People who fly regularly tend to develop certain habits without even thinking about them. Flight attendants say some of those behaviors make frequent flyers surprisingly easy to recognize. A few…
RiverView Ranch (RVR) is a Small Luxury Hotel (SLH) that can be booked with Hilton points or free night certificates. RVR, located near Missoula, Montana, is an all-inclusive ranch resort with cash rates of $4,700 per night in-season and $3,500 per night off-season. For my wife’s birthday, I booked two...
NTSB cockpit voice recorder data shows the first officer repeatedly warned of excessive speed before the deadly Amazon Air 767 crash in Miami, with no consistent response from the captain.
Scott Kirby says he’d build a Miami hub with 40–50 gates and wants a bigger return to JFK. American has both assets. His case for acquiring them makes more sense than his claim that the big airlines don’t compete on price.
Algeria is set to close its airspace to all aircraft registered in the United Arab Emirates as a diplomatic rift between the two countries sinks to a new low. Mega airline Emirates, as well as Etihad Airways, and smaller carriers like flydubai and Air Arabia will be banned from flying...
The self-centered approach to life seems to have ensconced itself pretty much everywhere, but particularly in the travel world. You’ve got people who put their carry-on and personal bags on…
United’s Greenland flight was less than half full the night before departure, then filled up with employees taking advantage of their travel benefits for a one-night getaway. Also: why United’s CEO keeps flying American, another proposal to ban taxpayer-funded first class travel for Congress, and air traffic control’s appreciation for...
Update: Based on comments in this post, the 15% award discount seems to be functioning very differently than we were told, in ways that make it potentially much more exciting: Awards with a mix of Air Canada and partner flights ARE receiving the discount, even if it’s a short AC flight...
President Trump promises families $1,200 in savings by cutting credit card swipe fees. But the numbers don’t support that claim—and the legislation he backs would shift value from consumers to merchants through lower rewards, fewer card benefits and tighter access to credit.
Some things are so common in the United States that Americans barely give them a second thought. To visitors from other countries, though, they can seem distinctly, and sometimes VERY…
