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Priority Pass sends out a monthly email announcing their new lounges. It’s nice to see Priority Pass expanding the lounges in their program, which means more lounges for The Platinum Card® from American Express cardholders like myself to benefit from. Here is a full list of the lounges that they added this month. Priority Pass Newest Lounges…
If you thought the drive-thru window was innovative, wait until you hear about what Uber is testing. The multi-billion dollar ride sharing app, which since May is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is reportedly testing food delivery via drones. The company already has a well-known food delivery service, UberEats. But…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. Delta and American Express have increased sign-up offers for the Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express and the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American…
We’ve written about the differences Between the 3 New York City Area Airports (JFK, LGA, EWR). Currently New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) both are accessible to NYC, via trains and AirTrains. However, the same can’t be said about LaGuardia which requires taking a bus called the Q70…
Seems like Amazon has their hand in a little bit of everything these days. But, it looks like they can’t be good at everything. They have announced that they will be shutting down their Amazon Restaurants delivery services effective June 24th. Looks like competitors like my favorites, Doordash and UberEats will continue to dominate in this…
Uber is planning to launch a new helicopter service called Uber Copter in New York City. The new service will compete with BLADE continuous, as Uber’s addition will provide connections between lower Manhattan and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The new service will launch next month on July 9, 2019 and initially will…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. Delta and American Express have increased sign-up offers for the Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express and the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American…
If you’re still feeling the heat since Uber is Even More Expensive in NYC by adding a mandatory $2.75 surcharge per ride, you’ll want to check out this latest offer, which appears to be targeted. Uber sent out an offer where you can save 50% off (up to $12) off your next 10 trips with promo…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. Southwest Airlines announced they’ve extended its bookable flight schedule through Jan. 5, 2020. Additionally, they’re adding a few new routes across the U.S. as well as bringing back…
Wondering what happens to loose change that is found at TSA checkpoints? Well if TSA officers don’t pocket it, it’s actually collected and tracked. Below is an interesting study from the TSA with how much loose change was found at checkpoints in 2018. $960,105.49 was collected last year, which is broken down to $874,175.45 in…
Looking to head to Paris from the East Coast without spending a whole lot of money? Then, now’s the time with flights for under $300 between New York (JFK) and Paris on Delta Air Lines for several dates in the later part of this year. The cheapest options are on Delta, however if you’re loyal to other…
Looking to score free New York City MTA subway rides this summer? You’re in luck if you have a MasterCard as part of their Fareback Fridays promotion, as the NYC subways start to go contactless, meaning you can now just tap your credit or debit card, or smartphone rather have having to have a physical Metrocard. Here’s…
Heading on vacation? Want to go fishing? Check out these days in each state that you can fish without a license! Free fishing days here. Free Fishing Days 2019 Free Fishing Days 2019 These are days – some states even offer free fishing weekends – where anglers can go fishing without a license. Check out…
Gogo WiFi, the largest provider of inflight WiFi announced plans to to build a 5G network for aviation by 2021. Gogo has come a long way since they first starting offering WiFi, as they’ve now upgraded to 2Ku, which many of their aircrafts have today. The company claims that the new 5G network will provide…
It’s no secret that Delta has a small stake in the company, CLEAR, and a result of this partnership, they offer discounted rates for SkyMiles members, and in some airports, even have CLEAR ambassadors located in the Sky Club trying to try to sign-up new members. For those not familiar, CLEAR uses fingerprint and iris I.D.…
PointsBreaks is available now. This round of PointsBreaks will be valid for booking through August 31st, 2019. If any of these interest you, book now as the best ones tend to go first. Intercontinental Pointsbreak is now live here! In January 2018, IHG PointsBreak Got A Makeover. Now PointsBreak options include 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 points per night properties. Book IHG PointsBreaks…
Wyndham Rewards offers a generous hotel status match and challenge for members of many of their competitor hotel programs. They will mach status from Marriott Rewards, Hilton Honors, Choice Privileges, Hyatt, IHG, Radisson Rewards, Best Western, and Omni Select Guest. To get started head over to Wyndham Rewards status match page, where you can sign…
BLADE recently announced they’ll be offering continuous helicopter flights between BLADE Lounge West and John F. Kennedy Int’l. Airport (“JFK”) every weekday between 7am to 7pm in both directions. Looking at the schedule it seems that they have between 1-2 flights each hour throughout the day. They’ve now expanded their continuous service from Manhattan to…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. Delta Air Lines continues to take on Alaska Airlines in Seattle, and are offering a special Delta Air Lines Status Match Challenge for those who have elite…
In Las Vegas, it’s not uncommon to try to tip a $20 when checking in at one of the hotels in order to score a complimentary upgrade. We decided to put the $20 front desk trick to work during a recent visit to Bellagio Hotel and Casino. The room booked was a Resort Queen room,…