
Frequent Miler
Up to 60.5% / 47X at Klook via Capital One Shopping/Offers (10/12 only)
Capital One Shopping, the public shopping portal that anyone can join, and Capital One offers, which are limited to credit card holders, are both featuring activity booking platform Klook as today’s top deal of the day. Rates can vary from one person to another, but we’ve seen as high as...
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Passenger Took An Uber To The Airport—Driver Kept The Trip Running, Increasing Fare 168%
A woman says her Uber driver dropped her at Mexico City’s airport after a 19-minute ride, then sat there with the trip still running for more than an hour. Her $24.56 estimate became a $66.72 charge. She was inside the terminal while the app treated her as though she were...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
United Airlines Boeing 777 Makes ‘Steep Descent’ Over the Atlantic After Cockpit Windscreen Cracks at 37,000 Feet
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 with as many as 276 passengers on board made a “steep descent” as it was flying over the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of Saturday morning after the main cockpit windscreen cracked as the plane was flying at approximately 37,000 feet. United flight...

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Rove’s 130 Miles Per Dollar Software Offer Lets You Buy Points At 3/4ths Of A Cent
There's an offer that earns 130.7 Rove miles per dollar, in other words that lets you buy Rove Miles which can be transferred to a variety of currencies at just three-quarters of a cent apiece. That's an extraordinary rate.

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Marriott Tests An Airline-Style Upgrade Waitlist—Showing Where Your Elite Status Really Puts You
Marriott is testing an airline-style upgrade waitlist in its app. One Titanium member saw themselves second in the queue with zero upgrades available, then watched their position slip to third.
More transparency is better. Airlines publish how they rank-order upgrade requests, while hotels are usually more secretive about it and there...

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American Airlines Passenger Got Stuck In Bathroom—Customer Service Asks For Her Confirmation Code To Help Her Out
On a Philadelphia–Lisbon flight, a passenger tweeted that the bathroom door wouldn’t open. American answered in eight minutes with a request for her booking code. She later confirmed she’d been freed—and wanted everyone to stop liking the post.

Traveling For Miles
IHG opens the InterContinental Taipei, next to the Taipei Dome
The InterContinental Taipei officially opened its doors today, 12 October 2026, with 347 rooms and suites, and it’s located in the Taipei Dome complex in the city’s Xinyi District. IHG is calling it the brand’s flagship in Taiwan. It’s the fourth InterContinental in the country, joining the InterContinental Kaohsiung (opened 2021),...

Live and Let’s Fly
Russian Model “Shocked” Emirates Denied Her Boarding From Mexico City To Dubai Over European Visa
An Emirates passenger says she was denied boarding from Mexico City to Dubai because her European visa had expired. But why would she need a European visa to fly to the United Arab Emirates? The stop in Barcelona is the answer…and a reminder that a direct flight is not necessarily...
Reviews
Read the latest reviews for road warriors and frequent flyers.
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Flight Review: British Airways Boeing 787-10 Club World – LHR-ORD
October 11, 2026
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Hotel Review: Kimpton Saint George Toronto, Canada
October 10, 2026
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Flight Review: British Airways Airbus A321neo Club Europe – AMS-LHR
October 10, 2026
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Review: Air Astana Airbus A320neo – Tashkent to Almaty
October 10, 2026

Frequent Miler
Citi’s hotel pricing may be better than it looks
When I run a hotel search on almost any website, I don’t take the search results at face value. I know that most hotel booking platforms display a nightly price before taxes, so I expect the price to jump up when I click through to book. I recently ran into...

Miles For Family
Success! Booked Business Class Award Flight to Asia
I mentioned a few months ago that I was considering a solo trip to Asia next year to attend the 2027 World Gymnastics Championships in Chengdu, China. The trip is officially on, and I’ve booked a business class award flight for the occasion. Business Class or Bust Flights to Asia...

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American Airlines’ Targeted Match Offers Executive Platinum For 50,000 Loyalty Points—Plus 4 Flagship Lounge Passes
American Airlines is offering targeted Executive Platinum status through March 31, 2028 after earning just 50,000 Loyalty Points in four months. And travelers approved for an Executive Platinum match receive four passes to their business class Flagship Lounges, too.

Traveling For Miles
Flash sale: Buy IHG One Rewards points from just 0.476 cents each (ends tomorrow)
Over the weekend IHG launched a new flash sale in which it's selling points at what we think is the cheapest rate at which we've seen IHG One Rewards points sold. The catch is that you can't max out this sale and lock in the cheapest price/point (do that and...

Economy Class & Beyond
Virgin Trains Europe formally signs with Alstom for 12 new Avelia Stream trains
As Virgin Trains Europe works to put various agreements in place for its move to offer Transmanche services through the Channel Tunnel, it has signed a formal agreement with Alstom for new trains. The agreements cover the supply of 12 Alstom Avelia Stream high-speed trains together with long-term maintenance services,...

Live and Let’s Fly
Singapore Airlines Is Retiring A Familiar Part Of Its Iconic Flight Attendant Uniform
Singapore Airlines is making a rare change to its iconic flight attendant uniform, but the sarong kebaya is staying. Instead, the airline is retiring the familiar sandals…a small change in appearance that could make a big difference for the women wearing them. Singapore Airlines Will Replace Its Flight Attendant Sandals...

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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA: How to earn double Status Credits or Points and grab 40,000 bonus Points
Virgin Australia has launched two new Velocity Frequent Flyer promotions, offering members a choice between double Status Credits and double Velocity Points on eligible flights, plus a separate opportunity to collect 40,000 bonus Points when booking a holiday package. Both offers launched on Monday 12 October 2026, but the booking...

The Gate with Brian Cohen
My First Time As a Passenger With Avianca — and The Verdict Is…
The nonstop domestic flight in Ecuador of almost 824 miles aboard an Airbus A320 airplane between Aeropuerto Ecológico Galápagos Seymour on the island of Baltra in the Galápagos Islands and Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito was my first time as a passenger with Avianca in the economy class cabin —...

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Top 5 Hotel Stay Bonuses for Airline Programs for October 2026
Here are our Top 5 Hotel Stay Bonus Airline Mile/Point offers for this month! This post is for bonuses that you credit to an airline frequent flyer program. Many of these offers go beyond this month so don’t count them out for stays you’re book past this month. If none...

Frequent Miler
Free Soho Friends, AA’s new AI, Alaska’s strange new partnership and more (Around the Web)
This week around the web, read about how to get a free membership to Soho Friends, courtesy of a credit card that might already be in your wallet, a new AA use of AI, a really strange new Alaska partnership, and more. Around the Web Free membership to SoHo Friends...

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Hotel Front Desk Worker Admits Eating Guest’s $50 DoorDash Order—It Was Left In The Lobby For 2 Hours
a hotel guest “DoorDashes a $50 meal to the lobby—only to find the front desk worker already ate it.” The man says he found the front desk agent eating his order. She says the food had been sitting there for two hours.

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Top 5 Car Rental Bonus Mile and Point offers for October 2026
Here are our Top Car Rental Bonuses for this month. Many of these offers go beyond this month so don’t count them out for rentals you need to book further down the road! Keep in mind sometimes the rates paid for some of these offers may cost more than other...









































