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News and notes from around the interweb:
Deltas upcoming business class Delta One lounges will not admit elites flying internationally. In this they mirror Uniteds policy for its Polaris lounges, and
According to multiple news sources, Disney Cruise Line is currently in talks to potentially buy a 9000-passenger cruise ship that is already 75% completed. Say what?!?!
The Global Dream cruise ship is
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American Express Member Week starts today (it runs through Friday) and the flight deals teased last week are now live. Deals with airlines like Etihad, Qatar, Airways, Finnair, and Delta are all avail
News and notes from around the interweb:
Eurovision song contest gets announced for May 13, and Airbnb hosts suddenly cancel their pre-existing bookings and re-list and Airbnb claims not to notice.
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Underground rail in Europe and Japan costs start at $100 million per mile, while in New York its $2.7 billion per mile. Thats a lot, but billion dollar costs arent uncommon in the U.S., weve seen it i
Cyberattacks were unleashed upon several U.S. airports on Monday including New York LaGuardia, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago OHare, and Des Moines. Russian hacker group Killnet is being blamed.
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The Dick Durbin-Roger Marshall legislation trying to limit credit card interchange, to reduce costs for big businesses, would mean less credit and more costly credit for consumers.
For banks covered b
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Last week, Barclays co-branded business cards came out with elevated bonus offers. If you own a small business, these cards are a great way to earn extra miles and points without affecting your Chase
News and notes from around the interweb:
You still can’t bring marijuana through a TSA checkpoint
American AAdvantage awards can now include JetBlue flights regardless of region of travel, however Jet
PayPal updated its user agreement, and sent an email to business account customers, explaining that effective November 3 customers would be subject to $2,500 fines per instance of promoting misinforma
CLEAR is a private, fee-based service that takes your biometrics and lets you identify yourself with your fingerprints or retina scan instead of showing an ID. At airports where theyre located you ca
A Marriott Bonvoy member writes about a recent award redemption experience a flight delay caused them to miss the first night of their award stay, so they got the free night certificate back and the
News and notes from around the interweb:
Interview with the CEO of Plaza Premium Group in which he trashes Priority Pass.
The 15 most annoying behaviors on planes
Has Lufthansa banned Airtags from ch
As a Dallas-based airline, it shouldnt come as any surprise that American Airlines doesnt know what a bagel is. Theres really strong Asian food in Houston (especially Vietnamese) but not as much in t
The Credit Card Competition Act from Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) would impose price caps on interchange fees charged to merchants for accepting credit cards. They are trying
On September 29, a woman flying Star Alliance airline Aegean from Athens to Amsterdam decided to let it all hang out. Her hair, that is. Sitting behind her was a food blogger with a big internet pres
There are a lot of sites that purport to tell you how much a mile or point is worth. I offer a comprehensive list of point values and I explain how I derive them. I also compare my work to other promi