My flight Tuesday from Zurich to Berlin was on OneWorld airline partner Air Berlin. In sensibly efficient German style the aircraft was boarded from back to front. The OneWorld lounge at Zurich Airport was a pleasant place to kick back
Winter storm Rocky added to the ambience of visiting Chicago in winter. I arrived in downtown Chicago just before midnight on Monday, Feb 25 and just a few hours before the snow from Rocky began to fall on Tuesday. Chicago
I disagree with Gary Leff at View from the Wing calling the Wyndham Rewards category changes a ‘bloodbath’ devaluation of points on March 14. For most Wyndham Rewards members used to redeeming points for hotels in the U.S., the changes
March 2013 has hotel loyalty program members in shock with major hotel award category changes announced by four major hotel chains including Hilton HHonors, Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Wyndham Rewards. This was the opening paragraph of last month’s update:
Choice Privileges brings back its offer of 8,000 points after every two stays from February 28 through May 15, 2013. There is no limit to the number of bonus points earned during the promotion period. Promotion registration is required prior
Greenville, South Carolina is not a place I have ever been, but I did analyze hotel rates and award values across Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, IHG and SPG for that location in February 2010. Recent announcements of hotel award category changes
Grand Hyatt Denver with a suite upgrade. Fairfield Inn Cherry Creek with a Look No Further 25% discount rate. Crowne Plaza Denver with a Best Price Guarantee free night. After basking in the 80 degree sun of Monterey Bay with
Starwood Preferred Guest 2013 annual hotel award category reassignments are effective March 5, 2013. You can book hotels for 2013 dates using current rates through March 4, 2013. 218 hotels go up and 48 hotels go down. Starwood Hotels pdf
Wyndham Rewards seems to not have thought through its restructured seven tier award categories last month. The program now plans to change to eight award tiers March 14 in what looks to be a global realignment of hotel awards. Free
Is there an OTA hotel booking website where all combinations of dates are checked to find the lowest rate? A website with a combinatorial search function could save me lots of time. For example, a 3-night stay in a city
