California became the first state in the USA to ban hotels from using mini toiletries in plastic bottles. The new California law Governor Gavin Newsom announced he had signed a law banning hotels from giving guests plastic bottles filled with shampoo, conditioner or soap. It takes effect in 2023 for hotels with more than 50 […]
Last December World of Hyatt launched a partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Initially, they came out with about 10% of SLH (Small Luxury Hotels) in their offer. After that, they started expanding. Two months later they added another 56 hotels and soon after that another 57 hotels! In May they had over […]
The Trump administration plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European imports, from Gouda cheese to single-malt whiskey to large aircraft, beginning October 18. What happened? Donald Trump’s administration is moving to impose 25 percent tariffs on a wide range of imports from the EU this month. This will including cheese, olives, business […]
Saudi Arabia is launching a new visa regime for 49 countries. The Muslim kingdom, relatively closed off for decades, has in recent years relaxed strict social codes. They stopped segregating men and women in public places and requiring women to wear all-covering black robes or abayas. How to apply Visas will be available online, with […]
American Airlines became the first air carrier to be sued for conducting business on properties confiscated by the government in Cuba, despite having obtained authorization from the Barack Obama government to fly to the island. The Lawsuit The lawsuit against American Airlines and the LATAM Airlines Group was filed Wednesday. It was filed Miami federal […]
What’s the deal with ProtectMyID? On September 15th this year, Experian discovered a breach of T-Mobile data housed in one of their servers. The isolated incident included access to a server that held personal information for consumers who applied for a T-Mobile USA postpaid service between the dates of September 1st, 2013 and September 16th, 2015. If you applied for one of these […]
What’s the deal with airberlin topbonus? airberlin loyalty members can earn 750 bonus topbonus points for signing up to a free fashion site that’s for members only – BestSecret. How do I get the airberlin topbonus deal? This only seems to work if you proceed in German. I tried using both topbonus and BestSecret English pages and neither worked, […]
What’s the deal with Marriott discount codes? There’s a wealth of codes available online that will give you discounts to WSAS $10 off and breakfast for 2 MWAR 3rd night free at a Thailand Marriott MWAQ for stays at JW Marriott Orlando Grand Lakes and Orlando World Center RDPR $50 daily dining credit at participating JW Resorts AAA […]
We have written about the amazing 2,500 mile redemption with Jet Airways before. Jet Airways JetPrvilege is quite an exotic program and partners with American Airlines and United Airlines. For certain – seemingly random – city pairs the redemption rate is just 2,500 points – for other destinations inside the US it is a flat […]
What’s the deal with JAL USA? If you’re thinking of traveling around Japan in the near future, you can make significant savings on domestic flights if you travel to and from Japan with a Oneworld member airline such as JAL, Qantas, British Airways or American Airlines. Overseas visitors to Japan, including US residents, can take advantage of the Oneworld Yokoso/Visit Japan Fare if […]