Review: Hotel Indigo Lower East Side New York – Kicked off Rooftop Deck for Having a Camera…..

A recent trip to the City saw me trying to redeem the remaining IHG points in my account from writing out all those post cards before they expired. I was surfing for hotels to stay in NYC and stumbled upon the Hotel Indigo Lower East Side, which looked like it …

Cryptic Messages From Virgin Australia about a BIG DEAL Coming Up

I woke up this morning to a very odd email from Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program. If it weren’t for all the graphics and interesting spin to the email, I would actually think it is some kind of spam message from the competition saying the Velocity program is a …

My Favorite Postcard Perfect Locations in the Canadian Rockies

As I gear up for yet another trip to my favorite landscape in North America, the Canadian Rockies, I realized that I have never done a trip report or photography tour of them. Can’t believe I’ve let my readers down so badly despite promising a lot more.

Review: United Global First Lounge SFO – Thankfully Being Replaced Soon.

On a recent trip to New Zealand I had the “pleasure” of visiting the incredibly packed United Global First Lounge at San Francisco’s Intl Terminal. The flight to Auckland left at an incredibly late hour when there were no other lounges available in the vicinity.

*That* photo of Southwest Passengers and Oxygen Masks

Images from terrifying Southwest flight show passengers didn’t put oxygen masks on right. https://t.co/qzMmlbaq9k (Photo: AP) pic.twitter.com/mkRaRiEKqy — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 19, 2018 What’s wrong with the above image?   By now you must have seen the image above doing rounds on the media silently chuckling to yourself about …

AMEX Sees Membership Rewards Splurge as Reason for Q1 Profit Jump

It was very interesting to hear the impact an improved Membership Rewards program has had on AMEX’s bottom line. The company reported earnings, which easily beat analyst expectations during its first quarter earnings release this evening and much of the growth is attributed to its focus on improving its rewards …