Loyalty in Limbo: United's Lifetime Shake-Up & Marriott's Diminishing Perks

Loyalty in Limbo: United's Lifetime Shake-Up & Marriott's Diminishing Perks

Author: Ed Pizza, Richard Kerr March 19, 2025 Duration: 50:36

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We get an update on Richard's blood clot saga before digging into a new Marriott brand and reduced loyalty participation. Is this the new normal for Marriott.
 
Ed borrows Richard's soapbox and tries to avoid an explicit rating for the show while talking about how United pulled the rug out from underneath him on lifetime status.
 
We're answering a Slack question about crazy itineraries, and we love it!
 
And, we're digging into a new Frontier "feature" travelers may not like.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:07 Coming up in this Episode
3:14 Blood Clot Update
8:32 Marriott's New Brand
17:33 Pueblo Meth Lab
19:16 The F-ers at United
27:12:00 Kerr's Walk Down Memory Lane
29:47:00 Delta One Non-Stop Fares
33:30:00 Skip Lagging
37:58:00 Slack Member Question
40:54:00 Frontier Fares
47:31:00 Ed is Visiting Indiana... Jones
 
 
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