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Hudson River in New York. Likely Like You Have Never Seen It.
Mention the Hudson River in New York, and the west side of Manhattan immediately comes to mind for many people — but this article contains photographs and a short raw video of the famous waterway likely like you have never seen it.
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American Airlines CEO Celebrates Taking Away Free First Class Upgrades — Says Customers Will Pay
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom says the airline has caught up at selling first class upgrades instead of giving them away. That may be good merchandising, but it guts the core value of elite status: if American will sell the seat for $40, the customer spending tens of thousands chasing...

One Mile at a Time
Uh Oh: American Blocking Domestic Saver Awards Close To Departure
We’ll have to mark this as ”developing” for now, but this potentially has major implications for award travel on American, especially if booking through a partner program, like Alaska Atmos Rewards or British Airways Club.

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Design Flaw to Finally Be Fixed: Pedestrian Walkways to Be Built at Denver International Airport
A design flaw is finally slated to be fixed, as pedestrian walkways between concourses are officially planned to be built at Denver International Airport as the best alternative for passengers whenever the subterranean train becomes inoperable or unreliable.
The only way that passengers can currently travel within the airport between...

One Mile at a Time
Saudi Arabia’s Futuristic “The Line” Gets Reality Check, As Project Suspended
Saudi Arabia is investing an unprecedented amount of money in tourism, and also in diversifying its economy away from oil. I’ve been watching this with great interest, as we’ve never seen a project to this scale before, and many have wondered just how realistic some of these ambitions are. I’m...

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United Passengers Trapped On Newark Tarmac For 7.5 Hours — The Airline Offered Just $200
United passengers say they were trapped on Newark tarmacs for seven hours or more during weather delays, with one San Francisco-bound flight sitting 7.5 hours before being canceled for the night — and United offering just a $200 voucher. Federal rules generally require domestic passengers to be given a real...

One Mile at a Time
Is The Chase Sapphire Reserve Worth The Annual Fee? My Personal Math
The Chase Sapphire Reserve Card (application) has a $795 annual fee, and after the card’s 2025 refresh, the question of whether it’s still worth it has only gotten more contested some people find it more valuable than before, others less. The card now carries well over $1,000 in potential...

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Southwest CEO Lays Out First Class, Lounges And Long-Haul Roadmap — Credit Card Money Is Why
Southwest’s CEO is now openly talking about first class, airport lounges, and long-haul international flying — the very things the airline spent decades not being. The reason is ncredit card economics. Aspirational destinations, premium products, and lounges will drive Chase cardholders spending, including on a new premium card product..

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Delta Raises Alarm In Pilot Memo: JFK–LAX Is Failing The Customers It Can Least Afford To Lose
Delta’s reliability problems are showing up where they can least afford them: New York–Los Angeles, the premium transcon route packed with business travelers and high-profile customers. An internal note to pilots asks them to help make up for increased delays and plunging net promoter scores among customers by making extra...

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Bank of America adds referral bonuses for some customers (targeted)
At long last, Bank of America seems to be adding the ability to earn referral bonuses to many of its non-cobranded cards. According to multiple Reddit users, the links are showing up in the app, not the desktop site, and only for some users: Referrals are $100 each and limited...

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Tips for finding impossible awards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep360 | 5-29-26
Today’s episode will provide a whole grab bag of tips for how to find those impossible award bookings for your award travel goals. Main Event (evergreen): Tips for finding impossible awards Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform. You can click the timestamps below to...
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Hilton Amex Spending Offer: Spend $2,000, get 9,000 bonus points (targeted)
There is at least one new spending offer on Amex Hilton cards that gives bonus points for meeting specific spending targets. Unlike most Hilton Amex Offers, which only reward spending at Hilton properties, this offer rewards general spending on a Hilton Amex. The version that I have is: spend $2,000...

Wild About Travel
Drfat Perth
OverviewWhen you hear the name “Perth,” it’s worth noting that there are actually three places that share the name: Perth in Scotland, Perth in Tasmania, and the vibrant capital of Western Australia, which I’m reviewing here. Perth, WA, is known for its vast open spaces, stunning coastlines, and year-round sunshine....

One Mile at a Time
Is The Bilt Palladium Card Worth The $495 Annual Fee? It Comes Down To Spending
The Bilt Palladium Card has a high annual fee, and it’s a genuinely different ”worth it” question from most premium cards. There’s no coupon book of monthly credits to capture here the card’s value rests almost entirely on whether you spend enough, in Bilt-eligible categories, to make the 2x...

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American Airlines Passenger Threatens Assault To Get Off Plane First — The Door Wasn’t Even Open Yet
"Your mother didn’t raise you right." A woman on an American Airlines flight tried to deplane at Charlotte, moving toward the front of the aircraft and shoving herself past other customers while passengers were still waiting to deplane. The aircraft door apparently is even not open yet. She wants...

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Barclays giving some Wyndham cardholders referral links
Barclays again appears to be targeting certain Wyndham cardholders with the ability to refer others to all three Wyndham Earner cards. In the past, when we’ve seen this, the referral offers were better than the current public version, but that’s not the case this time around (unfortunately). It appears that...

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Earn Up to 4,000 Hilton Honors Points With Each Stay
You can earn up to 4,000 Hilton Honors points with each qualifying stay between Monday, June 1, 2026 and Saturday, August 15, 2026, as Hilton Honors has announced the new global The More Nights, More Points Promotion that helps you get to your next stay even faster...
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Miles To Memories
New Elevated Bonuses for Chase Southwest Cards, Earn Up to 90K Points
Chase and Southwest Airlines have launched new elevated bonuses on the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Credit Cards from Chase. You can now earn between 80,000 and 90,000 points, depending on which credit card you pick.

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Air France Charged Passenger $583 For Skipping A Flight — But His Selfies Show He Was Onboard
Air France charged a passenger $583 at Paris Charles de Gaulle because its records claimed he skipped his outbound flight — even though he says he was onboard and has selfies, the boarding pass, airport receipts, and a KLM delay email to show it. Air France and KLM keep trusting...

One Mile at a Time
Air France Accuses Passenger Of Not Taking Flight He Took, Demands €500
Here’s a story that several OMAAT readers have now brought to my attention, as they’re wondering how something like this is possible. I can totally see how this can happen in the first place, though unfortunately the customer service response is where things get super frustrating.

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Citi Custom Cash closed to new applications (but product change still available)
Update 5/29: Citi has now closed the Custom Cash card to new applications, but reports in the comments suggest that you can still product change for now. If you’d like to make a product change, we’d highly recommend trying it via chat. There is essentially no wait, and the process takes less...

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Two United 777-200s Broke At SFO, And I Wound Up Sleeping On An Airport Bench
Those aging United Airlines 777-200 aircraft with Pratt & Whitney engines may indeed be past their prime, as I found out the hard way after a very long night of rolling delays at San Francisco International Airport. My United Redeye Canceled After Two Aging 777-200s Broke At SFO I was...

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Air France KLM Flying Blue: 30% bonus miles on points transfers from Radisson Rewards (May 29 Bonus Offer Highlight)
Today’s bonus offer highlight is a good for anyone who may have some Radisson Rewards points sitting around and not being used for stays as you can get a 30% bonus converting them to Flying Blue. Check out all of the new bonuses added today:






































