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Air France et KLM : payer le choix de son siège en Business, c’est désormais la règle (presque partout)
Depuis avril 2023, Air France et KLM facturent le choix du siège en classe Affaires sur les vols long-courrier (l’Advance Seat Reservation). Ce qui était déjà une mesure contestée vient d’être étendu : les frais s’appliquent désormais aux billets émis en miles sur l’ensemble des destinations long-courrier mondiales, ainsi qu’aux...
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Bijoux Catering à Paris-Charles de Gaulle fermé par la préfecture
Des documents issus d’un contrôle sanitaire, rendus publics aujourd’hui, révèlent la fermeture administrative de Bijoux Catering, traiteur aérien dont le siège est à Zurich et qui opère depuis Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Motif retenu par la préfecture du Val d’Oise : un danger grave et imminent pour la santé publique. L’établissement...
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Air France ouvre son propre salon à Heathrow avec spa Clarins et section La Première
8Le 7 juillet 2026, Air France a inauguré son propre salon au Terminal 4 de Londres Heathrow : 750 mètres carrés, 150 places, ouvert de 5h à 22h. L’espace était celui de l’ancien Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge, fermé définitivement fin 2020. Pendant près de six ans, SkyTeam avait orienté ses...
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KLM recevra son premier A350 en août (mais sa Business devra encore attendre)
En septembre 2026, KLM ouvrira une nouvelle page de son histoire long-courrier. Le premier Airbus A350-900 de la compagnie néerlandaise sera livré en août, et effectuera son premier vol commercial long-courrier le mois suivant, entre Amsterdam et Toronto, une route symbolique pour une compagnie qui a bâti une grande partie...
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QATAR AIRWAYS: takes Qsuites to Auckland, New Zealand, via Melbourne and Brisbane. New way to cross the Tasman
Qatar Airways is preparing to reshuffle its Auckland service through Australia, ending the fifth-freedom flights via Adelaide and creating two new daily trans-Tasman options, but not at the same time. The via Adelaide flights to Auckland will cease on 16 September 2026. From December 2026, the airline will extend its...
Frequent Miler
Best Credit Card Big Spend Bonuses: Elite status, flights, free nights and more
One way banks try to encourage spending on their credit cards is by offering bonus points or perks once you reach a certain spending threshold. For example, it can be possible to earn airline or hotel elite status, free night certificates, companion flights, and more…all through credit card spending alone....
Points With a Crew
Hilton Honors American Express Surpass Card Review – Last Chance To Get The Annual Fee Waived
The American Express Hilton Honors Surpass card has outstanding benefits and a hefty welcome offer. If you're looking for a new card to earn Hilton points, make sure you ...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Worldwide Caution Issued July 2026 By The State Department of the United States: Travel Alert
An unusual worldwide caution that was issued by the Bureau of Consulate Affairs of the State Department of the United States on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 is the result of various civil unrests, conflicts, and wars around the world — but specifically the current conflict in the Middle East and...
Frequent Miler
JetBlue expanding “Basic” to EvenMore and new “BlueFirst”
Today, JetBlue has announced that a new “BlueFirst” cabin, a pseudo-first-class experience on domestic routes that do not have Mint cabins, will be coming later this year. Along with that news came the announcement that they are bringing the “basic economy” experience to both Even More and that new first...
Monkey Miles
August Bilt Rent Day® offers a fantastic match to Accor Live Limitless
Don't forget today is double points day with Bilt Rewards Mastercard
Your Mileage May Vary
Why Haven’t Hotels Made This Simple Change for Housekeeping Yet?
Hotels have found ways to let us check in on an app, unlock our room with a phone and message the front desk without speaking to anyone. Yet when it…
Frequent Miler
Your Lifemiles+ free award changes/cancellations may end sooner than you think
Late last month, we reported that Avianca LifeMiles quietly removed free changes and cancellations from the benefits of LifeMiles Plus Basic and above. There was no notice or notification given to members or subscribers, but rather LifeMiles simply added some fine print indicating that those members who were subscribed to...
The Bulkhead Seat
United Airlines Bans Humanoid Robots From Flying
You’re now out of luck if you were planning to bring C-3PO or any…
View from the Wing
Qantas Stole Customer Money, Sold Ghost Flights, And Illegally Fired Workers — Now Alan Joyce Wants To Explain It Away
Former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is back with a memoir and media tour offering apologies for flight credits, ghost flights, illegal outsourcing, passenger-blaming, and his A$17 million stock sale. But the mea culpas mostly read like justifications: Qantas survived, others were worse, and Joyce still wants credit for “getting more...
Frequent Miler
United transcontinental business class from 27K miles for cardholders
As flagged by Tim at Roame, and reported over the weekend in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group and on several blogs, United is making much more saver business class award pricing available to United cardholders on premium transcontinental routes at 27,000 United MileagePlus miles each way. I’m not sure...
Points With a Crew
Buy Hyatt points with 20% bonus (Deal Ends Monday)
Hyatt is offering a bonus on points if you buy points for the next few weeks. But does it make sense to purchase Hyatt points?
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America’s #1 Bed Bug City Has Now Held The Title For 6 Straight Years
If there’s one travel souvenir nobody wants to bring home, it’s bed bugs. These tiny hitchhikers can hide in mattresses, upholstered furniture, luggage, clothing and even tiny cracks in hotel…
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
SWISS Airbus A330 Makes Emergency Landing in Bangor As Smoke Fills Business Class Cabin at 38,000 Feet
A SWISS International Air Lines Airbus A330 flying from Zurich to New York JFK with 208 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Bangor Airport in Maine on Monday afternoon after smoke started to fill the forward section of Business Class of the 14-year-old aircraft. Flight LX-16 departed Zurich...
Miles To Memories
Chase Adds Abuse Warning, Super Easy $175 Retention Offer, Citi Is Getting A New Transfer Partner? & More
Plus, a Chase shutdown wave, ways to look beyond loyalty programs to save while traveling, Bilt Palladium credit issue, Amazon deals & more
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Southwest Airlines Will Open Premium Airport Lounges That Will Be Co-Branded With Chase
We’ve known for some time that Southwest Airlines is working on plans to build its own network of premium airport lounges, and during the Dallas-based carrier’s latest earnings call, chief executive Bob Jordan gave a little more information about the strategy behind these lounges. Airlines generally market premium lounges as...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
August 4 2026: Free Cookies From DoubleTree by Hilton
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 is a notable day if you love free cookies from DoubleTree by Hilton, as the hotel brand is once again celebrating National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day by offering a complimentary signature warm cookie with no obligation whatsoever — whether or not you are a guest of...
View from the Wing
Hyatt Guest Brought Tupperware To Clear Out Club Lounge — Just As Hotels Are Killing Them
A Hyatt Regency Tulsa guest says a family arrived at its club lounge with grocery bags and reusable containers, cleared much of the shared snack supply, and insisted paid access made it theirs.
The Bulkhead Seat
JetBlue Changes to Simpler Fare Structure Ahead of BlueFirst™ (First Class) Launch
JetBlue Airways is overhauling the way customers shop for flights by introducing a simplified…
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Flight Attendants Shocked to Discover Stowaway Sleeping On Parked Plane After Sneaking On Board in the Middle of the Night
Flight attendants had the shock of their lives when they turned up at an airport in Slovakia to work an early morning regional flight to Vienna, Austria, and found a man asleep in the front row of the airplane. The man had apparently scaled the perimeter security fence of the...
Your Mileage May Vary
Our First Time In Vienna: Visiting St. Stephen’s Cathedral
St. Stephen’s Cathedral was an obvious addition to our first Vienna itinerary. What we didn’t realize was that visiting it isn’t one experience with one admission ticket. It’s several attractions…
Miles To Memories
Bank of America Offering $750 Bonus for Business Advantage Cards (YMMV)
Bank of America is offer a targeted $750 welcome bonus on three of its Business Advantage no-fee credit cards.
One Mile at a Time
JetBlue “BlueFirst” First Class Rolling Out Fleetwide Starting In Late 2026
JetBlue is known for its excellent Mint business class experience, though the catch is that it’s only available on select premium routes. Fortunately some time ago, JetBlue announced plans to introduce a premium product throughout the rest of its fleet, more comparable to domestic first class.
Frequent Miler
US Bank Altitude Connect GigSky benefit may end 11/30/26
On a recent podcast episode about hidden gem credit cards, we extolled the benefits of the U.S. Bank Altitude Connect card. One of those benefits, which I have noted to be particularly good, is the ability to get a complimentary GigSky eSIM for up to 15 days / 5GB of...
The Travelers Club
EU261 renforcé : l’UE a dit non aux compagnies et oui aux passagers
Le 15 juin 2026, le Conseil de l’UE et le Parlement européen ont finalisé un accord sur la réforme du règlement EU261, le texte qui encadre les droits des passagers aériens en cas de retard ou d’annulation. L’accord entrera en vigueur en 2027. Il y a un an, tout laissait...
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Rencontre avec Willie Walsh : « Dans cinq ans, mon successeur ne devrait plus avoir à parler des motoristes »
À l’occasion de la 82ème édition de l’AGM IATA à Rio de Janeiro, The Travelers Club a été convié à participer à la dernière table ronde de Willie Walsh en tant que Directeur Général de l’Association Internationale du Transport Aérien. Un format restreint, quelques médias européens, une demi-heure d’échanges sans...
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Air France : 100% de la flotte équipée du Wi-Fi Starlink gratuit dès fin 2026
En ce début juin 2026, près de 60 % de la flotte Air France dispose du Wi-Fi Starlink, ce qui place la compagnie au deuxième rang mondial en nombre absolu d’appareils équipés, derrière United Airlines. Pour un réseau aussi hétérogène en types d’avions, c’est une performance opérationnelle que peu de...
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British Airways : 5 avions équipés du Wi-Fi Starlink sur 300
En mars, British Airways revendiquait une première : devenir la première compagnie britannique à proposer du Wi-Fi Starlink gratuit, illimité, accessible sans connexion au programme de fidélité, sur l’ensemble de sa flotte. Trois mois plus tard, le bilan tient sur les doigts d’une main : cinq Boeing 787-8 équipés, et...
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Air France-KLM aligne 80 ans d’histoire et une capacité record au Brésil
Il y a des années où les calendriers s’alignent sans qu’on les ait programmés. 2026 en est une pour Air France-KLM au Brésil tandis que IATA y tient la 82e édition de son AGM et le World Air Transport Summit : le groupe y célèbre quatre-vingts ans de présence ininterrompue,...
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Kérosène : l’œil du cyclone de l’été 2026 ? (IATA AGM 2026)
À Rio, en marge des sessions plénières de l’AGM, IATA a présenté un graphique que beaucoup ont rapidement regardé comme une bonne nouvelle. Il montrait l’évolution du prix du kérosène depuis novembre 2025 : une montée brutale jusqu’à 188 dollars le baril en avril, puis une décrue partielle, 158 dollars...
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Retards de livraison Airbus et Boeing : 18 102 avions, dix ans d’attente
En 2025, Airbus a compté jusqu’à 60 appareils flambant neufs qui attendaient leurs moteurs sur ses tarmacs. Des avions complets, assemblés, jamais utilisés, auxquels il manquait le cœur. Ces « planeurs », comme les appelle l’industrie, sont l’image la plus précise de ce que IATA a présenté à Rio comme un record...
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4,50 dollars par passager : l’aviation mondiale fait le plein sans faire de bénéfices
En 2025, IATA recensait 7,20 dollars de profit net par passager, un chiffre déjà modeste pour une industrie qui déplace cinq milliards de personnes par an. En 2026, ce chiffre est passé à 4,50 dollars, soit le prix d’un pão de queijo et d’une bouteille d’eau à Rio de Janeiro....