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Hotel Sierra Redmond
As my second Seattle-area Hyatt visit last weekend, I stayed at the Hotel Sierra Redmond. For this stay, I booked a one bedroom king with a balcony. The bathroom and vanity: As a one bedroom, the sitting area was more … Continue reading
Hotel Sierra Bellevue
I had my NEXUS interview last weekend at the Blaine, Washington enrollment center. Admittedly, the Canadian officer was rather puzzled by my place of residence in New York but went along with it after I explained why I wanted NEXUS: … Continue reading
So Much For Memorizing My Mileage Plus Number…
The United Airlines representative on FlyerTalk announced that OnePass numbers would become the permanent account numbers of MileagePlus today. Last year, I flew rather extensively for interviews on American. I ended up adding my AAdvantage number at the airport with … Continue reading
Hyatt’s Automated Emails
So I stayed at two Hyatt-flagged hotels this weekend. This afternoon, I got an email from Hyatt: Thank you for participating in our latest Hyatt Gold Passport™ promotion. You’re just 2 night(s) away from your first reward of 5,000 Hyatt … Continue reading
Club Carlson Promotion
Carlson is opening its first Radisson Blu in the United States. For the first 50k registrants, staying one night will yield a 50k Carlson Club point bonus. Based on the Carlson award chart, this ranges from 1 to 5 free … Continue reading
Continental OnePass and Amtrak Guest Rewards Partnership Ending
Amtrak sent out an email informing Guest Rewards members that its partnership with Continental Airlines OnePass is ending December 31, 2011: While the Continental® OnePass® program will formally end in December, we’re happy to inform you that a new Amtrak … Continue reading
United Airlines Fleet Week
Last month, I managed to get an invite on FlyerTalk to United Airline’s Fleet Week events at its SFO maintenance base. United had four of its planes out for display: An A320 used for the plane pull, its A320 in … Continue reading
Grand Slam Progress
I’ve been quietly working my way through Grand Slam. I’m currently at 13 hits scored, 7 additional hits pending, and 16 hits planned.
Well… That Was Messy
I wandered over to book my ticket on OneWorldMegaDo a few minutes after 11AM EST when sales were scheduled to open. By then, the blog on megado.com had fallen over and no link was available to book a ticket. Fortunately, … Continue reading
OneWorld MegaDo
My attitudes towards the prospects of OneWorldMegaDo have changed quite a bit over the past two months. Between the exciting lead up to StarMegaDo3 and the ominous changes to Mileage Plus (that didn’t materialize), I welcomed the thought. After United … Continue reading