
Frequent Miler
Eat out, earn more: Guide to card-linked dining programs for airlines, hotels & more
One of the ways to earn points, miles and/or cashback on your everyday spend is to link your payment card(s) to dining programs that offer rewards. When paying for meals at participating restaurants with one of those linked cards, you earn bonus rewards through that dining program. Once you’ve registered...
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View from the Wing
Tourist Caught On CCTV Having Sex On Bali Driveway—Stopped From Flying Home, Deported And Banned 10 Years
CCTV showed an Australian man and a woman he'd just met having sex on a homeowner’s driveway. Bali authorities caught him at the airport as he tried to leave, detained him, deported him to Brisbane and barred him from Indonesia for a decade.

View from the Wing
United Airlines Greenland Flight Less Than Half Full—Employees Fill The Seats [Roundup]
United’s Greenland flight was less than half full the night before departure, then filled up with employees taking advantage of their travel benefits for a one-night getaway. Also: why United’s CEO keeps flying American, another proposal to ban taxpayer-funded first class travel for Congress, and air traffic control’s appreciation for...

Live and Let’s Fly
Inside A Greenland Grocery Store With High Prices…And Cameras Everywhere?
A visit to a grocery store in Nuuk offered a revealing look at the cost and complications of everyday life in Greenland, along with a surprising number of security cameras. Inside A Grocery Store In Nuuk, Greenland Whenever I visit a new place, I enjoy walking through a local grocery...

Frequent Miler
Chase Aeroplan Card: New benefits, best-ever welcome offer, higher annual fee (+award discount on partner flights?)
Update: Based on comments in this post, the 15% award discount seems to be functioning very differently than we were told, in ways that make it potentially much more exciting: Awards with a mix of Air Canada and partner flights ARE receiving the discount, even if it’s a short AC flight...

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Trump Says Cutting Swipe Fees Will Save Families $1,200—The Bill He Backs Doesn’t Do That
President Trump promises families $1,200 in savings by cutting credit card swipe fees. But the numbers don’t support that claim—and the legislation he backs would shift value from consumers to merchants through lower rewards, fewer card benefits and tighter access to credit.

One Mile at a Time
Amazon Air First Officer Repeatedly Warned Captain Of Excessive Speed Before Fatal Miami Crash
NTSB cockpit voice recorder data shows the first officer repeatedly warned of excessive speed before the deadly Amazon Air 767 crash in Miami, with no consistent response from the captain.

Live and Let’s Fly
My Midnight Walk Through Nuuk Under Greenland’s Twilight Sky
I enjoyed a lovely late-evening twilight stroll through Nuuk, the compact and colorful capital of Greenland. A Twilight Walk Through Nuuk, Greenland After dinner, I began walking through central Nuuk toward the old harbor. It was approaching 11:00 pm, but the summer sky remained bright, bathing the city in beautiful...

Frequent Miler
More easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards
Staples is again offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee from Sunday 9/13/26, through Saturday, 9/19/26. Note that there is a limit of nine per customer per day listed, but some may be able to purchase more at their local store. The Deal Staples is again offering fee-free...
Reviews
Read the latest reviews for road warriors and frequent flyers.
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Sampling Korea’s Little Known Newcomer: Jeju to Yangyang on a Parata Air A320
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Interesting M Club Review: Boston Marriott Cambridge
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Review: Flying Thai Airways Economy from Kathmandu to Bangkok
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Review: Uzbekistan Airways Airbus A320 – Riga to Tashkent
September 12, 2026

Eye of the Flyer
A Cruise Canceled, a New One Booked, a Hotel Card Just Hit Its Best-Ever Offer, Cruise Loyalty Is Going Full Airline, and More — Weekly Recap
What a crazy week. I just canceled a cruise for next summer after the ports for my England/Scotland/Ireland itinerary changed and I was simply not happy with the new stops. But I also scored an amazing new cruise that I think will blow readers’ minds. More on that very soon....

View from the Wing
Woman Slaps Husband At Wynn Las Vegas Buffet, Gets Deported To Armenia
Prosecutors didn’t pursue the domestic battery charge, but the arrest put a Southern California resident with a pending asylum case into immigration custody. After roughly three months in detention, she accepted voluntary departure to Armenia.

View from the Wing
Woman Bites United Flight Attendant After Alcohol Cutoff—Passengers Owed $190,000
Witnesses say she reached for a rear door handle before crew and passengers restrained her on the Milan–Newark flight. She denied biting anyone—and offered investigators her own phone videos as proof she’d done nothing wrong.

Frequent Miler
Last Chance Deals: LHW transfer bonus, Wyndham award chart changes, several Amex Offers, & more
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week, along with a collection of other deals due to end soon. 15 offers are due to end this week which includes a bonus when transferring Citi ThankYou points to Leading Hotels of the World. Also ending this week is the...

The Gate with Brian Cohen
What Is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 370: Reader Edition
BLT — who is a long time reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen — submitted the following photograph while in the hospital awaiting the prognosis of a relative, who has since thankfully recovered back to good health. Thank you for both the photograph and the update, BLT!
For this edition of...

Frequent Miler
Getting granular about the rules of the Wild Card Challenge
Alright folks, travel challenge season is upon us! While our travelers haven’t set off just yet, the planning portion of their travel has finally begun, as they’ve now drawn their wild cards to determine the parameters of their trips. As a reminder, here’s how the Wild Card challenge is set...

2PAXfly
WEEKLY REVIEW: Sunday, 13 September 2026
Hello travellers, Greetings from Adelaide! I’ve spent most of the week here being a ‘conference wife’ and catching up with friends and family. It’s a little chilly here compared to Sydney, but skies are bright and clear. What happened last week? There are seven international routes that are returning to...

View from the Wing
Tourist Caught On CCTV Having Sex On Bali Driveway—Stopped From Flying Home, Deported And Banned 10 Years
CCTV showed an Australian man and a woman he'd just met having sex on a homeowner’s driveway. Bali authorities caught him at the airport as he tried to leave, detained him, deported him to Brisbane and barred him from Indonesia for a decade.

One Mile at a Time
Weekly Review: September 12, 2026
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I’m finally off on another adventure shortly, so expect lots of content about my travels over the coming days. Before I even publish some posts with initial thoughts, I’ll throw a few pictures here and there into the daily discussion...

Economy Class & Beyond
Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (12th September)
It’s the end of another week, when normalcy and tedium take a step forward from the joy of travel. But as it’s the end of the week, it must be time for Economy Class and Beyond. Salmon Skies in a city – Colmore Row, Central Birmingham, with 103 Colmore Row...








































