
The Gate with Brian Cohen
These 3 Airports Successfully Changed Their Names.
These 3 airports in the United States successfully changed their names over the past couple of years — even though the odds were against that happening at times due to some impediments and opposition.
The three airports that successfully changed their names are...
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After United Canceled Her Flight, An Agent Said “Nothing” Could Be Done — But She Heard The Trash Talk In The Background
United’s “Agent on Demand” is supposed to replace the airport customer service desk when travel goes sideways. But after a canceled flight in Atlanta, one passenger says the remote agent offered “nothing,” sent her to the 800 number, and could be heard talking about her while the call was still...

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United Airlines Made Passengers Endure a 13 Hour Flight With No Entertainment, No Wi-Fi, And No In-Seat Power
United Airlines is making passengers on a 13-hour flight from Tokyo to Washington Dulles endure a flight experience from around four decades ago: No seatback screens, no in-flight Wi-Fi, and no in-seat chargers. It’s not like this is some sort of retro-inspired experience that passengers signed up for. Rather, the...

One Mile at a Time
Awful: United Airlines Captain Fired For Reporting Charter Flight Safety Issue?
A United Airlines captain was using the bathroom on a charter flight, and while she was in there, someone entered the cockpit and sat in her seat. When she proactively reported this safety issue to the company, she was reportedly fired. Say what now?!

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American Airlines Faces Lawsuit For Throwing Off Two Bichon Frise Service Dogs Because the Flight Attendant Didn’t Like Them
American Airlines is facing a lawsuit for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act after a flight attendant allegedly threatened a disabled passenger and had her removed from a plane in January because he didn’t like her two Bichon Frise service dogs. Melanie Mellon, 73, from Fort Myers, Florida, says the...

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You Can’t Play In United MileagePlus Without A Credit Card Anymore, Fortunately They’re Offering Up to 110,000 Miles Right Now
United’s big MileagePlus changes are now live, and the program is plainly moving more of its value behind a co-brand card: faster mileage-earning, cheaper United award prices, and better access to saver inventory for cardholders, while non-cardmembers earn less. United and Chase are raising the upfront incentives just as the...
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Leading Hotels of the World points sale: Get up to 100% bonus (6 cents per point)
Leading Hotels of the World is running another points sale, this time giving a bonus of up to 100%. That drops the price to as low as 6 cents per point which might sound expensive, but you can get better value than that when redeeming the points. The Deal Leading...

Monkey Miles
10x with PAZE with Chase Sapphire and Chase Freedom cardholders
If you have a Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, Chase Sapphire Reserve®, Chase Freedom Flex®, or a Chase Freedom Unlimited® then you need to know about Paze. It’s a new online checkout that makes paying easier, but it’s also a way to earn 10x points on those cards listed above when you...
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Podcasting on the road: trials and tribulations | Coffee Break Ep106 | 5-18-26
Blogging on the road is pretty easy, but podcasting from the road is a different story. In this episode, we’ll talk about how. Podcasting on the road: trials and tribulations Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform. You can click the timestamps below to navigate...

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Earn 3X on Bilt rent payments with the Air France/KLM credit card
Almost two years ago to the day, Bilt added Alaska Airlines as a transfer partner and with it came a unique (at the time) feature. In exchange for paying a 3% fee, you could pay your rent through Bilt and earn 3X on your Alaska card. That became even more...

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Passengers Got Off The Plane Still Fighting — Then The Brawl Spilled Into A Philadelphia Airport Gate
Passengers reportedly got off a flight in Philadelphia still fighting, and the argument did not end at the jet bridge. New video near gate E8 shows the brawl spilling into the terminal, with one woman on the ground, another lunging over her, and bystanders rushing in after the fight dragged...

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Buy Hyatt Points For 2.17 Cents Each
World of Hyatt is offering a 20% bonus when buying their points through July 27, 2026. That means you can buy Hyatt points for 2.17 cents each. The Deal Get a 20% bonus when buying 7,000+ World of Hyatt points (i.e. 2.17 cents per point) Direct link to offer Key...

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Southwest Is Matching Other Airline Elites To Top Status — And You Can Do It Year After Year
Southwest used to give everyone free bags and open seating. Now those perks increasingly belong to elites — and Southwest is letting rival airline elites match into top status, then potentially do it again year after year.

The Gate with Brian Cohen
$50 New Member Referral Bonus With Rakuten
This is your chance to cash in on a $50 new member referral bonus when you sign up as a new member of Rakuten; and you will receive a bonus of $50.00 via referral when you spend a minimum of $50.00 within the first 90 days of your new membership, which is...

Miles For Family
Today is the last day to book Hyatt Awards before Changes
As I mentioned in a previous post, today is the last day to book Hyatt awards before changes go into effect tomorrow, May 20, 2026. Currently, each Hyatt award category has Off-Peak, Standard and Peak levels. The changes that start on May 20 will include 5 levels: Lowest Low Moderate...

Economy Class & Beyond
TRIP REPORT: AA882 Chicago O’Hare to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (Exit Row) – Still for the Friends
AA882 Chicago O’Hare to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (Exit Row) Still for the Friends Time for something I haven’t done for a while – a US Domestic Segment down the back of an American Airlines flight. How are things doing for those of us in steerage on this hour-and-a-bit run to Atlanta? ...

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Air France, British Airways, and Lufthansa Extend Middle East Flight Operations… This When Flights Should Now Resume
Air France, British Airways, and the Lufthansa Group have extended their respective flight suspensions to a slew of destinations across the Middle East, with Lufthansa now not expected to return to Dubai until September 13 at the earliest. The updates came just a day after a kamikaze drone launched from...

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Now earn Bilt points with Rakuten shopping portal (Remember to switch back if no Bilt status)
A partnership between Bilt and shopping portal Rakuten has officially launched today, whereby Bilt members can link their Bilt account to their Rakuten account and choose to earn rewards with Bilt. This is huge news for those whose primary shopping portal is Rakuten, though Bilt members without Bilt elite status...

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Popular Instagram Account Posing As American Airlines Flight Attendant Exposed As AI Fake [Roundup]
A popular Instagram account posing as an American Airlines flight attendant appears to be AI-generated. Plus: a Delta pilot saves the day, Chicago travelers admit Midway has advantages over O’Hare, JSX ramp workers face a union push, and a couple allegedly tried hiding live monkeys in their underwear at an...

One Mile at a Time
Review: Qatar Airways Qsuites Business Class Boeing 777 (DOH-BKK)
For the second flight of my two-part birthday trip to the Golden Triangle, I flew Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER Qsuites business class on the 6hr35min flight from Doha (DOH) to Bangkok (BKK). This flight came after arriving in Qatar Airways’ Airbus A350-1000 Qsuites business class from Miami (MIA).

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Finnair Plus: Receive up to a 50% bonus when buying Avios (May 19 Bonus Offer Highlight)
Today's bonus offer highlight is the next buy Avios offer from Finnair Plus where you can 50% extra only for a few days and then up to 40% after that! Check out all of the new bonuses added today:









































