I am the queen of short-haul flights.  I frequently fly to see my family (500-mile flights) or to other short-haul vacation destinations like Memphis or Pensacola.  Every once in awhile,  in-flight comfort actually crosses my mind, whether that’s because I’m... Read more

Not like I’ve been swarming in PremierMiles, but I’ve been able to make some good transfers over the past 18 or so months to get the best value out of my PremierMiles. And while I’d encourage you to participate in this poll where I am trying to figure out how do you guys... Read more

Zipcar expands car rentals to airports, starting with NYC (USA Today). Huawei Founder Speaks to Media for First Time (WSJ China Real Time). The secretive leader of China’s dominant networking equipment manufacturer. Frustrated Air Travelers, the T.S.A. Chief Shares Your... Read more

News and Notes from Around the Interweb: And your reward for 10 bus trips is… another bus trip: Southwest extends double points for another month Those friendly Canadians offer up a small bonus: Aeroplan is offering 1000 bonus miles for activity with many of their partners... Read more

Club Carlson, the membership loyalty program of the Club Carlson chain of hotels, seems to be dipping its toes in the water to see if it could make a switch from a membership points and free nights oriented program to a benefits oriented program. I recently received and... Read more

Don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! Hotels.com and Hotels.ca is also having a 5% off coupon which is HOTELSFORLESS. You must book by 5/24 and stay by 9/30. Hotels excluded are here, remember that you don’t earn welcomerewards with a coupon,... Read more

Hipmunk issued an infographic to people on its mailing list today, and I found it interesting. It outlines all the little ways you can get dinged by airlines, hotels, and associated merchants along the way when you travel. I enjoyed it because it highlights how important it is... Read more

In less than one week the former Pan American Airways Unit Terminal Building, more commonly known as the Pan Am WorldPort, at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, taken over by Delta Air Lines in 1991, and now simply known as Terminal 3, will cease operations... Read more

Lucky notes that JetBlue has increased their ticket change fees — but will waive those fees for elites (cough, Mosaic is their Animal Farm elite program). And those fees will vary based on how far in advance you book your tickets and on the price of those tickets.... Read more

For Hotels.com reservations booked by May 24, 2013 you can get 5% off your hotels.com reservation by using coupon code HOTELSFORLESS. This code is valid for all reservations through September 30, 2013. This coupon is valid only for new hotel bookings, but if you have a... Read more

If you’re thinking of going through Dubai – and more specifically Dubai International Airport in 2014, you might want to rethink your travel plans. Between May and July 2014, one of the runways at Dubai International Airport is being resurfaced, with major... Read more

Here is the final post answering some reader questions on booking upcoming award travel. I don’t operate an award booking service, so I had to do a little more research on these topics rather than pull the information off the top of my head. However, I hope you find some... Read more

So the other day I got an interesting comment from a reader. He’s traveling to London with his son and trying to decide whether to book their flight on American’s new 777-300ER with Main Cabin Extra seats and enjoy the extra room, or instead book their flight on one... Read more

From UA’s press release – United Airlines today announced the launch of the MileagePlus Small Business Network, the first U.S. travel loyalty program that enables businesses to earn and redeem miles. Participating businesses earn award miles by purchasing goods and... Read more

A few months ago American Airlines quietly (or so they thought; turns out JohnnyJet was on a test flight so news spread quickly) started testing a new boarding process for their flights. The key change was that passengers with only small carry-on bags (i.e. underseat sized)... Read more

(I’m deliberately writing this one out-of-order so there aren’t 3 consecutive trip reports being published about Cathay Pacific. Time to give British Airways their limelight! Once my trip report series is complete I’ll remove this italicised paragraph.)... Read more

The past few weeks we’ve seen United, US Airways, Delta, and American all raise their change fees. As a consumer this has been extremely aggravating to watch, because change fees in no way reflect the cost of providing that service. We might not like paying for checked... Read more

As you have likely already read, American Airlines has just enacted a new policy where if you are traveling without overhead luggage, you can now board before Group 2 boarding. The point behind this is to try to get the planes loaded faster. To avoid checked bag fees, and the... Read more