joining us mark murphy, ceo of travel pulse,.com. so nice to have you here. really?yeah, a lot of shenanigans going on at lax. gerri: so how are they doing this. >> you know what? they colluded is what we think. early reports so far they have 25 people that they rounded up. they put under cover police in there. they saw that -- gerri: pictures. >> secure areas. they were documenting what they were doing and were in cahoots. the guys would turn around. take whatever they could get and go out on craig's list and e pay as far as we can tell and sell them to make some money. gerri: so you would find your lou very vuitton bag on craig's list maybe? >> you know, what don't check a louis vuitton bag, right? gerri: wait a minute. i will get you to advice in second. what do you think they got? what were they looking for? what is the most valuable thing. >> people put jewelry in their bags which i don't get. electronics they're putting in. other high-end items. anything that is expensive take in the carry-on bag, unless a liquid that you can't bring in on you have to check. do

. >> mark murphy is joining us now. why would delta do such a thing?ey will get their airfare trimmed. >> the new program will award anywhere from 5 to 11 points for every $1 spent. elite numbers will get the most. you book a trip from new york to los angeles for $650. that will earn 1,000 miles. >> anybody today. >> under the new program, the credit would be over 3,000 miles. let's take a look at how this benefits business class passengers. oh, my gosh, right? >> right. >> go ahead. if someone books a business class ticket from new york to london for $5,000. under the current program, that is 20,000 miles. under the new program, 45,000 miles. >> the people who suffer are people who book frequent low cost fares or travel twice a year across the country. with fares already so high, mark, what is our incentive to stick with delta? >> loyalty programs really don't make people loyal. 14% of the american population that flies is loyal to a single airline. they become less relevant because they are more and more difficult to accumulate points. take a leisure

travel expert mark murphy joins us now.nd business travel. the first tip you have is don't get flashy. >> because you bring this bag and unfortunately, if you have to check it, this is kind of small. but if you have to check a bag like this, that's a very expensive bag, there is probably other expensive stuff in there. that's the other tip. don't put very expensive stuff in there. i've heard of people putting jewelry, high end electronics. take that on board if possible. >> people are doing carry-ons anyway. a lot of times if you aren't in business class or first class, you have to check your bag anyway. how do you avoid that? >> you can do an early -- pay small fee, get on early, get in the second class or second zone of boarding and usually that's a 7 to $9 upcharge. that guarantees you overhead space. so you do that. also take your bag through the regular scanners at tsa, get to the gate and then if you gate check it, it's just from that gate down to that plane in order to get it on board. so there is less people touchin

joining us with destination nomination travel expert and the envelope says, let me open it. mark murphyto be with you. >> thanks. >> first up for the dallas buyers club you say? >> texas is big, right? so go big. stay at the omni hotel a thousand rooms and get into it for about $119 a night right now. we are talking about next weekend. so, do a last-minute trip. go down, check it out. go check out the museum of art. the bow the owe botanical garden. >> i love dallas. i have family there the biggest complaint is it is spread out. you say the omni is a great location. >> great location. >> how about new york, new york? >> the wolf of wreath. the london hotel. if you are a wolf you want to stay in a suite not just a standard hotel room. where i'm staying this weekend is all suites. and if you book it with a travel agent and get the right package you get a free breakfast every day and some case $100 food and beverage credit. get that free breakfast. >> if you are in midtown you can still see head downtown to wall street. >> go up to central park. check out central park. go up to the boat ho

murphy. mark, you can jump in. andrea, go ahead. >> one bank is the 17th largest bank in russia, the bank that putin uses but presumably he will moveere was plenty of warning that this was going to happen. the two brothers, that is important. $7 billion in sochi contracts. the railroad magnate. these are important figures. the cronies. until they get to the petrochemical sector and sectors beyond energy and other major industries and the major banks, it's not going to really have an effect. >> the leadership moment for this president is that the next sanction what andrea was just talking about, mark? >> the question i have is what actually alters putin's behavior. are the sanctions symbolic or game changing? senator i'm not dr. phil and never had the chance to meet putin but i'm wondering what you think would change his behavior? it seems to me based on the politics he plays internationally and playing to his domestic audience, the more he is being seen as forced to back down or the economy is -- his economy is being challenged, perhaps the less likely he is to change course. >> west i think that is exactly right. i mean, this is a