Twenty Minute Travel - Alaska Scores Big, Citi Fighting Hard, Free Starbucks from Marriott & Visiting the Top Gun Bar!

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Episode Description

This week Alaska Airlines closed on their merger with Hawaiian Airlines. The government laid out a ton of rules for the new airline to follow including keeping the value of points and allowing points to be transferred 1:1 between programs. This has opened up some opportunities to get Alaska miles as Amex is now basically a transfer partner. In other news tons of new increased card offers dropped this week including Southwest, Hilton and Marriott. We also discuss the new way to change your Southwest companion and the best strategy to get two years of the Companion Pass with these new offers. Other topics include: The Top Gun bar in San Diego, a suspended soccer field in China, how Citi is going hard for the AA card business, Jetblue's new lounges and how to get free points or coffee from Starbucks and Marriott. Episode Guide

0:00 Hangovers are temporary travel meme
0:32 Alaska now a defacto Membership Rewards transfer partner
2:15 Government lays down several rules for Alaska merger
4:07 JetBlue announces airport lounges coming to two major airports
5:14 JetBlue’s new premium credit card?
6:03 Visiting the Top Gun bar in San Diego
8:31 Other takeaways from Mark’s San Diego trip
9:41 Southwest increased offers & companion pass strategy
12:03 Increased offers for Hilton cards as well
12:59 Playing the Amex upgrade/downgrade game
13:57 Bonvoy Business 5 free night offer returns
14:45 Citi is going hard for the AA credit card business
16:28 Big payday coming for American Airlines?
17:43 How to change your Southwest Companion online
18:38 Starbucks/Marriott partnership - Free points or coffee!
21:00 Suspended Chinese soccer field 600 feet above the ground

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