Hotels
Can Booking.com Penalize Canceled Bookings (Sans Credit Card)?
The 24-hour hotel cancellation policy is pretty standard, so its should be little surprise that Booking.com charges a penalty for last-minute cancellations.
Don’t Forget To Take Advantage of Uber’s Hotel Partnerships
Once upon a ye time, Uber announced it’d be partnering with Starwood. But this is clearly turning into a thing now.
The Satechi Travel Router Is the Jack-of-all-Trades Power Adapter That Kicks Ass
There’s power adapters, and then there’s the Granddaddy of all travel adapters. Unfortunately, this means I’m going to have to eat my words about what I said about this generic $3 adapter I energetically wrote almost three years ago. (It’s still awesome as a budget, no-frills adapter.)
Starwood Ditches the Foreign Transaction Fee (and Other Updates)
The Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card is increasing its annual fee and adding four new benefits today in one fell swoop. The news is that the foreign transaction fee is permanently going.
SPG Rewards Officially Loves Uber
It’s a good thing at least someone loves Uber, because I don’t love Travis Kalanick, who’s possibly the worst human being on earth. But maybe you love Starwood and free hotel stays!
