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Gary Leff praised in High End Magazine „Condé Nast Traveler”

Old Oct 20, 2009, 3:45 am
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Gary Leff praised in High End Magazine „Condé Nast Traveler”

It looks like that in these times people with more money than time are looking for free assistance to find smart ways in redeeming their points/miles. Here is one letter published in issue 11/09 (page 22) of „Condé Nast Traveler”:

After reading Wendy Perrin’s oft-repeated praise of frequent-flier expert Gary Leff on The Perrin Post *), contacted him regarding my upcoming European itinerary. Gary was incredible – he knew every carrier, every seat, every nuance. He handled everything, and we saved money by using our American Express points to book business-class flights.

Mickey Altman
Aventura, Florida
*) These compilations from Condé Nast’s Consumer Editor are nothing special for members of this community.
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Old Oct 20, 2009, 4:02 am
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Nice one gleff.

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Old Oct 20, 2009, 5:22 am
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Thanks, Smart Shopper, I hadn't seen that!
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Old Oct 20, 2009, 3:27 pm
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Thanks Gary

I justed used Gary's service for an F award to BKK Via FRA on LH and TG.

Amazing knowledge! Highly recommended!

I consider myself pretty advanced at ANA but He still found flights I hadn't even thought of.

Process was seamless.
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Old Oct 20, 2009, 5:37 pm
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Nice commendation; I hope it's good for Gary.

Did you see Sydney's Conde Nast Traveler #1 destination, again?
(Seeing as two Sydney people are on this thread so far, and I hope that Gary will be visiting again...)
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Old Oct 20, 2009, 5:39 pm
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Originally Posted by BiziBB
(Seeing as two Sydney people are on this thread so far, and I hope that Gary will be visiting again...)
Well my family from SYD are currently visiting the states, and they were twisting my arm just today to get back down there...
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Old Oct 20, 2009, 7:10 pm
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... and I can't begin to say how many times Gary has helped me (and my g/f) get to the places we've been...
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Old Oct 20, 2009, 7:18 pm
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I am not surprised to see Conde Nast Traveler recognize gleff.

gleff, you are an all-around all-star whose scope and scale of knowledge I greatly admire. ^^
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Old Oct 20, 2009, 9:01 pm
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Congrats, Gary! It's good to see a nice guy get recognized for his awesome skills.
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Old Oct 22, 2009, 8:15 pm
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^ Congrats Gary!

Well-deserved.
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Old Oct 22, 2009, 10:46 pm
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Wendy Perrin praising Gary Leff, and hearing about it on FlyerTalk... I can't think of 3 better sources of travel info ^
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Old Oct 22, 2009, 10:51 pm
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Well-earned gleff
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Old Oct 23, 2009, 7:41 am
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Congrats Gary! Cheers.
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Old Oct 25, 2009, 11:28 am
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@gleff

Reading letters to the editor most customers complain and very view praise. It was nice to see that

  • there are consumers like the Altmans’ who took the time and admired a service they paid for
  • Condé Nast Traveler decided to publish this letter and
  • you were the one who was honoured!

While I agree with your observations, this is very sad:
For years people have contacted me for help with their itineraries, and I've helped people all over the world that I didn't know to have dream vacations, honeymoons, trips of a lifetime.

But I got frustrated. Frequently people wouldn't even reply with a thank you, let alone a wrap-up of how they enjoyed the trip, or perhaps a token of thanks. I got burned out on spending hours helping people with next to no feedback.

So I decided to try something new. I've re-invigorated my desire to help by setting up a more formal service, with a fee. And I've found that when someone is paying for my help as a service, they seem to appreciate it more.

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