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My Overly Ambitious 2025 Airline, Hotel & Credit Card Predictions

Explore ambitious and exciting predictions for the airline, hotel, and credit card industries in 2025. Discover potential changes in loyalty programs, credit card offers, and travel partnerships that could redefine your travel experience. Will these bold forecasts come true? Dive in to find out!

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How Right (& Wrong) were my 2024 Airline, Hotel & Credit Card Predictions?

Explore how accurate my 2024 predictions were for airlines, hotels, and credit cards. Discover which forecasts hit the mark and where I missed the target as I review my bold predictions in a year filled with unexpected twists in the travel industry.

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Midyear Review: My 2024 Airline, Hotel & Credit Card Predictions

Explore my midyear review of 2024 airline, hotel, and credit card predictions. Discover which bold forecasts hit the mark and which ones missed. Dive into the details as I assess industry trends and speculate on future travel and finance developments. Will there be surprises in the next six months? Read on to find out!

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My Overly Ambitious 2024 Airline, Hotel & Credit Card Predictions

Good morning everyone, I hope your holiday season is going well.  Yesterday, I wrote The Results Are In! My Wild & Crazy 2023 Airline, Hotel & Credit Card Predictions.  In that post, I shared how my 2023 predictions did (spoiler: not great).  But I am not deterred because 2024 is a new year and I have several new predictions that are surely to come true.  Without further ado, here are my predictions for 2024:

My 2024 Airline Predictions
Alaska Airlines or Southwest Airlines will introduce a “family pooling” benefit for miles or travel credit.
American Airlines will allow Web Special awards to be changed online (currently, they can only be cancelled).
British Airways will add another airline (besides Finnair) to the Avios family.
Delta will change their 15% SkyMiles discount for Delta credit cards holders.
United will allow you to combine multiple travel bank funds and future flight credits for the same reservation.

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The Results Are In! My Wild & Crazy 2023 Airline, Hotel & Credit Card Predictions

Good morning everyone, I hope you are having a great holiday season so far!  Now that we are approaching the end of 2023, it’s time to review my 2023 predictions and see how (badly) I did.  Correct predictions are in green and incorrect predictions are in red.

My 2023 Airline Predictions (0 / 4)

American Airlines or Alaska Airlines will be added as a transfer partner from a transferable points currency. – No, AA and AS were not added as a transfer partner in 2023, but AA is still a transfer partner of Bilt.
British Airways will change their award chart to calculate the number of Avios needed on a combined distance flown, not on a segment by segment basis. – No, BA has not changed their award chart to calculate combined distance flown.
Delta Airlines or United Airlines will introduce a “Miles and Cash” payment option for award tickets (pay 10,000 miles or pay 8,000 miles + $40). – No, DL and UA did not introduce a “Miles and Cash” payment option.
Southwest Airlines will work very hard to make up for their December 2022 travel nightmare by offering a transfer bonus from Chase and spending offers on their credit cards in January 2023. – No, SWA did not introduce any transfer bonuses in 2023.