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Last Chance Deals: 1:1 transfers to Hyatt, 6 transfer bonuses, & much, much more
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week, along with a collection of other deals due to end soon. This coming Wednesday marks both the end of the month and the end of the quarter. As a result, there are dozens and dozens of deals expiring this week....

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Costa Rica to Korea and Australia on one business class award (Tim’s Wild Card Challenge Journal)
One of the great magic tricks of 21st-century international travel is crossing the International Date Line. My wife once celebrated her birthday twice: our flight left on the evening of her birthday in Samoa and landed the day before her birthday in Honolulu, so we got to do the whole rigmarole...

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Southwest Had No Choice But To Abandon What Made It Great – Here’s Why They Became Like Every Other Airline But Worse
Southwest’s old model stopped scaling. Broader distribution forced it to unbundle fares, premium seats required assigned seating, and credit card economics demanded lounges. Each change made the next unavoidable—but convergence cannot recreate the advantage Southwest gave up.

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Hilton May Add “Black Diamond” Above Diamond Reserve—Pushing Diamond Status Further Down [Roundup]
Hilton’s “Black Diamond” has surfaced in internal materials, suggesting another status tier above Diamond Reserve could push ordinary Diamonds further down the ranks. Also: a $50 Rakuten signup offer ending soon, CardPointers’ coming price increase, Southwest flight attendants challenging their union, and the American Airlines barbecue platter worth ordering.

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Targeted Southwest promo: Get 5,000 Rapid Rewards points just for existing
Some Southwest Rapid Rewards members are waking up to a nice email today as the airline is dropping 5,000 points in their account for seemingly no reason other than just because. The Deal Some Southwest members are getting 5,000 bonus Rapid Rewards points credited to their account. Key Terms You’ll...
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Review: A Night at the Iconic Waldorf Astoria New York
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Israeli Passengers Face Bag Searches On Arrival At Amsterdam Airport After Dutch Ban On Goods Made in Illegal Settlements
Anyone traveling from Israel to Amsterdam faces the risk of having their bags searched on arrival for goods that were produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank after the Dutch government introduced new laws that apply retroactively. Since September 2022, it has been illegal to bring in any...

Traveling For Miles
Warning: 3 days left to convert Ultimate Rewards to Hyatt before devaluation [exceptions apply]
Back in June, Chase announced that unless a card holder has one of its ultra premium cards in their wallet, their ability to convert Chase Ultimate Rewards points to World of Hyatt points in a 1:1 ratio would be going away and would be replaced by a considerably worse ratio....

Live and Let’s Fly
Delta Passenger Says Huge Service Dog Was Shoved Under His Seat, Taking Over His Exit-Row Legroom
A Delta passenger says a large service dog was squeezed beneath his seat, with its head and shoulders extending into his exit-row foot space. The dog spent three hours in that position while nearby passengers struggled to find room for themselves. Why did nobody address this before takeoff? Large Service...

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American Airlines Said Hiring Flight Attendants Was Tougher Than Harvard—Then It Admitted The Wrong People [Roundup]
American Airlines once boasted that landing a flight attendant job was tougher than getting into Harvard—but maybe the airline has been choosing the wrong people. Also: Delta One’s worn seats and tiny screens, JetBlue’s decidedly un-VIP charter bathrooms, and why haggling for travel perks pays off.

Economy Class & Beyond
TRIP REPORT: A Rushed Beijing Transit and CA125 Beijing to Seoul Incheon (BUSINESS CLASS) – Kevin Gets a Little Seoul and Tokyo
A Rushed Beijing Transit and Air China CA125 Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 3 to Seoul Incheon Terminal 1 (Business Class) TRIP REPORT: Kevin Gets a Little Seoul and Tokyo 45 minutes to cross Beijing in a hurry. This should be fun for all the wrong reasons. Can Air China do...

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Office Depot/OfficeMax: Buy $300+ Mastercard Gift Cards, Save $15
Office Depot and OfficeMax stores have returned with their profitable gift card deal on Mastercard gift cards. The Deal Buy $300+ Mastercard gift cards at Office Depot/OfficeMax & get $15 off instantly. Key Terms Valid 9/27/26-10/3/26. Limit 10 per household/business (different stores may try to impose various limits that don’t...

Economy Class & Beyond
Avanti West Coast to be nationalised in March 2027
The path to UK Rail operators’ nationalisation continues, with Avanti West Coast (which operates express services on the West Coast Main Line) all set to move back into public hands on 7 March 2027. According to the UK Government, Avanti West Coast passengers have been experiencing frequent disruption on one of...

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A Plane Crashed Into A Cornfield With 4 People Aboard—3 Skydivers Parachuted In To Save Them
A nearby pilot spotted the wreckage and offered to drop skydivers beside it. The jumpers had emergency medical training, the field was difficult to reach by road, and all four people aboard the crashed plane survived.

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Man Used Internet Relationship With American Airlines Employee to Call in Bomb Threats at Bangor Airport
A man used his long-distance internet relationship with an American Airlines employee who worked on the ground at Bangor Airport to call in a series of bomb threats that were taken so seriously that flights were delayed and the Federal Aviation Administration declared a security incident that had an impact...

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(9/28 only) Rakuten American Express card welcome offer increased to $200
Rakuten has increased the welcome offer on its American Express credit card to $200 after $2,000 spend in the first 90 days. This matches the best offer that we’ve seen on this fairly new card. This increased offer usually only sticks around for a day or so; indeed, this time...

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Introduction: My Trip To India On Qatar Airways, Air India, Emirates, And KLM
With autumn upon us, it’s time to go back and catch up on the full trip reports from my trips this summer. We’ll begin with my trip to India, which was primarily about flying Emirates First Class but turned into a fun trip to India…until Delhi Belly struck. India, Emirates...











































