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Orlando Airport Passengers Threatened With Arrest If They Left Customs Without Checked Bags During 5-Hour Delay
International passengers arriving at Orlando were stuck in customs for more than five hours after weather delayed checked bags, leaving hundreds of people with no food, seating, or clear way out. Passengers say they were threatened with arrest if they left without their bags, even though delayed luggage is common...

One Mile at a Time
The World’s Worst Business Class Seats: Here Are My Picks, Do You Agree?
Typically I like to make ”best of” lists, including about the world’s best business class seats, world’s best business class airlines, etc. Not to be too negative, but I thought it would be nice to mix things up, and talk about the world’s worst business class seats.

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Is it still worth collecting Hilton points on stays?
Now that Hilton points are worth far less than they once were, a reader emailed us this week to ask the following: With Hilton points now devalued to a 0.35 cents per point Reasonable Redemption Value, is it time to stop accumulating Hilton points altogether, and book all Hilton rooms...

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The World’s Best Airport Lounges Are Hard To Access. Here’s How You Can Actually Get Into Them
Air France La Première may be the best airport lounge in the world, but almost nobody can access it. These are the lounges I’d actually build a trip around, from Qatar’s museum-like Al Safwa lounge and Cathay Pacific’s The Pier to Qantas First in Sydney, American Flagship First Dining, Capital...

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American Airlines Faces $2.64 Million Annual Bill to Let Pilots and Flight Attendants Skip Regular TSA Security Screening
American Airlines faces a mammoth $2.64 million annual fee to allow its workforce of more than 47,500 pilots and flight attendants to skip past regular TSA airport security screening, as the Department of Homeland Security introduces a new fee as part of the introduction of its ‘Crewmember Access Point’ program....

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Another Bank Shut Me Down — Then Tried to Keep Money That Was Mine
I have been in the points “game” for a long time now. I am always looking for new card deals as well as cards I can use to hammer out a bunch of points, cash back, or whatever. Up to this point, I am only lifetime banned by one bank,...

One Mile at a Time
My Worst Hotel Spa Experience Ever: What Would You Have Done?
Up until now, my strangest hotel spa experience ever has been when I stayed at a Marriott property in China, and the spa therapist tried to aggressively ”hard sell” off-menu spa services. Despite repeated denials, the hard selling, and heavy inner thigh rubbing, continued. Well, I think I just had...

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How to Safely Use Escalators and Travelators
Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok was the scene of a woman whose leg was forced to be amputated after it was stuck in a moving walkway called a travelator on Thursday, June 29, 2023 — which prompted the question of how to safely use escalators and travelators.
Travelators are common...

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Some Discover savings accounts will become Capital One 360 Performance Savings on 8/23/26
Last month, Discover advised Discover It cardholders that their cards would be moving over to Capital One on July 27, 2026. What we didn’t know was what would happen to Discover checking and savings account customers. We now have a better idea because Discover has started advising some savings account...

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EMIRATES: New-generation lounges roll out globally, but Sydney is still waiting
Emirates is rolling out a new ‘signature’ lounge concept across its global network, beginning with Munich and Frankfurt and continuing to Manchester, Mauritius and Istanbul later this year. The airline says it will spend more than AED50 million (AU$20 million) on each next-generation lounge. That is a substantial sum. Passengers...
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Speculative Bilt transfer bonuses | Coffee Break Ep112 | 6-30-26
When it comes to transfer bonuses, conventional wisdom has been not to transfer unless there’s specific use in mind. But sometimes the bonus is too good to ignore. Speculative Bilt transfer bonuses Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform. You can click the timestamps below...

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[INTERVIEW] Pharmasave Partnership with Blue Rewards
Some companies decided to discontinue their parntnership with Blue Rewards, but some chose to continue. So today, we get one of those perspectives with Ivan Guillen, Chief Executive Officer of Pharmasave who will share with us their rational for their continued partnership as Air Miles during their transition to Blue...

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Ask Us Anything Live: Wednesday, July 8 at 9pm ET
Every month, the Frequent Miler team takes your questions live on YouTube. View on YouTube here We normally hold Ask Us Anything at 9pm on the first Wednesday of the month. However, that would mean we’d be having it on July 1 right in the middle of the USMNT game...

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Airfare Prices Could Get More Confusing As DOT Moves To Weaken Full Fare Advertising Rules
DOT is proposing to weaken airfare advertising rules by allowing taxes, fees, and fare components to appear as prominently as the total price, instead of requiring the all-in fare to stand out most. The agency is also asking whether it should repeal the full fare rule entirely, a change airlines...

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Flight Attendant and Bus Driver Killed in Horror Smash on Long Island Expressway As Airline Crew Were Being Driven to Hotel
A flight attendant and the bus driver who was driving an airline crew to their hotel in Manhattan, New York City, on Monday night have been killed in a horror smash on the Long Island Expressway after the crew shuttle bus reportedly smashed into two cars before colliding with the...

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Uber: How to earn Avios, Aeroplan points, Flying Blue miles, & more on rides internationally
When taking Uber rides in the US or ordering through Uber Eats, you can choose to be rewarded with Delta SkyMiles or Marriott Bonvoy by linking your account with one or the other loyalty programs. Those rewards aren’t earned when taking rides outside of the US, but it’s sometimes still...

One Mile at a Time
American Airlines Opens First Lounge With Barista Coffee… I’m Happy!
In August 2025, we saw American Airlines launch its Provisions by Admirals Club concept in Charlotte (CLT), which is essentially a grab & go lounge concept for those with Admirals Club access, intended primarily for short connections. American has now introduced the same concept at New York Kennedy (JFK), and...

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Strawberry Hotels: Earn 3x Spenn on stays July 5 – August 16 (Must book by July 1)
Strawberry Hotels have a new flash bonus Spenn offer that launched today and this one is a little different in that it’s not a one day booking window like we typically see but a two day window! The 3x Spenn offer: Earn 3x Spenn on eligible stays at all participating...

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Save 15 Percent on Points & Cash Reservations With IHG One Rewards
You can usually use as few as 5,000 IHG One Rewards points to book a reservation for a stay using a combination of cash and points; and for a limited time, you can also save 15 percent on Points & Cash reservations on the cash portion at participating hotel and...

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American Airlines Opens New JFK Grab-And-Go Lounge With Hot Food And Barista Coffee
American Airlines has opened its second Provisions by Admirals Club space at New York JFK between gates 12 and 14. The 3,700-square-foot grab-and-go lounge restores a main concourse Admirals Club-style option for many JFK travelers, with hot and cold food, barista-made Lavazza coffee, bottled drinks, and the same access rules...

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FAA Moves To End America’s 50-Year Supersonic Flight Ban So Boomless Jets Can Fly Over Land
The FAA is proposing to replace America’s blanket ban on overland supersonic flight with a ground-impact standard, allowing aircraft to exceed Mach 1 if they do not create a sonic boom at the surface. That could help companies like Boom and Hermeus, but it does not solve the hardest problems:...

Miles To Memories
Amex May Be Planning Big Changes to the Hilton Business Card
The concepts being tested would raise the card's annual fee from its current level to somewhere between $195 and $395, with each version adding different combinations of statement credits, Hilton perks and spending incentives.

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[Offer Ending] Southwest Card’s 90,000 Point Bonus Boosts You To A Companion Pass
Southwest’s new 90,000-point Priority Card offer is valuable on its own, but the bigger play is Companion Pass. Between the bonus, required spending, and the 15,000 qualifying-point boost from holding a Southwest card, this offer gets you most of what you need for the best deal in travel.

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Rakuten offering $90 cashback or 9K Bilt points for Chase Freedom Unlimited® card
Rakuten has for several months been offering rewards when applying and being approved for the Chase Freedom Unlimited® card. Its base level seems to be $25 cashback or 2,500 Bilt Rewards points, depending on what your earning preferences are set to. At the moment, that rate has been boosted to...

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TRIP REPORT – BA969 Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport (CLUB EUROPE)
BA969 Hamburg Airport Terminal 2 to London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 – Club Europe TRIP REPORT: More Innovations in Hamburg In this week of passenger experience fun: Back to Hamburg Again. And yes, keeping it simple To Heathrow Airport with FlixBus and Terminal 5 British Airways Galleries South, Terminal 5...





































