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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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Disaster Narrowly Averted as Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner Plows 120 Meters Past End of Runway During Takeoff at Munich Airport
An aviation catastrophe appears to have been only narrowly averted at Munich International Airport (MUC) on Saturday after a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner with as many as 274 passengers on board plowed 120 meters past the end of the runway as it attempted to take off, with the wheels...

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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...

One Mile at a Time
American Airlines Five Star Service: How This $350+ Airport VIP Experience Works
American Airlines offers Five Star Service, which is essentially a package that can be purchased at select airports, offering travelers an exclusive ground experience. I don’t want to suggest that it’s any sort of an amazing deal, but it’s a program that many people don’t know about, so I figure...

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Marriott Is Turning A Shuttered Days Inn Migrant Shelter Into A Budget Hotel — When Growth Matters More Than Standards
From migrant shelter to Marriott – the hotel brand that was once known for standards and consistency when Bill Marriott served as CEO, the company’s unofficial motto under CEO Tony Capuano is that his tombstone will have “net rooms growth” on it. More rooms at more hotels they can earn...

Economy Class & Beyond
Virign Trains edges closer to international services – UK track access rights granted
In an announcement this morning, the UK Office of Rail and Road has announced that it has decided to pre-approve a new framework track access agreement between HS1 Limited and Virgin Trains. The agreement will allow Virgin Trains to operate up to 20 new daily return services between London and...
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Do Hotel Points Expire? Policies By Hotel Group, Plus How To Extend Points
For those of us into collecting points, one thing to always be on the lookout for is points expiration policies. Most programs won’t expire your points as long as you have consistent activity, though policies do vary.

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...

Live and Let’s Fly
NTSB: Engine Debris Shattered Ryanair 737 Window, Nearly Pulling Passenger Out
We now know what caused a Ryanair passenger to be partially sucked out of a Boeing 737 window over Greece last month, and the details are frighteningly similar to the fatal Southwest Airlines accident in 2018. Engine Debris Shattered Ryanair 737 Window, Partially Sucking Passenger Outside Last month, I wrote...

One Mile at a Time
Best Emirates A380 Business Class Seats: My Picks, And Seats To Avoid
Emirates is one of the world’s most well-known airline brands, and the airline is known for its Airbus A380s, as it has a massive fleet of these, comprised of over 100 jets. Given just how many people fly Emirates’ A380 in business class, plus the variance in quality between seats,...

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...

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MALAYSIAN AIRLINES: A330neo comes to Brisbane on daily flights from October
Malaysia Airlines has brought its latest Airbus A330neo to Brisbane, giving Queensland travellers the airline’s newest Business and Economy Class products. And their soon-to-be daily Kuala Lumpur flights from late October 2026. The A330neo made its permanent Brisbane debut in mid-August as Malaysia Airlines increased the route from five to...

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World Record “Bicycle Fishing” in Amsterdam
Riding bicycles as a mode of transportation is an integral part of the culture of the city of Amsterdam — but so are the 165 canals that wend their way through the largest city in the Netherlands — so the unusual phenomenon of the world record “bicycle fishing” in Amsterdam...

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Scott Kirby Says Passengers Love United’s Brand — But Data Shows They’re Just Following The Flights
United’s ski-country network and Chicago growth show that Scott Kirby’s decade-old strategy worked: add useful flights, use bigger planes, rebuild schedule relevance, and loyalty follows. But the data cuts against a simpler brand-love story — passengers may be choosing United less because they love the airline and more because United...

Economy Class & Beyond
Airplane Art – Air India Airbus A321 taxiing out at Singapore Changi Airport
It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have an Air India Airbus A321 taxiing at Singapore Changi Airport as it readies itself for a return flight to India. Air India operates seven Airbus A321-200 aircraft in its single-aisle fleet. The airline also operates the...

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Chase Ink Business Preferred® vs. Chase Ink Business Cash® – which is better? $1,000 or 100,000 Points
The Chase Ink Preferred and Chase Ink Cash are two of Chase's business credit cards and they can both be great options to boost your Ultimate Rewards points balance. Deciding which one is best can depend on ...

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Historic Taftsville Covered Bridge in Vermont
The historic Taftsville Covered Bridge in Vermont was opened in 1836, which means that it is the oldest covered bridge in Windsor County; the third oldest covered bridge in the state; and one of the oldest covered bridges in the United States — and it is still in use today.
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Southwest Captain Exposed Himself On Orlando Flight — Now The Union Wants To Punish The Pilot Who Reported It
A Southwest captain pled guilty after exposing himself and watching porn in the cockpit during a flight to Orlando while his first officer continued flying the plane. Now, years into the first officer’s lawsuit claiming Southwest and its pilots union retaliated against her for reporting the incident, the union is...

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I Have 26 Credit Cards In A Drawer. These Are The 7 Rewards Cards I Actually Carry
I have about 26 credit cards in a drawer, but only seven are actually in my wallet. The key is separating cards you get for a bonus, cards you keep for perks, and cards that deserve real spending. Here are the cards I actually use for lounge access, everyday spend,...










































