Festivus, Yes! Devaluations, No!

Angie, Allison, and Joe jump on this week to share the 100K Member Celebration Winner, their newest cards, trip updates, and to bring you an Airing of (2023) Grievances! 

Festivus was created as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas holiday season. The sitcom Seinfeld put their own spin on it, including the airing of the grievances, which consists of each person lashing out at others and the world about how they have been disappointed in the past year. "I got a lotta problems with you people, and now you're going to hear about it!" 

We’ve had a lot of negative changes in the Award Travel world in 2023 (25by our count), but here are the program updates that impacted the community most:

1.  MGM and Hyatt announce Breakup
2.  British Airways Hikes Avios Awards on American and Alaska & United Makes Major Award Chart Devaluation
3.  Citi Executive Card Changes (Higher fee, reduced AU benefit)

Full list of all 25 Program Changes

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