Strategically buying miles & points for luxury travel can be a great deal. We've just seen the Air France-KLM Flying Blue program launch a new promotion on purchased miles, with an offer to buy miles with up to an 80% bonus, at a cost of 1.69 cents each. While not...

There are plenty of ways to measure whether an airline is good. On-time performance matters. Seats matter. Wi-Fi matters. Food matters. But one of the best tests comes when something goes wrong in a passenger’s life and an airline has an opportunity to simply enforce the rules…or show a little...

The owner of Amanyara Turks & Caicos, one of the Caribbean’s most luxurious resorts, is currently in a major dispute with the owner of luxury hotel group Aman. The situation is getting so bad that a lawsuit has been filed, and the owner is threatening to cut ties with Aman....

American Airlines flight attendants answered the carrier’s Me@Work grades with an F for management. Their union says micromanagement blocked 4,076 roster days in June, and American has agreed to move suitable cases back to phone and email.

American Airlines has just announced its summer schedule for 2027, and while executives at the carrier remain pretty cautious towards international expansion, there are some nice additions to American’s overseas network, including non-stop flights from Philadelphia to Vienna, Austria – an entirely new route for American. Other new routes from...

Doctor of Credit has found an even better offer available for new Wells Fargo checking account customers: a $500 bonus when you open a new Everyday Checking account and deposit a total of $1,000 in direct deposits within 90 days. See Doctor of Credit’s list of what Wells Fargo considers...

Park Hyatt Sydney has dropped its resort label, restoring guaranteed 4 p.m. late checkout for Globalists. Also: Qantas adds doors to new 787 business class suites and offers double status credits, while American serves an unusually good cod entrée.

Once upon a time, airlines would provide a large model aircraft to a travel agency as a promotional…

Yesterday, I wrote about American Airlines teasing the routes that it was planning to…

American Airlines has just revealed its summer 2027 international network, adding seven new routes and three new destinations, including Vienna, Reykjavík, and Porto from Philadelphia, though two of the seven were previously announced. After trying to decode American’s bizarre menu yesterday, let’s see how we did… American Airlines Plans 7...

Why I always buy travel insurance even post departure

Uber is introducing Zipcar to Uber Rent and will offer hourly rental car reservations directly through its mobile software application program on portable electronic devices. Uber One members get ten percent Uber Cash back on all Uber Rent reservations — including Zipcar — and the first 1,500 Zipcar renters on...

American Airlines is adding three ‘new’ destinations and seven new routes to its long-haul network for summer 2027.The…

American adds new flights from Philadelphia, New York and Charlotte, with four routes using 155-seat A321XLRs. Vienna runs through early January 2028; Reykjavik gets a 196-seat domestic A321neo, and tickets go on sale August 31.

Yesterday, American Airlines teased plans to announce new international routes, with a fun game inviting travelers to ”decode” the destinations the airline would add. Well, the wait is over, and American has just announced the details of its international expansion for the summer of 2027.

One of the most dangerous things that can happen on a cruise ship is going overboard, and this past week gave us another gut punch of a reminder. On the night of Sunday, August 23, a passenger went over the balcony on the Norwegian Getaway during the final night of...

Qantas has just made a few passenger experience announcements. I’ve already covered how the airline will introduce new business class suites on upcoming Boeing 787 deliveries, and how the airline will retire Airbus A380s earlier than planned. On top of that, the airline has also unveiled the business class suites...

Delta Air Lines Chief Commercial Officer Joe Esposito told Delta’s largest corporate customers that Singapore will follow Manila, LAX–Seoul is coming and every major Los Angeles business market will soon be covered, while rejecting United’s long-haul narrowbody strategy.

Qantas will introduce status-credit rollover and up to 140 credits from partner spending, but renewal thresholds rise, the Loyalty Bonus disappears and Points Club closes. Members who barely requalify—and heavy Points Club users—come out behind.