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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. News 70K Increased Offer Delta Platinum OMFG!?! Is This The Most Annoying Uber Ride Ever? W Las Vegas to become SLS Las Vegas, Tribute Portfolio United MileagePlus…
I’m a big fan of both Uber and Venmo. In new partnerships, Pay Pal (who owns Venmo) announced yesterday that Uber and Venmo will now be linked up providing customers an easy way to split the cost of their Uber. I think that is is interesting that they say that, “More than six million payments…
The mattress company Casper has created a space for New Yorkers who wish to take a mid-day nap, which they’re calling The Dreamery. For a fee of $25, where you can choose a 45 minute time slot, wind down in the lounge, change into pj’s, and lie down in your own Casper Nook. Located in…
A Delta Air Lines passenger is forced to pay the airline $9,118 after verbally threatening a flight attendant back on May 30, 2018 by saying “Don’t touch me and if you touch me again you will regret it”. Delta flight 1156 was en-route from Portland, Oregon to Atlanta when it forced to divert to Tulsa, Oklahoma as a…
CLEAR has officially launched at PHX, and is open for customers traveling from Terminal 4, home to both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. CLEAR plans to expand to both Terminal 2 and 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport shortly, which makes sense, since Delta who has part ownership in the company, flies out of…
Imagine taking an Uber ride for 30 minutes and from the moment you get in the car the driver is yelling on the phone in a very heated conversation, which is on speaker phone for the entire time. This isn’t the first time we’ve had a bad experience. You’ll recall Subjected to Religious Preaching During Recent…
Would You Rather is our newest series, where we ask readers a question, and you can either comment in the section below or on social media with your response. Feel free to weigh in on our other questions: Would You Rather: Flight Attendant Layovers This Week’s Question: If you were a flight attendant, Would You…
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. News What’s the World’s Most Profitable Flights? Is It Acceptable to Ask for Full Breakfast Instead of Club Lounge Breakfast? Southwest Airlines Expands at Dallas Love Field…
Wondering What’s the World’s Most Profitable Flights? We take a look at which routes are most profitable by airline, and it’s quite surprising to see. You may expect all these flights to be long-haul flights, however that isn’t the case. What’s also interesting is that not all the routes are profitable for the carriers that fly…
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One of the many benefits of having top-tier elite status is club lounge access. As a Hyatt Globalist, on a recent stay at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, I was offered lounge access to their Grand Club lounge, which served a continental breakfast as well as evening appetizers. However, after the first morning in the…
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. Hyatt has launched their brand new World of Hyatt Visa card, which is the newest card to the Chase’s portfolio of co-branded cards, and it has tons of…
Chase announced that they are removing two popular benefits of their Chase Sapphire Preferred card, which are Price Protection and Return Protection effective August 26, 2018. It’s unclear if other cards will be affected in the Chase portfolio, but its likely Chase Freedom will see this benefit being discontinued as well. Per Chase, Here’s what’s changing…
Delta and Equinox Fitness Clubs have launched a partnership in-order to help combat jet lag, with a new class called SWEATLAG. These initial classes are available at select locations in Los Angeles at their Westwood, Marina del Ray, and West Hollywood locations throughout July and August, where you can RSVP to sign-up. To take part,…
We are all aware of the change coming when the New Marriott Rewards Changes will Start in August. Today Marriott released their combined reward categories and it looks pretty good to me! There looks to be a sweet spot in the top tier luxury properties which are the ones that I aspire to book with points…
Passengers arriving in on Delta flight 192 from Miami to Atlanta, were in for a shock, as a man in his underwear jumped on the plane’s wing upon arrival at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The incident occurred as the Delta MD88 was taxiing to the gate, resulting in nearly an hour delay upon arrival. Originally being…
We’ve covered The Differences Between the 3 New York City Area Airports (JFK, LGA, EWR), where currently both New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) have AirTrains, which connect the airports to trains/subways to allow for seamless access into midtown Manhattan. However, LaGuardia is another story, as public transportation means taking…
On Saturday, June 23, TSA apprehended a travel at Baltimore-Washington’s Airport (BWI) as he went through security with a loaded .40 caliber gun in his carry on bag. The man was arrested and this arrest marks the 12th gun that the airport has seized just this year so far! Crazy! Read more about Stronger TSA Screening Procedures…
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. American Airlines has been heavily investing in their premium product, whether it’s on their A321’s with are performing very well on their transcontinental routes between New York…
Starting June 30, 2018 the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will implement new requirements regarding powders in carry-on bags for international flights to the United States. Here’s a run down on what’s changing with this new policy. If you’re wondering why​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​ these changes are only for international bound flights to the U.S., it’s part of a…