A British Airways Airbus A319 (G-EU0E) with flight BA762 from London Heathrow to Oslo suffered apparent engine damage on the righ hand engine shortly after takeoff. Image – Sky News After circling, with the aircraft making a success landing back at Heathrow on runway... Read more

Same day changes are offered by many airlines to allow you to move from one flight to another, usually but not always an earlier flight. Today I’ll discuss why these changes can be helpful for your travel schedule as well as how to find and request such a change. Each carrier... Read more

Flybe isn’t have a great time of it. Apart from selling its slots at Gatwick yesterday, it is now to defer delivery of Embraer E-175 aircraft. The airline will defer delivery 16 aircraft – due for delivery in 2014-15 – to 2017-2019. Delaying delivery will... Read more

BBC Picture Story here Heathrow Departures and Arrivals information All passengers and crew were “safely evacuated” from the plane following the incident at about 09:00 BST. John Coghlan told the BBC he saw a “black smoke trail” from the engine of a... Read more

BBC is reporting that both Heathrow runways are currently closed as the result of an incident….unclear what’s happening yet Update: Heathrow airport A BA plane has been evacuated. Heathrow says all passengers and crew have safely left the aircraft on northern runway.... Read more

Thai Airways’ loyalty program, Royal Orchid Plus is on its way out from being a transfer partner with American Express (India), with effect from June 15, 2013. This means, from June 15 onwards, you would no longer be able to transfer your American Express Membership Rewards... Read more

American Express and Avios have been running frequent transfer bonuses around the globe. The last one they ran for India was in October 2012, with a similar 30% bonus. However, right after that there was a Membership Rewards devaluation, whereby, MR made all airline transfers,... Read more

就在短短一周之前，哥伦比亚航空的里程兑换表格悄悄的涨价，... Read more

“Welcome to NY,” was what one women grumbled on a drizzly day last summer dragging herself from JFK’s Terminal 2/3 arrivals up to the AirTrain. With Delta moving into a rehabbed Terminal 4 on Friday, and me about to board in Shanghai for a flight to JFK, I... Read more

US Airways’ Dividend Miles bonus promotion for buying or gifting miles ends May 31, 2013. You can earn a bonus of 25 to 100 percent depending on the number of miles you buy as follows: Buy 5,000 – 9,000 miles, get a 25 percent bonus Buy 10,000 – 19,000 miles,... Read more

Very annoying Lifemiles devaluation. Read my post here. Air Canada is offering 150 CAD off roundtrip fares with domestic/transborder flights in Executive Class (select fare buckets). Use promo code EXEC150. Valid for bookings made until May 24 and must travel between June 4 and... Read more

Looks like we might have a chance to use Hyatt points to stay in Jamaica in the near(ish) future, if the rumors are true. The Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall is reported to be re-branding as a Park Hyatt…but now there are conflicting reports on this. It’s no secret that I... Read more

Nothing’s better than a good old fashion social media disaster. While this perhaps isn’t as epic as Amy’s Baking Company (if you don’t know what that is, google it!), it’s getting pretty darn good. Earlier I wrote about changes that Lifemiles made... Read more

I’m very excited to be attending the grand opening celebration of Delta’s new T4 at JFK tomorrow! Hopefully the forecast for rain is wrong and I can enjoy some drinks on the all new Sky Deck rooftop terrace with The Weekly Flyer. Here’s also hoping that Shake... Read more

For a limited time you can get 10% off Jetsetter hotel purchases in Italy by using promotion code JETGOITALY at checkout. The 10% off discount will be valid through May 29, 2013 at 11:59PM EST. Jetsetter can sometimes be a great deal, while other times extremely... Read more

I’m from Oklahoma. And even though I’ve lived in Dallas for a very long time now, I still call Oklahoma home. I spend a lot of my time traveling and meeting new people. Eventually someone will ask “So where are you from”? My answer is always the same,... Read more

News and notes from around the interweb: Tnooz carries my predictions about how online hotel booking will change in the near future. Frugal Travel Lawyer tells you how to get free Godiva chocolate every month. A stewardess for Nigerian airline Arik Air was arrested after she was... Read more

In my opinion, hotel rooms often have a terrible plug set up. There either aren’t enough, they’re inaccessible, or they are in the wrong place. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to unplug an alarm clock or muscle a very heavy night stand out of the way to plug my... Read more