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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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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....

Frequent Miler
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...

Traveling For Miles
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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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.

Live and Let’s Fly
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...

Traveling For Miles
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.

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Top 5 Car Rental Bonus Mile and Point offers for August 2026
Here are our Top Car Rental Bonuses for this month. Many of these offers go beyond this month so don’t count them out for rentals you need to book further down the road! Keep in mind sometimes the rates paid for some of these offers may cost more than other...
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One Mile at a Time
OMAAT Feature Updates And Site Optimizations 8/18/26
Howdy! I wanted to check in and provide everyone with a quick update on some site changes we rolled out this afternoon, based on the feedback we’ve been receiving since the OMAAT Community Forum was released a couple of weeks ago.

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Strawberry Hotels: Earn 2x Elite Qualifying Nights between August 23 & December 1
Strawberry Hotels are offering members another boost towards earning or re-qualifying for status with stays this fall that are booked by August 22. The 2x Qualifying Nights offer: Earn 2x Elite Qualifying Nights on eligible stays at participating Strawberry Hotels in Scandinavia. Register and book by Aug 22 for stays...

One Mile at a Time
Cabo Luxury Resorts Showdown: Which Of These Four Properties Is Best?
This is the start of our new Community Stories series, where readers can submit their own stories, and they'll appear in the Reader-Stories section of the site. Learn more about community stories and our new features.

Frequent Miler
Qatar Airways & Turo have a new partnership: Earn 1X-4X Avios on car rentals
It seems like Turo can’t really handle more than one airline partner at a time. A few years back they launched a partnership with Delta, offering a new way to earn bonus SkyMiles on car rentals. That partnership ended on December 31, 2025, but just before that they inked a...

One Mile at a Time
Buy Qatar Airways Avios With 50% Bonus, 1.53 Cents Each: Worth It?
Buying miles & points strategically can represent a great value, especially for luxury travel. The Qatar Airways Privilege Club program has launched its latest promotion on purchased Avios, and it has the potential to be a good deal, even if youre looking to acquire another flavor of Avios. However, there...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
What Is a Ferry Flight? The Reason Airlines Sometimes Send an Empty Plane Halfway Across the World
Open a flight tracking app at the right moment, and you’ll sometimes spot something odd: a widebody jet flying a route the airline doesn’t normally serve, with a flight number that seems far too high. On board, the passenger seats are empty, not because no one bought a ticket, but...

The Gate with Brian Cohen
Stand Up to Cancer and Earn AAdvantage Miles
Stand Up to Cancer and earn AAdvantage miles: donate a minimum of $25.00 to Stand Up To Cancer through the Miles To Stand Up program of American Airlines and you will earn 25 AAdvantage miles for every dollar you donate through Wednesday, September 30, 2026 instead of the usual ten...

Live and Let’s Fly
Minute Review: LATAM 787-9 Business Class
For this week’s Minute Review, we take a look at the aging yet resilient product onboard the LATAM 787-9 business class. LATAM 787-9 Business Class Minute Review (Video) Recognizing that I’m a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to writing out reviews and even blogging, I’ve introduced a new...

View from the Wing
American Airlines Had Two Planes With The Same Flight Number Again — A Risky Mistake That Needs To Stop
American Airlines had another duplicate flight number incident, this time near Providence, where two PSA regional jets were both operating as “Blue Streak 5083” in opposite directions. It adds to other recent confusion near Phoenix and Louisville, showing that reusing flight numbers on out-and-back trips works, until delays and aircraft...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
“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...

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Finnair Plus: Earn 2x Avios & 2x Tier Points on select flights worldwide (August 18 Bonus Offer Highlight)
Today's Bonus Offer Highlight has Finnair Plus offering double Avios and double Tier Points on many of their flights worldwide. Check out all of the new bonuses added today:

Frequent Miler
Save $50 with JetBlue Citi Offer when spending $400+
There’s a new JetBlue Citi Offer that’s once again giving $50 back as a statement credit. This time though it has a higher spending requirement to trigger the $50 back. The Deal Spend $400+ with JetBlue & get $50 back with a targeted Citi Offer. Key Terms Expires September 30,...

Frequent Miler
Wyndham Business promo: Earn 15K bonus points when joining program & staying at least 1 night
Wyndham Rewards launched a promotion a few months ago that awarded both 15,000 bonus points and 2X points when joining the Wyndham Business program. That offer has since ended, but a new promotion is now available. It doesn’t award 2X points this time, but it does once again award 15,000...

Economy Class & Beyond
American Airlines announces a raft of improvements, including IFE screens and premium seating
It seems that American Airlines has decided to up its passenger experience game, with it installing seatback entertainment screens at every seat and expanding its premium seating options. Let’s look at seats first, with the airline significantly increasing the number of premium and Main Cabin Extra seats across its narrowbody...

Traveling For Miles
How American Airlines & Alaska Airlines reciprocal upgrades work
American Airlines and Alaska Airlines give elite members of each other's loyalty programs access to complimentary upgrades, and that's a genuinely useful benefit as it sits outside the benefits that other Oneworld flyers are given.

Live and Let’s Fly
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...

View from the Wing
No, New Viral Study Doesn’t Show Pilots And Flight Attendants Are Dying From Radiation Cancer
A viral claim says a new JAMA Internal Medicine paper shows cosmic radiation is causing deadly cancers in pilots and flight attendants, but that is not what the study proves. Flight crew radiation exposure is real and worth tracking, and some cancers such as melanoma and breast cancer appear elevated...

One Mile at a Time
Two American Planes With Same Callsign End Up On Same Frequency… AGAIN!
Several days ago, I wrote about a strange occurrence, whereby two American Airlines plane ended up on the same frequency with the same callsign. That’s problematic, since air traffic controllers identify planes with their callsigns, and they’re intended to be distinct.



































