How to maximize IHG One Rewards on all-inclusive vacations

All-inclusive vacations can simplify trip planning, and IHG Hotels & Resorts makes it easy to discover, compare and book a growing range of participating all-inclusive resorts across destinations worldwide. Booking through IHG can add even more value to the experience. With IHG One Rewards, members can earn and redeem points at participating all-inclusive properties. That…

American and Hyatt are ending their loyalty partnership

American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt launched a partnership in 2019. My favorite part of this partnership was reciprocal earnings: Hyatt elite members could earn 1 bonus point per $1 spent on qualifying American Airlines flights, and American elite members could earn 1 bonus mile per $1 spent on qualifying Hyatt stays. Unfortunately, the programs…

Review of United’s new Polaris Elevated international business class

Quick take: United’s new “Elevated” Polaris business class represents a sophisticated step forward for the airline. Hopefully the closing privacy doors will be certified soon. Pros There’s decent award availability for United cardholders. Seats are spacious and have closing doors. Upscale food and beverage service with pre-order is available. Cons Privacy doors need to be…

Delta, Hyatt to team up in new airline-hotel loyalty partnership

It looks like American Airlines’ loss may be Delta Air Lines’ gain when it comes to one of America’s top hotel loyalty programs. Delta and Hyatt just announced they’re teaming up in a new loyalty partnership that’s set to launch in the coming months. That word comes just hours after American and Hyatt revealed that…

How to write an effective travel complaint letter

Last December, Scott Tallal redeemed 68,500 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for a business-class ticket from Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) via Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). Unfortunately, when he arrived at the airport for his flight, he learned that it had been canceled. Helpful agents rerouted him, but in the…

You can now go through TSA without a ticket at some airports

The Transportation Security Administration now wants you to visit the airport without a plane ticket. Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed airport security and largely put an end to non-ticketed visitors meeting loved ones at the gate, the TSA is rolling out a new program welcoming non-ticketed visitors at 13 airports. The…

All-business La Compagnie to add New York-Dusseldorf flights

New York travelers will have a new business-class option to Germany next spring. The all-business class airline La Compagnie will launch service between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) on April 23, 2027, it unveiled Monday. The carrier will offer five weekly flights, which will operate Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays….