Selling chocolate and other meltable inventory via Amazon is a great gig in the winter, however, during the summer months, Amazon doesn’t fulfill meltable inventory. This is primarily due to the fact that warehouses are hard to keep cool during the summer. As a result, Amazon marks anything “meltable” as “unsellable” from 1 May to…
I think we’ve all enjoyed the purely parody account of @FakeUnitedJeff … Yes, he’s the parody of the “has been” United CEO, who was unceremoniously outed after a rather awkward outing of the Chairman of the Port Authority of NY-NJ’s flight to Columbia, South Carolina. It was an unfortunate event for Jeff Smisek, but 20 April…
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Its a few days after Tax Day in the United States, and while you may be still getting over it, it never hurts to consider next year. So to, this is the perfect time to talk Taxes for travel hackers and resellers. This podcast features the venerable Matt Hague and Joe Cheung. Matt has talked about…
Hotel chains vary in how they do cancellations for awards, but I would argue that Hyatt’s award cancellation or no show policy has the risk of being really, really painful. Example of Hyatt’s Award Cancellation and No Show PolicyTake for example, a stay that I had booked in December for SXSW in Austin, which I ended…
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Maryland Meet-up, perhaps a bit longer than a while. So why not change that? Saturday, April 22. Starting around 12 noon (why not open the place?), going till whenever! The food truck will be my personal favorite, Bullhead Pit Beef. Jail Break Brewing Company Suite F, 9445 Washington Blvd…
Discover was pretty awesome 2 years ago with Apple Pay, now, you we have the chance to get up to $50 cashback with Discover Android PayThe promotion is pretty simple, use your Discover Card with Android Pay for 10 transactions and get $5 per transaction, for a total of $50 cashback with Discover Android Pay.…
The Weekly Travel News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect the positions of Tagging Miles, and should not be considered endorsements. Have a great story we should read? Contact us now and let us…
I wrote a couple of years ago about a effort for a DC to Baltimore MagLev. Well, there is more progress happening; here’s an update: DC to Baltimore MagLevAn environmental study is to be funded by the Federal Railroad Administration and conducted by the Maryland Transit Administration. The grant for the study–$27.8 million–was already awarded.…
Yesterday, I asked whether the blogosphere had “over covered” #bumpgate, where we witnessed video of United’s dragging a passenger off a plane.Well, today, I thought I’d attempt a bit of lighthearted-ness with coverage of what some airlines have responded to the event with.Take for example, this advertisement which may or may not be real from Southwest:Or,…