When Marriott acquired Starwood Preferred Guest, it merged three separate loyalty programs — SPG, Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Marriott Rewards — into Marriott Bonvoy, becoming a massive rewards program with a global footprint of hotels and resorts. This streamlined branding has helped minimize confusion, and new cardholders have benefited from new perks and welcome bonuses, thanks…

Air Canada’s Aeroplan is the latest loyalty program to say goodbye to its fixed award charts — at least, for some of its partner redemptions. Instead, the program now operates using a dynamic pricing model for select Star Alliance partners, such as United Airlines. With this new award chart, prices for select partner airlines feature…

Recently, JW Marriott has been branching out into new markets and hotel styles, specifically all-inclusive resorts and safari camps. Now Marriott loyalists can look forward to an upscale take on the know-what-you-pay-upfront vacation style with the announcement of a JW Marriott all-inclusive resort in Costa Rica from Mullen Real Estate Capital. A rendering of the…

There’s nothing like receiving a new metal credit card. It arrives with authority in the mail or on your doorstep, and you hear the angels sing as you open it and it catches the first glint of light. Ever since the much-ballyhooed launch of the Chase Sapphire Reserve® in 2016 — when Chase temporarily ran…

Iberia will offer Floridians a new option to Europe this fall when the Spanish airline lands in the home of the mouse. The Oneworld alliance carrier will connect Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) beginning Oct. 26, Iberia said Tuesday. It will fly the route four times a week with an…