February, 2014

• 3 February

  Does Everyone in the Travel Industry Lie?

  Chris Elliott wrote a rather inflammatory article today stating that everyone in the travel industry “lies a little”. From the phone representatives: It would also be inaccurate to say the American Airline representative who Conley’s friend talked to told her the whole truth. See, under the Transportation Department’s 24-hour rule, she could have canceled …

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• 2 February

  How Does the Chase Sapphire Rental Car Insurance Work for the Uninsured?

  One of the benefits of the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa Card is secondary insurance that covers damage to your rental vehicle.  Instead of paying upwards of $30 a day, the Chase Sapphire can cover damage to your rental car. This option hasn’t gotten a ton of love, mostly because it is secondary. …

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• 2 February

  Play About Travel Agents Tries to Capture Some of Their Relevance

  The play “Craving for Travel,” by Greg Edwards and Andy Sandberg is currently open in New York. A review by the New York Times exposed some interesting things about this play. During the play, a pair of divorcees compete to be the best travel agent out there–fulfilling impossible requests and …

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• 1 February

  Does American Now Count as US Airways Metal for Elite Trial Status?

  In short, the answer is no, confirmed by US Airways. @jeanne23 Jeanne, for trial purposes American flights are not valid. — US Airways (@USAirways) January 30, 2014   So if you are going for trial preferred, make sure you are booking flights that are actually on US Airways. What is …

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January, 2014

• 30 January

  The Cash Back Card I Always Hang Onto (with great results)

  I am currently in the situation where I need to spend a lot of money at Sears in the near future.  And there are situations where it makes sense to forgo the miles & points earning cards to rely on a cash back card… when there’s a great opportunity. What I …

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• 29 January

  Should You Never Date a Girl Who Travels?

  There’s an article making the rounds today pointing out all the reasons you shouldn’t date a girl who travels. From the article: Don’t date a girl who travels. She is hard to please. The usual dinner-movie date at the mall will suck the life out of her. Her soul craves …

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• 28 January

  The Washington Airports Are About to Get More Colorful

  The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has just announced two temporary exhibits to be hosted at each individual Washington Airport. From the press release: Two new exhibits at Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International airports aim to engage travelers with vibrant, colorful works of art. The exhibits, part of the …

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• 27 January

  Man Uses Single First-Class Ticket to Eat in Lounges for a Year

  I’ve heard of people getting refundable tickets so they can use their lounge access, but I’ve never heard of someone getting a refundable first-class ticket to get lounge access for an entire year. Lounges in the United States tend to require some sort of membership or credit card, but in …

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• 26 January

  Track the Flight You Are On While in Airplane Mode!

  I’ve seen a bunch of press releases for different flight tracking apps that allow you see where you are mid-flight.  These rely on internet connections, so in addition to the price of the app, you have to make sure you are connected to GoGo each time. But I just saw …

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• 24 January

  The Hyatt Zilara’s Chef’s Plate

  The Hyatt Zilara has a restaurant that you can only access if you have a specific room type.  As a Diamond member of Hyatt, I was upgraded to this room type and was about to get reservations in the Chef’s Plate restaurant. I read up that the restaurant is more …

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