INN VIEWS : MAKE POINTS AT B&B INNS.Byline: Bobbi Zane Special to the Daily News Bed-and-breakfast inngoers have never been able to accumulate frequent-flier miles - until early this year, when a former innkeeper An individual who, as a regular business, provides accommodations for guests in exchange for reasonable compensation. An inn is defined as a place where lodgings are made available to the public for a charge, such as a hotel, motel, hostel, or guest house. in Salt Lake City began to market InnPoints as an added-value promotion for innkeepers and inngoers. Mark Brown, who owned Anton Boxrod Bed and Breakfast for several years, created InnPoints partly out of the frustration of seeing his business traveler guests book rooms in large chain hotels. Asked why they were deserting his hospitality, he was told ``frequent-flier miles,'' nearly unanimously. So Brown and a group of partners set about to develop InnPoints, using as models the frequent-flier point programs already put in place by American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. and Diners Club Diners Club International, originally founded as Diners Club, is a credit card company formed in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider and Casey R. Taylor. When it first emerged, it became the first independent credit card company in the world. . Guests can convert dollars spent on lodging for points, which can be redeemed as frequent-flier miles. You can get four InnPoints for each dollar spent at a participating bed and breakfast inn. Five thousand InnPoints can be redeemed for 1,500 frequent-flier miles in the American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Delta, USAir or Northwest Airlines programs. Optionally, the 5,000 points earn $30 discount certificates that can be used at bed-and-breakfast inns or to purchase other travel products. Bonus points (1,500) are given after the second and every fifth stay to assure that InnPoints add up. Inns belonging to InnPoints comprise a network; points earned for staying at any of the participants add up. Among the 250 members so far, you can find inns across the nation, including 35 in California. And the list includes some popular ones, such as the Cheshire Cat Cheshire Cat imperturbable cat with perpetual grin. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland] See : Goodnaturedness and Old Yacht Club in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Madrona Manor in Healdsburg and the Gingerbread gingerbread In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of Mansion in Ferndale. Unlike the frequent-flier programs operated by the airlines themselves, InnPoints has an annual membership fee of $15. For that, you get a directory listing locations of participating inns and a quarterly newsletter along with your membership card. Membership information is available from InnPoints by calling (800) 466-6890. |
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