Air travel has always brought out the best—and the worst—in people. Every frequent flyer has seen it: the person who blocks the boarding lane, spreads out across three gate seats,…

Staples is again offering fee-free fixed $200 Visa Gift Cards, through Saturday, August 1, 2026. The limit is nine per customer per day in-store, although some stores may allow more. Different stores appear to have different policies regarding the variable-load cards that some Staples now sell. Some folks report that...

American kept $71 million on nearly $17 billion, so it is ordering more widebodies it will borrow for. The people who built the debt want your trust to fix it.

Point.me has launched a new interactive Explore map tool for award flights, along with other new useful additions to the program.

For weeks, I tried to find a points flight from Madrid to Mallorca. Air Europa showed no availability. Iberia only had flights with connections. In the end, I paid $150 to fly Ryan Air direct. For such a short flight, I have no complaints. I paid for carry on bag...

Staples is once again waiving purchase fees for digital Visa gift cards sold online. This type of deal is always popular, so you’ll want to buy ASAP if you’re interested. The Deal Buy $200 virtual Visa gift cards with no purchase fee at Staples.com. Direct link to offer. Key Terms...

Is there anything more miserable than a middle seat for a long haul flight? If you're stuck there, here are 5 tips to make your flight a little less painful

I needs me rum when I travel. Accordingly, I bought a bottle of Don Q 7 for $33 from SJU airport. It was put in the sealed bag and tucked away in my carry-on (see). Upon my arrival to Madrid, I had an ‘oh shit’ moment when I found out...

An American Airlines flight from Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)…

If you’ve ever arrived in Cairo after a long international flight, you know the drill. Before you can even think about heading to passport control, you’re usually stuck in another line buying Egypt’s famous visa sticker with cash and then taking the proof of payment to the immigration officer to...

Boeing is suing to block a defunct airline’s $179 million claim over a 1995 Cameroon Airlines 737 crash. The accident report blamed engine failure and pilot handling, while Boeing says the airline’s purchase contract waived these claims decades ago.

London Gatwick Airport (LGW) has been left without any running water on a busy Sunday at the height of the summer holidays, leaving toilets backed up, restaurants shut, and airport staffers handing out bottles of water to travelers battling hot conditions in the South East of England. At around 11...

There is a new 50% Off Amazon With Membership Rewards Points offer that you can check your account to see if you are targeted for it.

The US now tacks $250 onto most visitor visas. The bigger risk for Americans is what happens when other countries decide to return the favor.

Have you ever planned a trip to a place that doesn’t have flights to a particular country? No, that’s silly talk. With that out of the way, SkyTeam’s China Eastern Airlines has just started a new nonstop flight from Tbilisi to Shanghai. Firstly, as cool as it is to see Georgia...

The U.S. keeps pouring billions into FAA-run air traffic control while staffing, technology, and accountability lag. Canada’s nonprofit NAV CANADA model shows a better path: separate regulator from operator, fund the system through users, and modernize without waiting on Congress.

A woman was walking ahead of me on the Historic Middle Covered Bridge — which crosses over the Ottauquechee River — in the rather quaint town of Woodstock in Vermont. This was one of...

Hello from Dubrovnik, as I just completed a cruise with Four Seasons Yachts, which is Four Seasons’ new cruising venture. I’ve been fascinated by the recent trend of luxury hotel groups launching cruise brands, and it’s wild to see how quickly this industry is evolving.

Several weeks ago, I wrote about how Alaska Airlines wrongly denied a family boarding, and then kicked them off the next flight, with that second removal being due to a ”clash of personalities” with the crew. There are a lot of details there, so please read those two posts before...

Non-refundable hotel bookings are not always impossible to fix, especially when there is an obvious mistake caught right away. But when a reservation runs through a third-party portal, the hotel, booking engine, and portal all have to communicate — and even when the refund happens, the traveler may never be...

I have traveled to many parts of the world and seen people behaving in some truly questionable ways. But this week Chris published a post about a Carnival cruise passenger that made me almost throw up. I’ll let you read it for yourself — but I will say this: should...

American Airlines flight AA719 diverted to Dublin after about six of nine flight attendants became dizzy and ill, leaving as few as three unaffected.