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The Standard, Singapore
Before a well-earned holiday at the Phuket health resort for programmers and OnlyFans …
Grandad Archimedes vs Accor
Love’s young dream is over, and the rambutans have wilted. The calculations above …
Pomp and Points: Learning to Tell Them Apart
Before the final chapter of the Novotel Nara**** saga, I’d like to make an important …
This Cow's Not for Sale
There are cash cows, and then there are points cows. Guess which one I’ve been …
Accor Toujours
When it comes to supporting naive status chasers, Accor is nobody’s fool. Madame …
C’est si bon!
C’est si bon, say the French, about very nearly everything. Except, as it turns out, …
The Caro-Kann Defence
(e4 c6) A solid, positional defence, similar to the French, but without the hemmed-in …
A Right Pricing Kerfuffle
My waters tell me we’re on the eve of a grand dynamic-pricing kerfuffle. TK’s …
Nights in the Cowshed
Hyatt launched the UrCove brand in 2019 as a joint venture with China’s BTG Homeinns …
Intellectual Security
A lot of interesting things have piled up to tell you about. But one story won’t …
Köfte in Gobsmack Sauce
GPT-5.6 SOL Yes, it all makes sense: T-T is the booking class, while EcoFly / ExtraFly / …
Rove, Going All In
“When I have 100k Marriott points, I won’t tell a soul. But there will be …
Lonely as a SkyTeam Cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o’er lounge and gate, when all at …
Hotel Point Value
In recent years, lots of services have appeared for finding hotels bookable with points …
Hold the Front Page
No later than yesterday, some status Samaritans — bless them, I’d kiss their fingers …
Hilton Shah Alam Glenmarie
Of no fixed abode and no fixed brand loyalty, I kip at Hiltons for the time being. At …
Rove: Travel the World for
Rove’s slogan on its Y Combinator pitch page sounds defiantly implausible: …
SAS Business for 60k
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” The Scandinavians have some …
Marriott Bonvoy “Exclusive Fuck You”
Marriott has pushed out its targeted offers. All the good little boys get +10 status …
Kyoto Four Points Flex by Sheraton
The pricing is a Japanese fairground ride. Monday to Friday — $30. Friday to Saturday — …