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February 4, 2012

Pay Extra For Points?

Share Photo by PhillipC One of the common reasons why people do not want to use Hotwire or Priceline when it comes to booking is because they don’t get any points.  Now, I am a points fan.  I love to earn points whenever I can.  However, you get into an expensive position when you start [...]

Poor Customer Service

Share Photo by cliff1066 When traveling you want to be treated like you are important to the company.  Unfortunately, that is not always the case! I have blogged about some of my poor travel experiences: Here is a problem I recently had with Hilton Hotels Price Guarantee Program. I wrote about a bad Southwest experience [...]

Priority Club Sale in Australia and New Zealand

Share The following information is from Priority Clubs: Book a stay at any one of our participating hotels between midday 7 July and midday 11 July (AEST) from just $99 for stays between 8 July and 30 September 2009. What’s more, these sale rates also qualify for Priority Club points! Plus, at Holiday Inn Hotels [...]

Southwest Airlines: Please Bring Back Young Family Pre-boarding

Share Most industries are investing a lot of resources into making their product more family friendly.  They know parents will avoid their establishments if the layout is does not appeal to families.  Because the family market is so large organizations willingly adjust their business models to continue to appeal to consumers with families. Ironically, it [...]

Delta Double Miles for Six Months

Share The following is a joint promotion between Delta and American Express: BEING A MEMBER CAN BE TWICE AS REWARDING An exclusive offer for being a Delta SkyMiles® Credit Cardmember—double flown miles on Delta and Northwest flights. Register Now We value you as a SkyMiles member and invite you to earn double flown miles on [...]

Every Dollar Counts – Baggage Carts

Share If you really want to travel cheap you need to remember one very important lesson – every dollar counts.  Typically, when we head off on vacation the last thing we want to do is to set a budget or watch our spending.  But, if you don’t watch your spending the payments will follow you [...]

Priority Club Point Breaker List Updated

Share July 1st is an important day.  First, it is Canada Day.  As a Canadian I am especially happy to celebrate Canada Day.  Second, July 1st is one of those days when Priority Clubs updates their Point Breaker List.  You can access the list here.  I was personally disappointed with the list as there is [...]