With a decade in the aviation industry and the FAA. My background includes expertise in safety regulations, operations, and customer service.
Credit Cards
Barclay is a bit of a hot mess, their cards don’t have any huge attractions and their approval odds even for the most qualified applicants are low. When it was announced less than a year ago it struggled to entice users beyond an alright signup bonus and a convoluted
Hotels
It’s now post merger with Marriott and SPG is still not fully integrated with Marriott’s system. Primarily the Westin and Sheraton Vacation Clubs haven’t yet been adsorbed into Marriott’s portfolio. This past week I stayed at a Westin Vacation Club through some family connections, upon check-in
Travel
Most people think that if an airplane has a seat open on a plane, that it can be filled and occupied by someone all the time. While this is the case for the majority of flying, there are some interesting reasons that the seat next to you isn’t filled
Hotels
I’ve been very frustrated with the finalization of the merger between Marriott and Starwood Preferred Guest. The new program changes remove key benefits that were available pre-merger and make their mid-tier Gold Elite status completely worthless. Personally I see no point in having status with Marriott anymore unless you
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It’s not like anybody didn’t see this coming, in the wake of every other US carrier raising their baggage fees, American Airlines joined the increased revenue train and pumped up their fees by $5. I can’t say nobody saw this coming as it would make them the
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Hawaiian Airlines has announced that it is expanding to another east coast destination, Boston. This will mark the longest nonstop flight for the company at 5095 nautical miles direct. The flight will operate as a red-eye to Boston and a morning flight getting in early afternoon to Honolulu. The flight
Insights
Miles and points are fun to earn and are a blast to spend, but I notice one overarching trend among the new and old travel hackers alike. The debate always comes up of what miles and points are worth and getting the best redemption value for them. I personally know
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Domestic flights aren’t very exciting these days. Most in-flight food options are expensive and not very good plus the entertainment is few and far between. Most carriers have changed to the model of bring-your-own-device allowing you to stream movies or prerecorded TV shows. Legacy carrier do have a few
Credit Card Reviews
Our community is very special, we get these ultra premium credit cards and try to justify the cost with spending, both organic and manufactured. For the more casual credit card user who wanted to pick their first starter card, or break into a new earning strategy the lower end cards
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Some say it’s collusion, some say it’s just impeccable timing. Hot on the heels of United and JetBlue raising their baggage fees, the two major Canadian carriers Air Canada and WestJet announce their own baggage fee increases. Unlike United who pumped up bag fees without any notice or
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United is the next one up to the podium to raise up their baggage fees. The airline following close in the heels of JetBlue who just raised up some of their key fees. Unlike JetBlue who raised fees on not only checked baggage and various other fees, United focuses primarily
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Effective today JetBlue is increasing fees across the board for most of their extra services, such as checked baggage, pets, and ticket change/cancellations. Historically JetBlue has been very generous with allowances and fees in stark contrast to most legacy carriers. Most fees are a modest jump of $5 which