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Alaska Airlines Status After Just Two Roundtrips

Airlines will frequently give you elite status if you have status with a competitor in order to make it easier to move your business.

Alaska Airlines in particular is quite aggressive, they will even match to their top tier MVP Gold 75K level when you email with proof of your existing status.

They also have a new offer out that does not require you to be a current elite flyer, just someone that has plans to fly cross country a few times.

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Alaska Airlines Status After Just Two Roundtrips

Alaska Airlines Status After Just Two Roundtrips

Airlines will frequently give you elite status if you have status with a competitor in order to make it easier to move your business.

Alaska Airlines in particular is quite aggressive, they will even match to their top tier MVP Gold 75K level when you email with proof of your existing status.

They also have a new offer out that does not require…

Hilton Wants to Give You 90 Days of Free Gold or Diamond Status

Hilton Wants to Give You 90 Days of Free Gold or Diamond Status

Have an important stay coming up where elite status — club lounge access or breakfast, a room upgrade — would be nice? Hilton will give you free 90 days of status if you have elite status with any chain.

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What’s Grosser than Gross in an Airline Meal, and Spending the Night With American Airlines

What’s Grosser than Gross in an Airline Meal, and Spending the Night With American Airlines

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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Hilton Wants to Give You 90 Days of Free Gold or Diamond Status

Have an important stay coming up where elite status — club lounge access or breakfast, a room upgrade — would be nice? Hilton will give you free 90 days of status if you have elite status with any chain.

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What’s Grosser than Gross in an Airline Meal, and Spending the Night With American Airlines

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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What Marriott’s CEO Thinks of the Bonvoy Name and the New Rewards Program

What Marriott’s CEO Thinks of the Bonvoy Name and the New Rewards Program

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson famously dismissed customer frustrations with his chain’s IT failures and problems delivering promised benefits as ‘noise around the edges.’

During Marriott’s earnings call the CEO addressed the new name for the loyalty program, how he sees it as part of the chain’s strategy, and whether hotels…

SeaWorld’s Rebound and 3 Other Tourism Trends This Week

SeaWorld’s Rebound and 3 Other Tourism Trends This Week

The Kraken roller coaster at SeaWorld. After years of disappointing results, the theme park is starting to recover. Josh Hallett / Flickr

Skift Take: This week in tourism, SeaWorld adds new roller coasters as it climbs back from the Blackfish scandal, the trade war with China hurts U.S. tourism, and destinations emphasize their…

New Big Delta Credit Card Initial Bonus Offers are Back (and Two are My Favorite Ever for the Cards)

New Big Delta Credit Card Initial Bonus Offers are Back (and Two are My Favorite Ever for the Cards)

American Express is running new limited time initial bonus offers for the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card, Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express, and Delta Reserve® Credit Card from American Express.

They seemingly used to run big offers for these cards all the time but we…

Lyft Aims to Reward Loyal Drivers While Going Public

Lyft Aims to Reward Loyal Drivers While Going Public

A promotional image featuring a Lyft driver. Lyft

Skift Take: One of Lyft’s major risk factors is the possibility of its drivers bailing to another competing service for some reason. This move will generate goodwill with the company’s most loyal drivers, and others who are willing to buy into Lyft’s long-term future.

— Andrew Sheivachman

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Rumor: American to Admit Defeat, Give Passengers More Space in Coach

Rumor: American to Admit Defeat, Give Passengers More Space in Coach

In late 2017 American Airlines rolled out a new coach product. It featured less space than ever between seats (not just in coach, but less space for extra legroom coach and even for first class). There was less recline, too, and no seat back video. They found space for more seats by squeezing inches out of the lavatories. And…

American Airlines May Fly to Africa and India and 4 Other Aviation Trends This Week

American Airlines May Fly to Africa and India and 4 Other Aviation Trends This Week

American Airlines Boeing 787. The airline will expand service to Africa and India once its second batch of the Dreamliners arrives in 2020. Steve Lynes / Flickr

Skift Take: This week in aviation, American Airlines plans to use a new batch of Dreamliners to expand its routes, Delta and other U.S. airlines jostle…

Security State Run Amok: Government Distributes Terror Watch List to 1441 Private Organizations

Security State Run Amok: Government Distributes Terror Watch List to 1441 Private Organizations

The US government maintains a “No Fly List” and airlines are required to check passengers against it before allowing them to fly. They maintain other lists that trigger increased security screening and potentially harassment.

The lists are pre-crime profiling. Not even based on science. And it’s also…

Trump SoHo Hotel Drove a Sales Boom by Changing Its Name

Trump SoHo Hotel Drove a Sales Boom by Changing Its Name

The redesigned lobby of the Dominick Hotel in New York City, which has seen its revenues soar after changing its name from Trump SoHo. The Dominick Hotel

Skift Take: Business turned around last year after Trump SoHo changed its name to The Dominick. The story shows the power of rebranding in a contentious age.

— Sean O’Neill

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What Marriott’s CEO Thinks of the Bonvoy Name and the New Rewards Program

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson famously dismissed customer frustrations with his chain's IT failures and problems delivering promised benefits as 'noise around the edges.'

During Marriott's earnings call the CEO addressed the new name for the loyalty program, how he sees it as part of the chain's strategy, and whether hotels are frustrated.

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SeaWorld’s Rebound and 3 Other Tourism Trends This Week

The Kraken roller coaster at SeaWorld. After years of disappointing results, the theme park is starting to recover. Josh Hallett / Flickr

Skift Take: This week in tourism, SeaWorld adds new roller coasters as it climbs back from the Blackfish scandal, the trade war with China hurts U.S. tourism, and destinations emphasize their health-oriented attractions as wellness tourism takes over.

— Isaac Carey

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