Adios Marriott Perk, 2019’s Naughtiest Loyalty Program Changes, and How Many Airlines Folded This Year?!

Here are several other articles from around the travel web that I think you may find interesting:

Goodbye Marriott Platinum Elite After Negative Change – Here’s My New Plan – Miles to Memories

The meeting elite night credits provided a great way to boost your Marriott status, and it hurts that Marriott is removing this perk. With the dwindling benefits of their elite status and increases in pricing, is it even worth trying to stay 50 nights for Platinum anymore?

SUMMARY: 23 AIRLINES THAT CEASED OPERATION IN 2019 – Sam Chui

From airlines with a life of 75 years to one that only made it two months, so many have gone away in 2019. This wasn’t a good year for the industry.

The 2019 Naughty & Nice List – Frequent Miler

I enjoyed this “roundup” sort of post of all the deals (and non-deals) through the year. The nicest of the nice, of course, is Turkish Miles & Smiles awards for just 7,500 miles one-way within all the U.S.

Find An Interesting Story?

Check out the last roundup if you haven’t already. Feel free to comment here if you find other interesting points, miles, or travel stories!