Back in April I wrote about my thoughts on award space throttling, I’d been looking for some flights and simply couldn’t find anything viable. It would be a great way to discretely layer a further devaluation into an award chart without making a fanfare… and I see more and more of it.Generally speaking, I’m not […]
Archives for June 2015
[Fail] Attempts to automate BRG opportunities
I think there are some pretty useful things from my failed attempt here, so I hope I don’t offend the ‘clickbait crowd’ by titling it a fail. I received a tweet asking about BRGs (Best Rate Guarantees) and how I find them. Truth is, I don’t.BRGs are excellent, and I know a lot of people […]
Clean vs Dirty Spend
I’m in a bit of a pickle, and wanted to share some of my thoughts on spend with you today. The challenge is to accept clean, or dirty spend, and to explore the nuances of each. My scenario is twofold. Firstly, I’m setting up a new business that is turning out to cost a ton […]
Did I make a mistake with Club Carlson Aruba?
In a flurry to book last minute reservations with Club Carlson I went for 4 nights (2×2) at the Club Carlson property in Aruba for February 2016. The theory was that I could push it so far out that our availability has time to ‘fit in’ around it and I didn’t have to worry about flights, […]