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Current Amex Offers
This post is designed to show current Amex Offers. If you have any Amex cards, even authorized user cards, then you’re eligible to sign up for offers when you log into your Amex account. If you’re planning to shop or book travel, check this page to see if an Amex...
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Trends in United’s amazing cardholder award availability
In the post “United’s amazing cardholder award availability,” I showed that United is offering cardholders a huge number of Polaris business-class award seats to and from Europe (and, to a lesser extent, to and from Asia). When working on that post, I noticed that weekend awards seemed rare. I also...

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American Airlines Admits It Sells Too Much Basic Economy, Says 30% Of Seats Generate Half Its Revenue
American has already stripped mileage earning and elite seat and upgrade benefits from Basic Economy. Now it’s adding first class and Main Cabin Extra seats to give customers more—and smaller—steps up the fare ladder.

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The Mysterious Lounge At Nuuk International Airport (GOH)
Nuuk International Airport does have a lounge, as the Air Greenland check-in agent assured me. I found it upstairs with the lights on…but the doors were closed and there not another soul in sight. Nuuk International Airport Has A Lounge…But It Was Closed After checking in for my Air Greenland...

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This Famous Delicatessen Just Reopened After 10 Years.
After 79 years in business and having closed on Saturday, December 31, 2016, the vaunted Manhattan location of this famous delicatessen reopened yesterday, Tuesday, September 15, 2026 almost ten years later.
The delicatessen in question is...

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6 Reasons Why Citi Strata Elite Beats Amex Platinum And Sapphire Reserve
American Airlines transfers, 6x weekend dining, and a hotel credit usable beyond luxury collections give Citi Strata Elite advantages its more expensive rivals lack. My hotel bookings have made the case for keeping it stronger.

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Earn Up to 3,000 Hilton Honors Points With Each Stay
You can earn up to 3,000 Hilton Honors points with each qualifying stay between Thursday, October 15, 2026 and Thursday, December 31, 2026, as Hilton Honors has announced the new global The More Points to Play Promotion that helps you get to your next stay even faster...
...but you must...

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Chase Offer for Sapphire Reserve Cardholders: Get up to $125 back On $500+ Sixt Car Rental
There is a new Sixt Car Rental Chase Offer available exclusively to Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders. It’s valid on prepaid bookings worldwide and gives you $125 back as a statement credit when you spend $500 or more. The Deal Earn $125 cash back on a Sixt Car Rental when you...
Reviews
Read the latest reviews for road warriors and frequent flyers.
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KLM Lounge AMS: Still Don’t Like Heineken, But I’ll Take the Curry
September 17, 2026
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The Mysterious Lounge At Nuuk International Airport (GOH)
September 17, 2026
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First Look – New Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam (AMS)
September 16, 2026
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Review: Iberia A320neo Business Class (MAD-CDG)
September 16, 2026

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Amex Pays Delta 3.8 Cents Per Dollar Charged—Why Banks Pay More For Miles Than You Do
Banks pay for miles, lounge access, brand rights and a chance to sell credit cards to loyal travelers. Delta’s disclosures and an unusually detailed contract from another airline show how much money changes hands.

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Citi Strata Elite Looks Premium — But The Real Value Is American Airlines Miles And $1200 First Year Credits
Citi Strata Elite arrives in a surprisingly premium package, but the real value is what the card earns. The current offer delivers 75,000 points and credits worth up to $1,200 in the first year, and its points now transfer to American Airlines AAdvantage.

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Southwest Airlines: Earn 2x Rapid Rewards points on flights booked this weekend
Southwest has launched a new promotion that is offering double Rapid Rewards points on all flights booked by September 21st, 2026, and completed by December 16th, 2026. You must register for this offer before booking. The promotion is officially targeted, but I haven’t heard of any Rapid Rewards members who...

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Chase Travel℠ Chase Offer: Spend $600 & get $100 back (targeted)
Another Chase offer gives you a $100 statement credit when you book $600+ through Chase Travel℠. You can stack this with the $250 Edit credits on both the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Reserve for Business® cards (assuming you have a targeted card). Rethinking The Edit by Chase Travel℠ The Deal Spend $600+ at Chase...

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Delta Air Lines Expands LAX Hub With New Routes And Largest-Ever Schedule
Delta Air Lines is planning its largest-ever schedule at Los Angeles International Airport, adding two new routes and increasing service to seven destinations as it seeks to cement its position as the leading carrier at LAX. Delta Expands At LAX With “Largest Schedule In Its History” Delta is growing again...

Economy Class & Beyond
TRIP REPORT: Off to Heathrow and The British Airways Galleries North Lounge – Kevin gets a little Seoul and Tokyo
Off to Heathrow at 2 a.m., to Heathrow Terminal 5 and British Airways Galleries North Lounge TRIP REPORT: Kevin gets a Little Seoul and Tokyo Every trip has a starting point. Mine just happens to be at a coach stop 100 miles or so from Heathrow. Let’s take a FlixBus...

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Flash sale: British Airways short-haul flights discounted through Monday
British Airways has, today, launched a flash sale for short-haul bookings flown between November 2026 and March 2027 with the Christmas period blacked out. But don't restrict yourself to what the flash sale is offering as when we checked to see what deals we could find, we discovered quite a...

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One Millisecond Software Bug Led to Flight Chaos Across UK Leading to Thousands of Cancellations, New Report Finds
A one-millisecond software bug crashed a computer system that manages airspace over the United Kingdom, leading to flight chaos and thousands of cancellations as engineers scrambled to get the system back up and running on September 8, a new report has found. In the wake of the ‘major incident,’ Secretary...

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Earn 35,000 Membership Rewards points with new Amex Business Checking account
Currently, Amex has increased its welcome offer for opening a new Business Checking account to 35,000 Membership Rewards points, provided you maintain a $5,000 balance for 60 days and complete 5 transactions. The checking account earns 1.30% APY (on up to $500K in balance), 0.5 MR per dollar on debit...

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I Ordered A “Gourmet Burger” On easyJet…
Hungry on a late-night easyJet flight from Copenhagen to Basel, I ordered the carrier’s “gourmet burger.” It did not look particularly appetizing, but it tasted just fine. I Tried The “Gourmet Burger” On easyJet My Air Greenland flight was almost five hours long and did not offer a pre-arrival meal,...

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Delta Air Lines Wants to Be No.1 at Los Angeles International Airport With New Routes And More Flights
Delta Air Lines is making the case for why it thinks it should be crowned the No.1 airline at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) – one of the most important and most premium markets in the United States, but one that no airline currently has dominance over. For Summer 2027,...

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Hilton continues to disappoint with its woeful 4Q 2026 global promotion
When was the last time Hilton published a promotion that made anyone sit up and pay attention? That's a genuine question because I can't remember and unfortunately, the latest offering out of Hilton Honors isn't bucking the trend of dire promotion after dire promotion.

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You Already Paid For Your Flight — Airlines Should Stop Making You ‘Check In’ To Use Your Ticket
Check-in still does useful work. Making passengers initiate it is the part airlines should eliminate. Delta began automating the process in 2017. Here’s what still needs to happen—and how airlines could handle it without another chore before departure.

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Singapore Airlines: Premium Economy between US and Asia starting at 59K
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer has released its latest list of “Spontaneous Escapes,” discounted award redemptions valid only for travel in the following calendar month. It’s a lean month for Americans: only two routes are available to/from North America. Be aware that Spontaneous Escapes bookings are completely inflexible and cannot be changed...

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Former KLM CEO’s Power Bank Explodes Over Atlantic, Forces 11-Hour Flight To Nowhere
A KLM flight to Curaçao became an 11-hour flight to nowhere after a power bank reportedly belonging to the airline’s former CEO exploded while being charged onboard. Former KLM CEO Reportedly Caused 11-Hour Flight To Nowhere With Power Bank Fire There is irony, and then there is a former airline...







































