Alaska + Virgin Merger Ad Campaign Alaska Airlines has a history of nice ad campaigns. Virgin America, on the other hand, tends to be a bit less conventional. Today, in hoping to merge the two brands, Alaska and Virgin introduced their new Different Works ad campaign. It’s a little bit … Read more
Future of Mileage Plan and Elevate loyalty programs Starting on Monday, December 19, Alaska will begin to allow Mileage Plan members to earn miles on Virgin America flights. Likewise, members of Virgin America Elevate will be able to earn points when flying Alaska. It has not yet been announced if … Read more
Alaska Airlines MVP Gold 75K Status Explained Alaska Airlines MVP Gold 75K is the highest status you can earn with Alaska’s Mileage Plan program. Status is good with Alaska through the following calendar year. For example, status earned in October 2016 is kept through the end of December 2017. What are … Read more
While the Roku Stick isn’t the best option for travel (it has a difficult time getting on hotel wifi), it is a handy portable device for watching streaming video. Roku has a ton of “channels” (basically apps): Netflix, Amazon video, HBO, Showtime, Sling, Hulu, YouTube, and so on. The Roku Streaming Stick … Read more
Are companies responsible for where their paid advertisements are placed in this age of digital media? Twitter user @slpng_giants believes they do. And so do their (quickly increasing) followers. You may have heard about Kellogg’s pulling their ad from website Breitbart for their ties to white supremacists. It has led … Read more
Alaska Airlines Premium Class is the new “Economy Plus” class being rolled out across the airline’s 737-800, -900 and E175 aircraft. The new Premium Class officially launches on flights with retrofitted aircraft starting January 5, 2017. Alaska Airlines Premium Class can be purchased starting today. Premium Class comes at a … Read more
Today I saw a deal for Seattle to Anchorage on JetBlue for $132 RT. This is a pretty good deal and I have been wanting to visit Alaska. On top of that I have a ton of JetBlue points from a recent promotion. When I decided to check flights I … Read more
Neon Museum North Gallery This past Saturday the Neon Museum offered free admission to its North Gallery in celebration of Nevada Day. The Neon Museum North Gallery is the smaller “Neon Boneyard”. It is typically used for weddings and other private events. None of the signs are restored. There is no … Read more
Aria Tower Suites Lounge Aria rebranded their (non Sky) Suites in late 2015 as the Tower Suites. Besides the name change and a few amenities, the biggest change was the creation of the Aria Tower Suites Lounge off the lobby. The Aria Tower Suites Lounge is available for Tower Suites guests to check … Read more
Aria Executive Hospitality Suite Review I had a weekend in Vegas planned at Aria. The standard room was comped (besides the nearly $40 resort fee) for the two nights (plus $100 resort credit and $100 free slot play). 6 weeks before my stay I received an upgrade offer via email. … Read more
Shortcut to Hyatt Explorist Status There is a lot of news today on Hyatt’s change to their loyalty program. In March 2017 Hyatt Gold Passport will become World of Hyatt. The M life/Hyatt status match will also be changing in 2017. According to View from the Wing and others, with Hyatt’s … Read more
I find it interesting that so many of the terms that we use in our modern air travel date back to the the original form of long distance travel – ocean going ships. I decided to go through Wikipedia’s glossary of nautical terms to pull out some nautical terms used … Read more
Today Hyatt announced that a Hyatt Regency is set to open at 8th and Howell in downtown Seattle. The Hyatt Regency Seattle will be the biggest hotel in the city at 45 stories and 1,264 rooms. The property is (and will continue to be) owned by R. C. Hedreen. Construction is well under … Read more
Are we in for an imminent Hyatt Gold Passport points devaluation? Yesterday I received an email offering a 40% point bonus when you purchase 10,000-55,000 points by October 25, 2016. Unlike previous offers, this one is NOT targeted and anyone can purchase points at this rate. Their last 40% bonus on … Read more
The Concourse Hotel Officially Renamed Hyatt Regency LAX It looks like Hyatt is about to officially introduce a new (renovated) Regency property to it’s portfolio. As of October 3, The Concourse Hotel will be officially renamed Hyatt Regency LAX. The rebranding has been in full swing for sometime. You could earn points … Read more