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Loyalty in Limbo: United’s Lifetime Shake-Up & Marriott’s Diminishing Perks

Mar 19, 2025

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We get an update on Richard's blood clot saga before digging into a new Marriott brand and reduced loyalty participation. Is this the new normal for Marriott.

Ed borrows Richard's soapbox and tries to avoid an explicit rating for the show while talking about how United pulled the rug out from underneath him on lifetime status.

We're answering a Slack question about crazy itineraries, and we love it!

And, we're digging into a new Frontier "feature" travelers may not like.

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

2:07 Coming up in this Episode

3:14 Blood Clot Update

8:32 Marriott's New Brand

17:33 Pueblo Meth Lab

19:16 The F-ers at United

27:12:00 Kerr's Walk Down Memory Lane

29:47:00 Delta One Non-Stop Fares

33:30:00 Skip Lagging

37:58:00 Slack Member Question

40:54:00 Frontier Fares

47:31:00 Ed is Visiting Indiana... Jones

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