Miles
Pomp and Points: Learning to Tell Them Apart
Before the final chapter of the Novotel Nara**** saga, I’d like to make an important …
Nights in the Cowshed
Hyatt launched the UrCove brand in 2019 as a joint venture with China’s BTG Homeinns …
Köfte in Gobsmack Sauce
GPT-5.6 SOL Yes, it all makes sense: T-T is the booking class, while EcoFly / ExtraFly / …
Rove: Travel the World for
Rove’s slogan on its Y Combinator pitch page sounds defiantly implausible: …
Marriott Bonvoy
O Marriott, Marriott, wherefore art thou so stingy with the nights? And, while we’re …
How to Buy €110 for $57?
Well, knock me down with a feather! Antoine Al-Mourjan ran back and forth across a bridge …
JAL at $11.11 per Thousand
Thanks to the Rove promotion, you can stock up on JAL miles. You can’t buy JAL miles …
Mileage Maniac
In the time I had left over from resting, I read the book by Steve Belkin — or Stepan …
Airline Pricing Dynamics
Airlines have been running dynamic pricing on cash fares for a long time, and ruthlessly. …
Maharaja Club, and the USA of All Places
Rove uses little badges to flag where a programme gives you a financial edge. For example, …
Ocean Headlights
The piece about my namesake was an introductory epitaph, a warm-up before the brunch …
Other People's News
I read the news and I’m envious. Everyone else gets adventures; I get obligations. …
The Flies Voted No
I stepped over my crypto principles and bought some Durov-dollars (TON) to pay for …
Miles, Smiles and Monkey Business
While I wage an unequal battle with Rove’s legal department over 32,692 miles at a …
D-Day: Wish You Weren't Here
There’s no such thing as loneliness in a hostel — it gets split eight ways, along …
Rove: Rove Miles
Gagarin: Giving the count: 1… 2… 3…. 4… 5… 6… …
Rove: Plane Tickets
The price is the same as at every other OTA: give or take a couple of dollars, nothing …
Where Have All the Good Times Gone?
To hostelworld.com, young man. Where the beds creak like a long-distance relationship, and …
Where Are the Miles, Lebowski?
They’re spread thickly, like Marmite, across ordinary non-chain hotels. That’s …
Right, the Numbers
Rove has rolled out a rate identical to Hyatt’s: $192.16 for 2 nights. Globalist …