Welcome to lifetime status on British Airways. That is, if you can swing it. The lead story in this week’s edition is the announcement by BA’s Executive Club program that they are now offering both…
Nearly everyone will agree that devaluation to loyalty programs (or just about anything else) sucks. And this week, sadly, there’s a lot of suckage to talk about. Air Canada downgraded their upgrade program, adding co-pays…
No, really, we included a credit card link in the show notes today! Of course, ours is not an affiliate link and I actually don’t think it is the one you should use, but we’ll…
The next round of points-earning promotions from Starwood has been announced. There are two components to the earning: Earn double Starpoints on all eligible stays with no earning limits. Plus, earn an additional 2,500 bonus…
Sheraton hotels are offering a bonus promo of 1,000 extra points for any rooms booked on the Club levels at their hotels through May 31, 2013. Bookings made online at Sheraton.com/club or through Starwood’s Customer…
Surprise!! Wait, what was that? Everyone already knew that American Airlines and US Airways were going to merge? Well if that isn’t the most anti-climatic “big” story of the year then I don’t know what…
We’re baaaaack! Sorry we missed an episode cycle a couple weeks ago; it turns out that coordinating a recording from Burma, Bali and the USA was just too much, even for us. But we’re back…
The folks at Marriott have apparently finally decided that it is time to publish their Lifetime status requirements as part of their upcoming program year details. The lifetime program has been around for a while…
Starwood has announced their Preferred Guest earning promotion for the first quarter of 2013. This time around the additional earnings will be based on number of nights stayed in a SPG property between January 15…
Looking to earn a few extra points and also help out with the recovery from Hurricane Sandy? Lots of airlines and hotels are getting in on the action, offering to match donations or bonus points…
