A few weeks ago, I was on an American Airlines flight from Cancun to Miami (which incidentally I booked in First Class using British Airways Avios).  I opened the Summer 2012 edition of American Airlines’ magazine, entitled Celebrated Living.  As I was thumbing through the articles, I came across one that got my attention: Running … Read More

This is a Great giveaway, and just in time for the Olympic Marathons this weekend ~~ The new Runner’s World book – the Big Book of Marathon and Half Marathon Training, written by the most respected names in the running community: Jennifer Van Allen, Bart Yasso and Amby Burfoot! Described as the ultimate handbook for every runner of every … Read More

If you are a techie, you can probably skip this.  If not, here’s the news: this week, Microsoft introduced a new email – Outlook, and it’s all the rage. Outlook is Microsoft’s answer to Gmail.  It is a reincarnation of Hotmail, with lots of new bells and whistles.  A description of all the attributes of the … Read More

For one week in mid-June, Amex ran a special promotion for the Gold Business Reward Card.  The key terms of  that offer, which I wrote about here, included 75,000 bonus points upon meeting a spend requirement of $10,000 in the first 4 months of Card membership and a first year waiver of the $175 annual fee. I applied for the … Read More

This is the latest installment of Cuckoo for Jogging Maps, a regular feature of Will Run For Miles. On Saturday, I visited the Eventi Hotel, a Kimpton Hotel.  I stopped in for a Jogging Map, and was treated to the infamous Kimpton wine hour, and was so lucky to have the opportunity to view the Olympics … Read More

For those of you who are interested in running the 2012 St. George Marathon, I received an email today stating: Attention ALL St George Marathon Runners:There are 67 days until the 2012 St George Marathon. Registration has been closed since May 7th and there are many of you still hoping to be able to run on … Read More

Priority Club, the loyalty program for hotels such as Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Indigo and the Intercontinental, issues its list of  PointBreaks on a quarterly basis.  This is a list of hotels which you can book for only 5000 Priority Club points per night – a huge bargain.  Priority Club just released its list of PointBreaks, for … Read More

Yesterday, I stopped in at the Eventi Hotel, a Kimpton Hotel, on Sixth Avenue and 29th Street in Manhattan.  The hotel was beautiful and the staff charming.  I explained to the woman at the front desk that I’d like to see the fitness facilities at the hotel.  She quickly made a call and we were … Read More

As explained in a prior post, a regular feature here is to showcase what the various hotel groups offer and emphasize in terms of fitness, such as health facilities, gyms, pools and menu selections.   A recent post focused on the Hyatt Hotels.  This post concerns Westin Hotels, part of the Starwood Hotel Group. Directly on the Westin website is … Read More

I got 5000 Ultimate Rewards Points for canceling a card!! A little background first on retention payments:  Sometimes credit card companies will give bonus incentives to their customers in order to persuade them to keep a card a second year.  This is called a retention bonus or payment.  A retention payment  might be a waiver … Read More