
One Mile at a Time
Buy Avianca Lifemiles With Up To 145% Bonus: Worth It For 1.35 Cents Each?
Buying miles & points strategically can represent a great value, especially for first and business class travel. The avianca lifemiles program has just launched its newest promotion on purchased miles. Historically the program has almost constantly offered these kinds of promotions, though we’ve seen fewer of these offers in recent times.
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Passengers Ordered Off Plane In Maine As Police Make A Threat They Can’t Deliver On
Police boarded a Breeze Airways Airbus A220 in Bangor, Maine and ordered a group of passengers including a parent with a toddler off the aircraft. One officer offered them a choice: leave voluntarily or get arrested and placed on the no-fly list.

Traveling For Miles
Marriott Titanium Elite status has become a lot more useful (but not on Marriott stays!)
For most of the time that Marriott Bonvoy has existed, the case for Titanium Elite status has surrounded the benefits that the status offers when you're staying at Marriott properties, but as Marriott has increasingly sacrificed caring for Bonvoy members in favor of keeping hotel owners happy, justifying a push...

Live and Let’s Fly
Air France Served This Surprisingly Elegant Business Class Meal On A 250-Mile Flight
Air France managed to serve a rather elegant little Business Class meal on a flight of just 250 miles between Basel and Paris, and while it certainly wasn’t a feast, I thought it was very well done. Meal Of The Week: Air France Business Class From Basel To Paris My...

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I Flew Air France A350 Business Class. It’s The Best In Europe
Let me start with my conclusion: Air France business class on the Airbus A350 is the best in Europe and one of the best in the world. In terms of seat, service, food, drink, bedding, and Starlink Wi-Fi, I could not have had a more perfect flight. Air France A350...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Lufthansa A380 Smashes Into Runway Approach Lights at Munich — Second Incident on Same Runway in Days
What to Know A Lufthansa A380 carrying 351 passengers struck runway approach lights while landing short of the threshold at Munich Airport, just days after a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 suffered a similar collision on the same runway. In This Article Why landing short of the threshold isn’t the same...

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“Give Us More Crew or Cut Service”: Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Escalate 787 Staffing Dispute
What to Know Flight attendants working Alaska Airlines’ new long-haul Boeing 787 routes have filed a formal grievance, saying management broke its own agreement by loading up the Main Cabin with new products after the union had signed off on the service flow. In This Article What the union agreed...

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CHINESE AIRLINES: 2026 guide to which airline is best
I was really surprised when I looked at the 2PAXfly reader statistics and found that an article about which Chinese Airlines were best was one of 2PAXfly’s most popular posts. That was nearly 18 months ago, so time to update my choices. When I first wrote this guide in January...

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Ascott Hotels Will Have 1,000 Properties, Top-Tier Status Matches And Free Preview Stays
Ascott has more than 1,000 operating and pipeline properties, yet it barely registers with many U.S. travelers. Its published status match can confer top-tier Platinum for a year, unlocking unusual perks including 24-hour stays, regional breakfast, airport transfers and invitations to preview new hotels for free.
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Flight Attendant Union Fights Google’s Bid for Spirit Airlines Crew Data in Bankruptcy Sale
What to Know The largest flight attendant union in the US is fighting to stop Google from acquiring a trove of crew member data as part of its $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines’ business data in bankruptcy. In This Article What’s actually in the data set, from 100 million...

The Gate with Brian Cohen
Szalonej Środy With LOT Polish Airlines Means Crazy Wednesday Sale
LOT Polish Airlines has a promotion that occurs on many Wednesdays because Szalonej Środy translates from Polish into English as Crazy Wednesday, which is in effect only on Wednesdays — typically for the Polish market, as airports in Poland are usually the origination airports of the deals.
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One Mile at a Time
Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card Platinum Elite Status: How It Works
TheMarriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card(learn more) is Marriotts most premium co-branded credit card, and there areall kinds of reasons to consider picking it up, includinga massive improved welcome offer.

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Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Call 787 Service “Unsustainable,” Demand More Crew Or Service Cuts
Flight attendants operating Alaska Airlines’ new longhaul Boeing 787-9 flights say the carrier is asking too much of them, filing a formal grievance that attempts to gives management an ultimatum: add more flight attendants or cut back onboard service. I’m all for more staffing, if truly needed, but cutting service...

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Eurowings Set to Introduce Proper First Class Recliner Seats On Actual Inter-European Flights to London, Mallorca, and Malaga
What to Know Eurowings will introduce proper First Class recliner seats on short-haul flights to London, Mallorca, and Málaga starting December 1, following a successful market test on its Berlin to Dubai route. In This Article How the Comoda recliner, made by Italian manufacturer Geven, compares to Eurowings’ standard Euro...

Frequent Miler
Earn 5K bonus I Prefer points when renting from Sixt
It looks like Preferred Hotels and Sixt have had a partnership for at least 2.5 years, but I only just came across it and so wanted to highlight it in case you’d been unaware too. It’s worth knowing about—particularly if you’ll be booking a cheap one day car rental—because you’ll...

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American Airlines significantly increasing premium seating on narrowbody fleet
Alongside its announcement on seatback screens, American Airlines has also confirmed that it will significantly increase the number of First Class and Main Cabin Extra seats across its narrowbody fleet.

One Mile at a Time
Regent Seven Seas & GHA Discovery Partnership: Surprisingly Lucrative
Regent Seven Seas is a cruise line owned by Norwegian, and it’s regarded as one of the better luxury cruise lines in the market. Head for Points flags something that I found to be interesting, and which I think is worth being aware of, for anyone planning a cruise. Long...

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American Airlines is bringing back seatback screens to its narrowbody fleet
American Airlines has announced that it will install seatback entertainment screens at every seat across its narrowbody fleet, reversing the strategy that saw the airline remove them over the past decade.

One Mile at a Time
Chase Ink Business Preferred Cell Phone Protection: How This Useful Benefit Works
The Ink Business Preferred Credit Card (learn more) is one of the all-around best business credit cards. There’s a lot to love about the card, from the huge welcome bonus, to the 3x points bonus categories, to the excellent rental car protection, to this being a good hub for the...

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Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Say Long-Haul Service Is Too Much Work — Demand More Crew Or Cut Service
Alaska Airlines flight attendants say the carrier’s new long-haul 787 service requires too much work for the staffing provided, and the union is demanding either more crew or a reduced onboard product. Alaska is meeting contractual staffing, but the union says their contract gives them a right to negotiate service...

Eye of the Flyer
The 2027 Total Solar Eclipse — Why Your Miles and Points Plan Starts Now
Wednesday came and went, and somewhere over the North Atlantic the moon did its thing without me. For two minutes and eighteen seconds, the sky over Reykjavik and northern Spain went dark in the middle of the afternoon while people cheered, dogs got confused, and a few fortunate souls even...

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Flying Blue devalues award redemptions “to better align with your travel needs”
Flying Blue, the rewards/frequent flyer program for Air France and KLM, has announced that it is restructuring how it prices up awards and that going forward, the lowest cost awards will come with considerably fewer perks than they do now. Importantly, if you want to enjoy the perks you get...

Frequent Miler
Flying Blue to increase Standard award prices and introduce Light and Flex award fares
Starting September 8th, Flying Blue’s lowest-priced awards on Air France and KLM-operated flights will be booked as “Light” fares, with restrictions such as no changes or refunds permitted. Think of light fares as similar to basic economy, but they will also apply to premium economy and business class. With any...

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“Not Allowed!” American Airlines Flight Attendant Snatches Wife’s Business Class Food From Husband, Throws It Away
An American Airlines passenger says a flight attendant confiscated his wife’s unwanted business class bread roll and dessert rather than allow him to eat them in economy. There may well be a policy against bringing premium cabin service items across the curtain, but the way this was handled sounds like...

One Mile at a Time
Flight Attendants Hate Working Alaska 787s, Complain Of “Impossible” Service
It’s always interesting to learn about the internal politics between airline management and frontline employees, especially when it comes to staffing levels, since that can also impact the passenger experience.

One Mile at a Time
Flying Blue Award Pricing Changes: New Tiered Fares Amount To A Devaluation
Flying Blue is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs for redeeming miles, as the program is useful for redemptions in premium cabins on Air France and KLM, as well as for travel on SkyTeam and other partner airlines.

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Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue Keeps Its Cheapest Awards, Strips Benefits Unless You Spend More Miles
Air France KLM Flying Blue is adding Light, Standard and Flex fare families to award redemption September 8. Base-level pricing and availability stay the same, but non-elites face a choice of fewer benefits or more miles.



































