Starwood Hotels & Resorts plans to add more than 150 spas in its hotels in 2011. “Spas are no longer considered an amenity; guests expect them,” said Mia Kyricos, director of global spa… Continue Reading

Once again someone has questioned why public servants, traveling at taxpayers’ expense, are allowed to redeem frequent flyer miles for themselves instead of for travel on state business. This time,… Continue Reading

American AAdvantage members can earn double elite-qualifying miles and double flight miles on roundtrip, nonstop flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles or San Francisco through Feb. 28, 2011… Continue Reading

Effective April 1, 2011, Continental Airlines debit cardholders will no longer receive a fee waiver for checked bags as an ongoing card benefit. This change effects the Chase Continental Airlines Debit… Continue Reading

Priority Club Rewards members who book a stay at the new Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Resort hotel can earn 8,000 bonus points on stays of two consecutive nights or more. The hotel is centrally located… Continue Reading

This fall, Shangri-La introduced a revamped Gold Circle (GC) loyalty program where members can earn and spend points on free room nights, room upgrades, dining and spa privileges and can convert their… Continue Reading

According to a report in The Vancouver Sun, a class-action lawsuit is underway against Aeroplan that revolves around its practice of deleting accounts that do not have any activity within a 12-month period… Continue Reading

In 2009 and 2010, Starwood Preferred Guest suspended the practice of charging a surcharge of points for peak season stays at category 5-7 hotels. For 2011, the peak season surcharges are back. Individual… Continue Reading

Hillary Clinton recently came under fire when WikiLeaks posted information about her ordering a spying operation on diplomats at the United Nations suggesting, along with other information, that U.S… Continue Reading

AirTran Airways will soon be folded into Southwest Airlines, so in a farewell move AirTran A+ Rewards members can earn one bonus credit for every roundtrip flight from Atlanta booked by Jan. 31, 2011… Continue Reading