Welcome to Wednesday's morning show podcast, because you deserve a better morning.

There are two really big updates in the Israeli Hamas conflict today.

One of them has to do with a new country getting involved.

And the other, oddly enough, is how this conflict could possibly impact how you pay your taxes.

And Kim Kardashian is making men's butts comfy. I'll tell you about it in

Pop Stop. Welcome to the morning show podcast. My name is Anthony. I'm Carla Marie and today is the first day

of November. It's Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. There are two senators coming for your frequent flyer miles, but don't panic.

This is actually a good thing.

Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois and Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas

are asking U.S. regulators to address unfair practices in airlines' frequent flyer programs.

The two senators sent a letter asking the Department of Transportation and the Consumer

Financial Protection Bureau to help, quote, protect consumers against unfair and deceptive

practices in airlines' frequent flyer and loyalty programs, end quote. And if you don't know

what a frequent flyer program is, it encourages customer loyalty where you can earn points or miles

for traveling with a specific airline and then hopefully accumulate enough points to book a flight

without spending more money. The senators believe the programs have evolved into

convincing consumers to sign up for the airline's co-branded credit cards and that the loyalty

program now focuses on solely gaining points from using those credit cards rather than points

from actually flying the airline. They've also cited how airlines

can make changes to their loyalty programs without notifying customers. Airlines has spoken

out against the letter saying it would devastate rewards programs. A new player just joined

the war between Israel and Palestine, Yemen.

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