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I Overheard United Airlines Flight Attendants Complaining About First Class, And It Made Me Smile
I’m not going to reveal the route or the flight number because I don’t want to get anyone in trouble, but I was so thrilled to hear two flight attendants griping in the first class galley about service on a recent flight. United Flight Attendants Complained About First Class Service,...

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Australian Tourist’s Bali Public Tryst Ends With Facial Recognition Arrest At Airport
An Australian tourist learned the hard way that what happens in Bali does not necessarily stay in Bali. After allegedly being caught on CCTV engaging in a rather public tryst with a woman on a residential driveway, the 27-year-old was identified using facial recognition technology and arrested at the airport...

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Absolute Madness: Thousands Of Tourists Overwhelm One Of Greece’s Most Beautiful Beaches
I love Greece. The country is beautiful, the people are lovely, and the cuisine is my favorite in Europe. But Greece in the summer? No way. No thank you. And this scene from Crete explains exactly why. This Is Why I Avoid Greece During The Summer A viral video from...

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Flying Blue Promo Rewards: 25% off economy, premium economy, & business from many North American cities
It’s the start of a new month which means that a fresh batch of Flying Blue Promo Rewards launched yesterday. It’s a particularly good batch this month as there are many North American cities included on the list and, if you can position to Mexico City, you might find plentiful...

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Air Canada Adds Basel, Dubrovnik, Guangzhou, Oslo And Shannon In Huge 2027 Expansion
Air Canada has revealed its big summer 2027 international expansion, and after spending far too much time dissecting its wonderfully cryptic teaser video, I managed to get all five new destinations corrections. Air Canada Reveals Five New International Destinations For 2027 Earlier this week, Air Canada released a 46-second video...
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American Airlines Asks Cuba Passenger About Lithium Batteries—Says “No, But I Have A Bomb” [Roundup]
An American Airlines passenger in Miami replied to a lithium-battery question with “No, but I have a bomb,” and was arrested. Also: Sean Duffy discusses Sydney Sweeney, Delta funds employee Trump accounts, and Chinese crews stuff excess carry-ons into lavatories.

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Save Up to 15% On Airfares With Qatar Airways
You can save up to 15% on airfares with Qatar Airways seated in either economy class or business class to your choice of select destinations in the world which the airline serves, travel must be completed by Wednesday, March 31, 2027...
...but you must...

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Bank of America: Earn up to a $500 bonus with a new checking account
Bank of America is running a promotion for new consumer checking accounts that offers up to a $500 bonus with a simple requirement: set up and receive a minimum amount in direct deposits within 90 days of opening the account. $2,000 in direct deposits earns $100; $5,000-$9,999 earns $300; and $10k+ earns...

The Points of Life
Simply The Best: August 2026
Getting back to it since Travel Blogging While Traveling Didn’t Work. Here is the limited release from August: INNsIDE Palma Bosque Mallorca: It’s No Hotel Araxa 2. Guns & Butter: Palmas De Mallorca Travel Guide (Motorbike Edition) 3. Priority Pass Palma De Mallorca: Too Big 4. Air Europa PMI-ZUR: Utter Hangover...

Traveling For Miles
If you use Avios you should have an Iberia Club account. Here’s why.
Not all Avios issuers are the same, so there are a few key ways in which Iberia Club can be very useful to Avios collectors. In this article we're going to focus on the differences between British Airways and Iberia as those are the two Avios issuing airlines with the...

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Targeted American Airlines cardholder spending offer: Spend $500 & earn additional bonus miles
Some American Airlines cardholders are being targeted with a spending offer that’s awarding bonus miles when spending as little as $500 on their card. The Deal Some American Airlines cardholders are being targeted for spending offers including the following one: Spend $500 from September 1-30, 2026 & earn 100 bonus...

Economy Class & Beyond
Emirates unveiles its new Premium Economy Seat
Emirates is launching a new Premium Economy seat, with more than a few new tricks up its sleeve. Let’s dive in, as there’s a LOT to unpack. The new Premium Economy Seat – with electrically powered privacy screens. The new Premium Economy seat brings something some passengers will love – a full-height...

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Federal Automatic Airline Refund Rule Backfires—JetBlue Forced To Cancel Passenger’s Trip And Double The Price
JetBlue’s automated refund system erased a passenger’s still-confirmed return flight without notifying her, forcing her to buy new tickets home. It is almost precisely the consumer harm I predicted when the federal automatic-refund rule was adopted.

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Western Sydney Airport conducts passenger trials with Jetstar
With around 51 days before Western Sydney (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport opens to passenger traffic, final preparations are being completed, this time with Jetstar aiding the airport in passenger trials. Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) welcomed a Jetstar trial flight – an A320 passenger jet – for the first...

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Delta First Officer Suffers Medical Emergency 4 Minutes After Takeoff—Second Incident In 6 Days
A first officer reported chest pain, numb limbs and a racing heart. The captain brought the heavy Boeing 757 back to Minneapolis, where Delta replaced the crew and sent the same aircraft on to Orlando.

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Air France has opened its new Frankfurt lounge (important for two reasons)
Air France has now opened its new lounge at Frankfurt Airport in the Terminal 3 building that took over from Terminal 2 back in the spring.
It's a smaller space than the Heathrow lounge the airline opened earlier this year, and it's operated in partnership with a third party rather than...

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Southwest Airlines Is Building 11 Airport Lounges With Chase As Its Premium Transformation Accelerates
Southwest Airlines has now made its airport lounge plans official, confirming four initial locations with at least seven more to follow. For an airline that spent decades proudly doing things differently, this is another unmistakable step toward becoming a more conventional full-service carrier. And in this case, I think that...













































