Hilton Reportedly Plans To Let More Hotels Charge For Parking—Even In Small Towns [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb: Expect parking fees at Hilton select service brands starting in January Hilton will be officially altering Brand Standards to allow select service brands to charge for parking without requiring a waiver starting in the new year. This means a Hampton Inn with ample parking space in the middle of small town Kansas can start charging guests for overnight parking. Butter chicken is actually a perfect economy meal. Great stuff- Butter Chicken in economy? Pretty pretty good. https://t.co/9JQOAYurIa — JonNYC (@xJonNYC) October 27, 2026 Butter chicken on Volotea I chatted about airlines on the Load Bearing podcast: Airport retail prices are insane Burbank’s new terminal edition. Yall the prices at the new Burbank Airport are hahahahahaha don’t miss the 5% sustainability fee 😵‍💫 https://t.co/G4LrfnAo1N — jedidiah jenkins (@shredidiah) October 26, 2026 Hyatt opposes Hilton’s ‘Select By Hilton’ brand trademark because consumers might confuse it with the Hyatt Select brand – though honestly I imagine it’s Hilton that should be worried about that… Best Western will retire Best Western Rewards and utilize ‘WorldHotel Rewards’ instead TLC Jet is offering 100,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles to first-time customers who make their first qualifying private jet charter booking October 28–December 31, 2026. You must be an AAdvantage member. The regular earning rate is one mile and one Loyalty Point per dollar in base flight charges. Good: I don’t want the full can of soda on a plane. At Alaska Airlines, mini soda cans are going away. Beginning mid-November, Alaska will switch back to pouring from full sized soda cans. Your flight may still have mini cans, as the catering kitchen supplies dwindle down. Moving forward in 2027, don’t expect your own little soda can anymore. Most Crews aren’t happy about this, as this will mean more time spent in the aisle pouring, and blocking access to the lavatories. A couple short flights that currently offer a full beverage service will most likely get downgraded to a juice-or-water service instead. Topics on this page