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Sam’s Club: 10% off Disney Gift Cards this weekend
Sam’s Club is running a 10% discount on Disney gift cards this weekend, from May 1st to May 3rd. The deal is for $500 cards only, with a limit of two cards per member. There were rumors that the sale begins today for Sam’s Club Plus members. If anyone can...
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One Mile at a Time
American Flight Attendant Slams Plane’s “Crew Rest Tent,” Right By Bathroom
A well known American Airlines flight attendant has taken to social media to rant about the carrier’s newest long haul jet. She makes some valid points, and there’s another aspect to her commentary that I find to be interesting…

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Hyatt devaluation deep dive
Hyatt’s devastating devaluation, along with its annual depressing category changes, is scheduled to slam us on May 20th. Now that we have complete award chart details (found here), I analyzed the changes to find out just how bad the future World of Hyatt may be. The good news is that...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Flight Attendant Reveals What it’s Like to Work On American Airlines’ New (And Increasingly Controversial) Airbus A321XLR Long-Haul Jets
An American Airlines flight attendant has revealed what it’s really like to operate on the carrier’s new Airbus A321XLR narrowbody planes that have been specially adapted to operate long-haul flights like New York JFK to Edinburgh. The plane has already proven to be pretty controversial, with some commentators believing that...

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Trump’s Portrait Will Be Featured Inside Some U.S. Passports — Here’s How To Get One Or Avoid One
The State Department is preparing a limited-run U.S. passport variant with Donald Trump’s portrait and gold signature inside, tied to America’s 250th birthday. It appears to be available through the Washington Passport Agency around July 4.

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‘Pro-Life’ Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Gets $1 Million Payday After Nine Years of Litigation Against Carrier
A ‘pro-life’ Southwest Airlines flight attendant who sued the Dallas-based carrier for religious discrimination after she was fired for allegedly harassing some of her coworkers with abortion-themed messages on Facebook has just landed a $1 million payday after nine years of litigation. Charlene Carter sued Southwest and the TWU556 flight...

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Trip cancellation insurance success
Some of the best ultra-premium credit cards come with trip cancellation insurance coverage. Like any kind of insurance, it is difficult to measure the quality of trip cancelation coverage until you have cause to use it. A couple of months ago, we had to cancel a trip at the last...
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Delta Cuts Coach Drink Service On Short Flights — Less Generous Than United And American Starting May 19
Delta is dropping coach drink service entirely on flights under 350 miles starting May 19, even as United and American still serve drinks on similar short hops. The airline is restoring full beverage service on some longer short flights, but for hundreds of shorter ones Delta will now be less...
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The Gate with Brian Cohen
Air Serbia Announces Ten New Destinations
Air Serbia announces ten new destinations — including the resumption of daily service between Belgrade and Munich with direct flights between the two cities on Friday, May 22, 2026 after a hiatus of 18 years...
...and tickets for flights for the ten new destinations are now on sale.
The ten destinations from...

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
IHG One Rewards: Earn 2,000 points for every 2 nights or 8,000 points for every 4 nights (Pick one)
IHG One Rewards summer systemwide global promotion is the return of the option to pick from two offers. With this promotion members can choose which bonus points promotion to receive based on their proposed travel plans. The bonuses to choose from are 2,000 bonus points for every 2 nights or...

Travel Codex
Join Me in Antarctica: Nov 2026 with Special Pricing
There are trips, and then there are transformational journeys. Antarctica falls firmly into the latter. An adventure across the Drake passage and on to Antarctica and the white continent is truly life changing. I’m inviting my readers to join me aboard HX Expeditions on their Highlights of Antarctica sailing, departing...

Live and Let’s Fly
United Airlines Expands Polaris Business Class To Premium Transcon And Hawaii Routes
Without notice, United Airlines has introduced Polaris business class branding on select domestic flights. With that change comes one very important change to lounge access. United Starts Selling Polaris Business Class On Domestic Flights United Airlines has begun rebranding select premium transcontinental and Hawaii flights as Polaris business class rather...

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Virgin Australia Velocity: Earn 2x points on United Airlines between Australia & the U.S. (April 30 Bonus Offer Highlight)
Today's bonus offer highlight is from Virgin Australia who are doubling up the Velocity points earned on United Airlines flights to and from Australia. Check out all of the new bonuses added today:

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NYC Hotel Guests Warned Of Fire Alarm Prank — Open The Door And Get Sprayed With Extinguishers
A New York hotel guest says kids pulled a fire alarm, banged on doors yelling “fire,” and sprayed people with fire extinguishers when they opened up. They report that the fire department says this is happening citywide. Even if it's rare, treat an alarm seriously, but do not open your...

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FTC Commissioner Signals Opposition to United Airlines’ Grand Plans For a Mega Merger After Economy Class Experience
One of only two current commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has signalled his potential opposition to moves by United Airlines to start acquiring or merging with rival airlines… And it all comes down to a recent Economy Class experience he had with United. Responsible for reviewing large mergers...

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Citi ThankYou Points ending points-sharing between cardholders May 17th
Update 4/30: The following notice is now present on the general ThankYou Rewards website: We had hoped that the end of points sharing might be confined to Citi ThankYou Mastercard holders (see below). Alas, that’s not the case. If you need to transfer any points between different household members, do...

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Entitled Delta Passenger Opens Emergency Exit During Delay, Now Faces Up To 20 Years In Prison
I know ground delays are horrible and for claustrophobic people can be particularly bad, but did the old man flying Delta really think ripping open the emergency exit door on Delta was a smart solution to being “trapped” on the tarmac? Delta Passenger Cracks Open Plane Door During Delay, Faces...

The Points of Life
Bula! Fiji Airways Reinstates My Reservation
I wrote this post: Thank You Trump! SYD-NAN-DFW Cancelled. Here was the reaction on X, formerly known as Twitter: Tom obviously knows nothing. He doesn’t appreciate the challenge of award availability on Fiji. Sanjay only reads headlines. I wonder if he saw this headline about his Arsenal team conceding a goal....

One Mile at a Time
23+ Flights With One Credit Card Bonus: Don’t Sleep On This Huge Offer!
I’ve written extensively about the $395 annual fee Atmos Rewards Summit Visa InfiniteCredit Card, which I consider to be the most lucrative airline credit card out there. This card isn’t just for Alaska Airline loyalists. With partners like American Airlines and British Airways, Atmos Rewards points can be extremely useful...












































