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Don’t sleep on Costco Travel for car rental bookings, especially if you have an additional driver
My wife and I returned from a week-long holiday in Mallorca a few days ago. Although it was primarily a vacation where we wanted to laze around, we knew that we’d want to explore the island a little bit, plus we needed to transport ourselves between the airport and the...

One Mile at a Time
Secret Delta VIP Select Service: What This $500+ Airport Package Gets You
Most people don’t know this (since the airline doesn’t publicize it in any way), but Delta has a VIP service that any passenger can book. I’m not going to suggest that this is some amazing deal that everyone should take advantage of, but it’s at least a pretty comprehensive service....

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Physical Amex cards now get you into Priority Pass lounges
Most TFM readers who have a Priority Pass membership almost certainly have it as a benefit that one or more of their credit cards gives them, but up until now, it hasn't been possible to use that card to access any Priority Pass lounges. A Priority Pass membership card (physical...

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Capital One, Chase And Amex Airport Lounges Ranked — These Are The 8 Best In The U.S.
Capital One, Chase, and American Express have turned premium card airport lounges into a real competitive battleground, and the best ones now rival or beat many airline lounges. Capital One leads on food — especially at LaGuardia, Washington National, and JFK — while Chase has some of the best-designed large...

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Air France Closes Paris Lounge Sauna After Passengers Apparently Turned It Into A Sex Den
I was looking forward to one of my favorite pre-flight rituals at Paris Charles de Gaulle: a sauna in the Air France Lounge in Terminal 2E, Hall L. Instead, I discovered that the sauna is gone for good, apparently because some passengers could not behave themselves. Air France Permanently Closes...

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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.

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IHG announces new upscale properties in London and Hong Kong
IHG has announced that it has signed agreements to add a property in London and a property in Hong Kong to its Vignette Collection, and as both hotels are already firmly established in their own right (these aren't new builds), they'll be joining IHG this year.

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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...

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American Airlines Is Expanding Premium Seating From 25% To 40% Across Its Narrowbody Fleet
American Airlines is not just bringing seatback screens back to its narrowbody fleet. It is also making a much bigger bet on premium seating, increasing the share of First Class and Main Cabin Extra seats from about 25% today to roughly 40% in the coming years. For frequent flyers, this...

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American Airlines Reverses Course on Seatback Screens in Race to Catch Delta and United
What to Know American Airlines has confirmed a multi-million-dollar reversal of its 2017 decision to strip seatback screens from narrowbody jets, though the new screens won’t start arriving until 2028. In This Article Why the rollout won’t begin until 2028, and how long full fleet installation across more than 800...
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Etihad to add Gothenburg to its network, with an A321LR
Etihad is continuing its network expansion, with a new route to Gothenburg, Sweden. The new service will be a seasonal operation, commencing 17 December 2026 and operating four times a week until 21 March 2027. The new service will create Gothenburg’s first direct air link to the Middle East and...

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Save 30% on Thrifty Traveler Premium Flight Deal Alerts
To celebrate National Cheap Flight Day, you can save a significant amount of money on airfares throughout the year with a 30 percent discount on either Thrifty Traveler Premium flight deal alerts or with the Thrifty Traveler Premium+ bundle with hotel alerts when you subscribe to either service is now...

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(Update) Chase might not be making the hard-to-use The Edit credits even harder to use
Update 8/18/26: It seemed weird that a new rule stating that you can no longer earn The Edit credits on back-to-back stays would show up in an article on Chase’s website but not in card terms and conditions. It appears to have caught Chase out by surprise too, as a...

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American Airlines Reverses Course, Brings Seatback Screens Back To Every Narrowbody Seat
American Airlines has made it official: seatback screens are coming back to its narrowbody mainline fleet, reversing a strategy that saw the carrier spend years removing them while Delta Air Lines kept investing in them and United Airlines eventually changed course. American Airlines Makes It Official: Seatback Screens Are Coming...

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Hilton has opened a new Tapestry Collection property in Hoi An, Vietnam
Hilton has opened NHAAN Resort & Spa Hoi An which it has added to its Tapestry collection brand (the brand's first property in Vietnam) and this, alongside the Namia River Retreat (an SLH property), becomes just the second Hilton Honors property actually in Hoi An rather than further up the...

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American Greatly Expands First Class & Extra Legroom Seating On Narrow Body Fleet
It’s a pretty exciting time when it comes to passenger experience announcements at American Airlines. In a separate post, I covered how the Fort Worth-based airline will be bringing back seat back screens on all mainline narrow body planes as of 2028.

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WOW: American Bringing Back Seat Back Screens On All Narrow Body Planes
In early 2025, American Airlines announced it would reverse course on its strategy, and become more premium, as it fell further and further behind the competition. We’ve seen the airline make lots of (individually) minor announcements since then, all intended to improve the passenger experience.

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American Airlines Is Bringing Back Seatback TVs, Adding First Class And Extra Legroom Seats — Reversing A Decade Of Cabin Mistakes
American Airlines is bringing seatback entertainment back to much of its domestic fleet, adding more first class seats, and expanding extra-legroom Main Cabin Extra after years of stripping premium features out of aircraft. It is a major reversal of the US Airways-era strategy that chased low-cost carriers instead of giving...

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Brussels Airlines lines up some Nordic winter destinations
Whilst we come to the end of some heatwaves, and the end of summer soon, Brussels Airlines is gearing up for the winter period with three new Nordic routes. Brussels Airlines launches scheduled passenger flights to Evenes (Norway), Kemi and Kittilä (both in Finland). This is in response to passenger...

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Airlines Are Confiscating Carry-On Bags With A Story Passengers See Isn’t True [Roundup]
Airlines keep telling passengers the overhead bins are full and forcing gate checks, only for travelers to board and see empty space right above them. Also, Sun Country’s credit card likely getting absorbed into Allegiant’s Bank of America ecosystem, long taxi delays at O’Hare, and Seattle’s future S Concourse lounge...

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Etihad adds seasonal service to Gothenburg, Sweden (one to watch)
Etihad has announced a new seasonal route between Abu Dhabi and Gothenburg which will launch this winter and will be Gothenburg's first direct service to the Middle East. The kicker, however, is that this isn't going to be a route on which Etihad operates a widebody aircraft.

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Israel’s Low-Cost Israir Airlines Plans to Start Non-Stop Flights to New York from Tel Aviv on October 19, 2026
What to Know Israir has received US Department of Transportation approval to start selling tickets for nonstop Tel Aviv to New York flights beginning October 19, 2026, though the FAA has yet to grant final operating approval. In This Article What happens to ticket holders if the FAA approval doesn’t...

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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...




































