An OMAAT reader shared an experience with me that he had on Qatar Airways, whereby the very loud guy seated across from him became verbally abusive, down to telling him to ”shut [his] f**king mouth.” He asks for my take on this situation, so let’s get into it…
Delta keeps adding nonstop Europe flights from cities that are not hubs. Is the dartboard strategy genius, and which city is next?
Amex Platinum can be extremely valuable, but only if you know how the credits, lounge rules, enrollments, hotel benefits, status perks, protections, and airfare bonuses actually work. These 23 insider details cover the hidden value, easy mistakes, and practical traps that determine whether the card functions as a powerful travel...
American Airlines has a regional jet with a table placed on a window seat, making it unusable on purpose. The reason is not comfort or safety, but pilot contract scope rules: blocking one seat keeps the Embraer 170 at 65 seats instead of 66, avoiding limits that apply to larger...
After 24 years writing about airlines, hotels, and loyalty programs, the same themes keep coming up: be honest with customers, deliver what you promise, sweat the small details, stop hiding behind fake excuses, and respect shared spaces. Those principles explain why I get frustrated by resort fees, broken benefits, no-notice...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon. There are quite a few deals ending this week which includes an American Airlines award sale and stay promotions for Choice and Best Western. Also ending...
A ”media personality and political commentator” is facing backlash online for the disgusting comments he made about an American Airlines flight attendant. However, I don’t think this is getting quite enough attention yet, and I hope that (at a minimum) the airline bans him from traveling with the carrier going...
Flight attendants are reportedly refusing to give their consent to hand over biometric data to the federal government in order to use a new TSA line-skipping system that is being progressively rolled out at airports across the United States. Since 2011, flight attendants and pilots have been able to bypass...
We periodically publish links to interesting tidbits around the web. This week, we have Hilton making it possible for elites to pick a complimentary upgrade during digital check-in, the demise of Lufthansa first class awards, a reddit challenge that sounds like it was made for Frequent Miler, and more. I’ve...
I have a United flight I need to book, but I’m intentionally waiting a few days before buying it. That’s not because I expect the fare to drop, because I’m…