Business Travel Logue

What does Continental’s move to the Star Alliance mean for business travelers?

Jessica — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:31 +0000

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Continental Airlines decided to pick up its toys and move them to another playhouse. Whereas the big airline used to be part of the Skyteam Alliance, it’s now part of the massive Star Alliance. So, what does that mean for you, the business traveler? Well, it depends. If you don’t [...]

How to Earn InterContinental Points

Jessica — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:03:42 +0000

The InterContinental Hotels Group rewards program, called Priority Club, says it’s the best rewards program of any hotel chain. I swear I’ve read that on another hotel rewards website, and even if I haven’t it’s worth taking those kinds of self-descriptions with a grain of salt. Still, the array of hotels under the InterContinental umbrella [...]

Turning iPhone Pictures into Postcards

Jessica — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:17:11 +0000

Postcards brought about the end of the art of letter writing. Email killed the postcard. Twitter sent emails packing. And the iPhone? Well, it’s made quite a few things obsolete. But thanks to the iPhone, the postcard is making a comeback. Kind of. There are actually several applications you can download whereby you can turn your travel [...]

How to Earn US Airways Miles

Jessica — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:32:32 +0000

The US Airways frequent flyer program is called Dividend Miles - perhaps to echo a time when we actually used to get decent dividends from stock portfolios. Whatever the reason, there’s a basic level of membership and also a “Preferred” member level, which (naturally) offers more benefits. You can’t buy your way into having Preferred status [...]

U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria

Jessica — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:10:39 +0000

Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja is located almost squarely in the center of the country. The former Nigerian capital of Lagos, located on the country’s coast, is absolutely enormous (second only to Cairo in all of Africa). Lagos served as the capital until 1991, when the planned city of Abuja became the new capital. Abuja is [...]

How to Earn Hyatt Gold Passport Points

Jessica — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:39:22 +0000

While Hyatt Hotels are a favorite with frequent travelers and consistently rated among the top hotel chains by business travelers in the US, it’s perhaps surprising to note how few ways Hyatt lets you earn points in its Hyatt Gold Passport rewards program. Maybe they think they don’t need to entice you with lots of ways [...]

New Four Seasons App for iPhone

Jessica — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:15:44 +0000

We’ve all heard the “there’s an app for that” ads for iPhone applications, and the numbers of how many new apps are added to the app store each day is staggering. So it’s a good thing I got a press release about this new app from the Four Seasons or I’d never have known about [...]

How to Earn United Miles

Jessica — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:54:33 +0000

Back when I first started traveling, it seemed like all the frequent flyer programs had expiration dates attached to the miles you could earn. Then at some point they all did away with those expiration dates, meaning you could continue to accrue miles until you redeemed them for something. But somewhere along the way, one of [...]

Can you bring the kids along on a business trip? One writer says yes, with these 5 tips.

Jessica — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:58:50 +0000

Okay, so the terms “business travel” and “family travel” probably don’t seem to go together very well, right? One is typically all about work, while the other is typically all about vacation (and we all know how those two terms don’t go together very well), but even more than that - how can you even [...]

U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India

Jessica — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:21:14 +0000

After noting last week that the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is on Twitter, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi is another that’s stepping boldly into the 21st century - they’ve got a Facebook page. Okay, it’s no Twitter account, but it’s not nothing. Still, if you’re traveling in India and you need face time with [...]