 21 routes by the end of May. That makes the question of how upgrades are going to be handled most urgent. Here's what they have to say. Continue reading Now That United is Introducing Premium Economy,, How Are They Handling Awards and Upgrades?...          • Email to a friend • Donald Trump’s Plane Got Whacked at New York LaGuardia Donald Trump used to own a whole airline. He purchased the Eastern Shuttle in 1989 and renamed it the Trump Shuttle. He lost $100 million on the deal, and also lost big in a takeover attempt of American Airlines the same year. The Trump Shuttle is now the American Airlines shuttle. Trump does still own a Boeing 757 (as well as a Cessna). He acquired the jet in 2011. Continue reading Donald Trump’s Plane Got Whacked at New York LaGuardia...          • Email to a friend • Air New Zealand’s Christmas Video Mocks Donald Trump Santa mistakenly e-mails one of the naughty kids on his list the entire database of naughty children. Armed with this information, the children convene the International Naughty Kids Summit "to tackle the threat of empty stockings." Continue reading Air New Zealand’s Christmas Video Mocks Donald Trump...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles United's CEO Gives Up His First Class Seat to an Elderly Nervous Flyer Europe Business Class From Just 30,500 Points With Chase, Amex or Citi Points Massive Marriott Data Breach: 500 Million Bookings, Many With Payment and Passport Data 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