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Australian Tourist’s Bali Public Tryst Ends With Facial Recognition Arrest At Airport
An Australian tourist learned the hard way that what happens in Bali does not necessarily stay in Bali. After allegedly being caught on CCTV engaging in a rather public tryst with a woman on a residential driveway, the 27-year-old was identified using facial recognition technology and arrested at the airport...

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Fly To Europe For 3,000 Points, Business Class To Africa For 75,000—The Best Frequent Flyer Sweet Spots That Still Work
Most award sweet spots are obsolete, unbookable or buried beneath surcharges. These still work: Air France business class for 60,000 JAL miles, LATAM roundtrip business class for 60,000, and London from 3,000 Virgin points with Bilt’s September bonus.

One Mile at a Time
I’m Switching My Loyalty To Alaska Atmos Rewards: The Math Is A No-Brainer
I've written in the past about the case to be made for American AAdvantage loyalists switching their business to Alaska Atmos Rewards, especially in light of changes that we saw to the Atmos Rewards program in 2025. As I explained at the time, this is a strategy I was considering,...

One Mile at a Time
JFK ATC Taunts Distracted Delta Pilot: Yes He’s A Jerk, But He’s Not Wrong
This is sort of hilarious -- the most infamous controller at New York Kennedy Airport (JFK) called out Delta pilots when they seemingly weren't paying attention, and he asked a sarcastic question. Someone then told him not to be rude, which of course wasn't well received. I have to say,...

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Airlink’s Dangerously Low Flyover Of DHL Stadium Raises Serious Safety Questions
It's not uncommon to see flyovers at major sporting events, and they can be pretty spectacular to watch. However, a flyover that happened in South Africa yesterday was maybe a little too impressive, to the point that it potentially put a lot of lives at risk. I'm curious what an...

Frequent Miler
Best Western promos: Earn 2X points + $31 bonus cards via 2 separate promos
Best Western has opened registration for a couple of new promotions. One is awarding double points on all your stays through the end of the year, while the other is giving a $31 bonus card per stay through the end of the year. Although the terms suggest that the promos...

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Air India’s adds new city to Easy Connect operations: Ahmedabad is up and running
Air India is the pioneer attempting to make the Government of India's "Hub and Spoke" strategy work. The first flight departed from Ahmedabad today. Here is how the upcoming expansion of the project will work.
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Marriott Bonvoy: Earn Double Elite Credits on Homes and Villas by Marriott Bonvoy stays (September 1 Bonus Offer Highlight)
Today's Bonus Offer Highlight is this month's Homes and Villas by Marriott Bonvoy promotion which offers double elite night credits on private home rentals. Check out all of the new bonuses added today:

Traveling For Miles
SWISS switches its Taste of Switzerland menus to Schaffhausen and brings meal pre-selection to Economy Class
SWISS is on a roll (no pun intended!) with two catering updates in as many days. The first bit of news covers long-haul Premium Economy as well as Business and First Class dining out of Switzerland while the second covers a new pre-order service that's now available for long-haul flights...

{Tech} for Travel
Earlier standby via the United Mobile App launches
Customers rebooked after a disruption can use the United Mobile App to stand by for earlier flights, with texts sent when seats open and bookings remain held.
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Frequent Miler
Get a 30% bonus when transferring Capital One miles to Japan Airlines (not quite 1:1)
Back on September 23, 2025, Capital One added three new transfer partners, with Japan Airlines Mileage Bank being one of them. They kicked off that partnership with a 30% transfer bonus, then followed it up with another 30% bonus for the month of February 2026, then a further one in...

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Bizarre: I Walked Downstairs Into The Belly Of A Lufthansa A340-600 To Use The Lavatory
There are very few experiences left on a commercial aircraft that feel truly unusual, especially in economy class. Walking downstairs to use the lavatory on a Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 is one of them. Going Downstairs To Use The Lavatory On A Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 During my recent Lufthansa A340-600 flight...

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American Airlines Blocks Online Check-In, Interrogates Passenger For Skiplagging—They Planned To Fly Every Segment
An American Airlines passenger traveling Fort Myers–Washington–Boston planned to complete every flight, yet was blocked from online check-in and questioned at the airport because the ticket purchaser lived near Washington. The episode suggests American may now be matching purchasers, addresses and reservations in its skiplagging crackdown.

Monkey Miles
Cheat code: Use Cargo schedules to find widebody international planes flying domestically in the USA
Did you know that you can fly in lie flat business class ( or better premium economy, economy ) seats when flying domestically in the US? These planes are often on the transcontinental ( LA/SFO to New York, DC, Boston, or Miami ) routes, but you’ll regularly see them repositioning...

Frequent Miler
Save 15% on cash portion of IHG Points + Cash (but buying points outright is cheaper)
IHG One Rewards is once again targeting some members with a promotion that’s giving a 15% discount on the cash portion of Points + Cash stays. This is normally a good way to buy points somewhat cheaply, but with a 100% points sale also running at the moment (albeit only...

Traveling For Miles
Ends today: Buy up to 400,000 IHG One Rewards points at just 0.5 cents each [Targeted]
For close on a month, IHG One Rewards has been running a points sale in which it's offering targeted IHG One Rewards members the chance to buy up to 400,000 points at a cost of just 0.5 cents each. This sale ends today.

Frequent Miler
Bilt Rent Day: Up to 100% Transfer Bonus to Virgin Atlantic / Virgin Red
Update 9/1/26: A quick reminder that this transfer bonus is live for today only. ~ Bilt has announced its Rent Day promos for September 1st, headlined by a 25%-100% bonus on points transfers to Virgin Atlantic. The bonus size depends on Bilt status, with Blue members starting at 25% and...

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American Airlines Will Contribute $1,000 To Trump Accounts For Employees’ Children, With An Obvious Political Benefit
American Airlines is joining dozens of large U.S. companies in contributing to so-called Trump Accounts for employees’ children, offering a one-time $1,000 company contribution on top of the federal government’s $1,000 seed money. On the surface, this is simply a generous employee benefit. Look a little closer, though, because the...












































