BankRate rewards banks that keep rates high with a "top tier award".
Fifteen second-tier awards of up to $30 million each went to groups with somewhat less-established programs, hoping to solidify their track record and expand.
The second-tier awards, including those for best actor and actress in a play or a musical, usually mean little in relation to ticket sales.
As for the top-tier awards, Matthew McConaughey is impeccable, particularly in moments where his character wrestles with the decision to leave his 10-year-old daughter (played wonderfully, in various stages of her life, by Mackenzie Foy, Jessica Chastain and Ellen Burstyn) to board a mission with no clear end in sight.
Most frustrating about second-tier award shows such as Billboard, the American Music Awards, iHeart Radio, etc. is that producers refuse to wisen up to who's actually watching their productions.
This movie, a harrowing but grimly humane two-and-a-half-hour tour of the Romanian health care system, caused a minor sensation at the 2005 Cannes festival, where Mr. Puiu won a second-tier award.
Masala Art, Orient Express and Tea House of the August Moon, all in the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel in Delhi, received the second-tier award, the Best Award of Excellence, as did the famous Zodiac Grill in the Taj Mahal, Mumbai, which has a surprising number of verticals among its French and California selections.
QUESTION FROM JEFFREY: How would you feel about these Ideas for new format next year: a 2-hour show, first hour with the tributes, and the second hour for giving out the top-tier acting awards only.
Upgrading to business on a Delta flight from the United States to Europe, for example, will cost you 15,000 to 25,000 miles on top of your economy fare -- often with no guaranteed seat; the lowest-tier business award seats go for just 62,500 miles.
The program is the third awards tier that Amtrak has created, a number that puts it on par with many air carriers, which have silver, gold, diamond and platinum programs.
Although you can enjoy discount rates flying during the off-peak season, the best everyday award rate is the MileSAAver award tier.
