Cebu Pacific has so far focused on low, low fares – now they just launched their own rewards program: GetGo! UPDATE: I have since this post written a full, detailed review of the GetGo program – click HERE to go to the full review!
A friend of mine and her family had a long delay on their return from Amsterdam – and they got a refund from the airline of 3,000 Euro for the five of them! That was welcome compensation for the frustrating delay at the end of a wonderful vacation – and a nice contribution to the
The winners of the two United Premier Upgrades in the drawing announced here, raffled off among all the people who liked my Facebook page, followed me on Twitter or commented, have been determined: Dirk Regel Mark Gordon The United Global Premier Upgrades are valid through January 31, 2015, on any United flight operated on United
If you know me, you know my aversion to group tours. The sight of a group, herded by their guide with a little colored flag from the bus to the sight for 3.5 minutes of picture taking, all of the tourist ideally in matching t-shirts, usually sends me fleeing from the location! Small group adventure
If you have followed this blog recently, you know about my attempt to make the most of an Accor promotion to gain status quickly and with minimal expense (read here). Now it’s time to look at the results – did Accor deliver as promised? My expectation was to receive Gold status with the Accor LeClub
Do you just need to get away? Well, this time it’s not Southwest Airlines to help, but the European discount carrier, Norwegian Airlines. They have been promoting some crazy fares across the Atlantic and are at it again: They currently offer fares from New York, Miami, Orlando, Los Angeles and San Francisco to cities all over Europe
As you have read in my Power of Promotions (read here) article, Accor has been ramping up the promotions to sell directly through their web site. They have launched another private sales for hotels around the world, with discounts up to 40%.
If you have followed this blog, you know I’m a big fan of Club Carlson – and they are working very hard to keep their fans with their latest promotion “Extend your stay, earn 30K”! You can earn 30,000 bonus points for each 3 night stay or 15,000 points for each 2 night stay! This
Flying Economy Class on United Airlines can be less than a stellar experience, especially on long-haul international flights. Reading DreamTravel OnPoints can help: I have two Global Premier Upgrades for United Airlines that expire on January 31st, 2015, and are happy to upgrade a reader on an upcoming flight from Economy to Business Class or
The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) is one of the largest hotel companies in the world and their IHG Rewards Program has millions of members – yet it doesn’t get much love in the blogosphere. Why, you might ask? I have updated my review of IHG Rewards Club – find the latest review here!
While I don’t really need any special reason to travel, and have lots of content for many, many more posts on this blog, for the first time I booked a trip to help with the content of this blog!
As enticing as the adds of the hotel and airline companies sound, often the number of flights or nights and the amount of money you need to spend, to actually get enough points for a free night or flight is staggering. But you can do it, as yesterdays post showed (insert link here), and get