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Brian Cohen of The Gate blog and I talked over breakfast last month at the Washington Hilton and he asked me why my FlyerTalk name is ‘satori’? In short, my FlyerTalk handle ‘satori’ was my 1999 tribute to the influence of David Bowie’s music in my young life. David Bowie died yesterday, two days after…
The SPG social network has a 2015 Bonus from the Starwood Lurkers and SPG Champions. Earn 2,015 bonus Starpoints on a Starwood Hotel stay by December 31, 2015. You need to register for this promotion at spgpromos.com/insider. The actual Starwood Preferred Guest promotion is called spgpromos.com/blogger in the text link of the promotion Terms &…
Ebay and FlyerTalk are running week 2 and week 3 auctions for frequent flyer miles, hotel points hotel stays and car rental coupons through next week for Kids First Fund. FlyerTalk’s auction has different items than eBay and better items in points and miles auction offers. The bids for week 2 items end at 3:00pm…
There are some interesting items offered in the Kids First Auctions on FlyerTalk and ebay this month. Round 1 of 3 auctions has ended and the second round ends next Monday on May 25. Auctions on eBay show 7pm California time, 4pm Eastern for end of bids. FlyerTalk bids show 2pm Pacific time Monday, May…
Looks like I have to carry the FLAME torch for IHG on my own, as I am seemingly the only Boarding Area blogger burned last week by a complete change of tasks for the Into the Nights promotion. Over the past week I deconstructed my experience with the IHG Into the Nights events. IHG Into…
Hilton HHonors has decided to establish a presence on FlyerTalk with a corporate representative. That is a good sign of change for hotel loyalty members. And Hilton’s fresh start includes a link to the webpage for Hilton HHonors 2014 hotel category changes taking effect next week along with a list of all new Hilton brand hotels…
Under $1,500 for a roundtrip CMB-DFW First Class ticket on Etihad, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is an experience a group of flyers will experience in 2014. Yesterday, there was a mistake rate that lasted for hours flying from Colombo, Sri Lanka to DFW, Dallas Fort Worth. Here is a photo spread…
Chicago Sunset. The end of one of the best weeks of my travel life. The journey continues for Loyalty Traveler.
After three weeks creating Powerpoint presentations on hotel loyalty programs for the Chicago seminar, I found myself with a book’s worth of storyboard information. Loyalty Traveler’s director’s cut is some 350 slides illustrating the rise and fall and rebound romance between loyalty travelers and the hotel industry over the past three years. The actual Chicago presentation…
There is heated activity on the hotel loyalty front in these holiday weeks. Hilton, Marriott, Starwood, and IHG have announced 2010 promotions. Hyatt still has the best promotion of 2009 and you can take advantage of this offer through the month of January. Hyatt Gold Passport “The Next Big Thing” promotion is incredible with combined…
