Lap Child Diaries

As you LCD readers know, my father is a huge SPG loyalist, though he's been known to cheat with Hyatt from time to time . But when H...

Flight #122 - United Airlines 1446 Liberia (LIR) – Newark (EWR) Friday, December 18, 2015  Depart: 2:50PM / Arrive: 8:30PM  Duration: ...

One of the best benefits of Hyatt Diamond status is free breakfast. Not to be accurate, Diamond status members are supposed to get Club Lo...

A few weeks ago, Starwood announced it would be acquired by Marriott. While the transaction won't close until mid-2016, Starwood elites ...

With this most recent stay at the W Ft Lauderdale , we hit 50 nights at Starwood for the year. While we already qualified for SPG 2016 Pla...

Flight #119 - United Airlines 2020 Newark (EWR) – Ft Lauderdale (FLL) Thursday, December 3, 2015 Depart: 11:31AM / Arrive: 2:36PM Dura...

After our stay the other night at the Sheraton Bucks County, we hit 25 stays for the year and re-qualified for SPG Platinum status throug...

My father was busy working Monday morning, when he received a pleasant little email surprise. You've been upgraded from New York/New...

It looks like my father will be United Gold for another year in 2015. But given he just started a new job that doesn't require that mu...

Apparently, my father is the exact kind of customer that hotel chains like Starwood want. Actively traveling and somewhat compulsively dra...