Lots of “new” news to share in this week’s episode, and that’s mostly a good thing compared to some of the episodes we’ve had which were all about downgrades. Don’t worry – there are still…
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…
Gracias por escuchar el episodio de esta semana de PointsHoarder. This main focus this week is on a few different partnerships and how those relationships make things either good or bad for consumers. Usually it…
It should come as no surprise that the lead story on this week’s episode is the lead aviation-related story in the news, the crash of Asiana 214 at SFO last Saturday. We don’t dwell too…
So, how much are you spending on elite status these days? And does it matter if your travels are paid for by an expense account? With the announcement last week by United that they are…
Through the end of June PointsHound, the hotel booking site where you earn airline points for bookings, is offering up 500 bonus United points per booking. Not the biggest bonus, not a huge booking window…
Lots of “new” going on in this episode, which I suppose is a good thing. After all, if we were talking about old stuff it probably wouldn’t be quite as interesting. Much of the discussion…
To celebrate their new service to Sao Paulo US Airways is offering double award miles from Charotte to both Sao Paulo and Rio through 31 July 2013. Registration is required.
