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Hawiyat Najim Park: Bimmah Sinkhole in Oman
Although not all that difficult, one would think that finding Hawiyat Najim Park — which is the location of the Dabab Sinkhole or Bimmah Sinkhole, located 113 kilometers southeast of Muscat in Dabab Village — would have been much easier than it really was; but a giant sinkhole can hide...
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Passengers Ordered Off Plane In Maine As Police Make A Threat They Can’t Deliver On
Police boarded a Breeze Airways Airbus A220 in Bangor, Maine and ordered a group of passengers including a parent with a toddler off the aircraft. One officer offered them a choice: leave voluntarily or get arrested and placed on the no-fly list.

Live and Let’s Fly
Air France Served This Surprisingly Elegant Business Class Meal On A 250-Mile Flight
Air France managed to serve a rather elegant little Business Class meal on a flight of just 250 miles between Basel and Paris, and while it certainly wasn’t a feast, I thought it was very well done. Meal Of The Week: Air France Business Class From Basel To Paris My...

Traveling For Miles
Marriott Titanium Elite status has become a lot more useful (but not on Marriott stays!)
For most of the time that Marriott Bonvoy has existed, the case for Titanium Elite status has surrounded the benefits that the status offers when you're staying at Marriott properties, but as Marriott has increasingly sacrificed caring for Bonvoy members in favor of keeping hotel owners happy, justifying a push...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Lufthansa A380 Smashes Into Runway Approach Lights at Munich — Second Incident on Same Runway in Days
What to Know A Lufthansa A380 carrying 351 passengers struck runway approach lights while landing short of the threshold at Munich Airport, just days after a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 suffered a similar collision on the same runway. In This Article Why landing short of the threshold isn’t the same...

Live and Let’s Fly
I Flew Air France A350 Business Class. It’s The Best In Europe
Let me start with my conclusion: Air France business class on the Airbus A350 is the best in Europe and one of the best in the world. In terms of seat, service, food, drink, bedding, and Starlink Wi-Fi, I could not have had a more perfect flight. Air France A350...

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“Give Us More Crew or Cut Service”: Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Escalate 787 Staffing Dispute
What to Know Flight attendants working Alaska Airlines’ new long-haul Boeing 787 routes have filed a formal grievance, saying management broke its own agreement by loading up the Main Cabin with new products after the union had signed off on the service flow. In This Article What the union agreed...

2PAXfly
CHINESE AIRLINES: 2026 guide to which airline is best
I was really surprised when I looked at the 2PAXfly reader statistics and found that an article about which Chinese Airlines were best was one of 2PAXfly’s most popular posts. That was nearly 18 months ago, so time to update my choices. When I first wrote this guide in January...

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Ascott Hotels Will Have 1,000 Properties, Top-Tier Status Matches And Free Preview Stays
Ascott has more than 1,000 operating and pipeline properties, yet it barely registers with many U.S. travelers. Its published status match can confer top-tier Platinum for a year, unlocking unusual perks including 24-hour stays, regional breakfast, airport transfers and invitations to preview new hotels for free.

Frequent Miler
Wyndham promo: Earn 2X points at Caesars Rewards properties + 5K bonus points on 3+ night stays
Wyndham Rewards is once again running a promotion to reward you for booking stays at its partner Caesars Rewards properties. This latest promotion gives 2X points on stays, an additional 5,000 bonus points for stays of three or more nights, and purports to also give savings of up to 25%...

Frequent Miler
Best and worst of Alaska’s Atmos Rewards | Coffee Break Ep119 | 8-19-26
With Tim based in Seattle, he’s very familiar with the Alaska Atmos Rewards program. Today he’s joining Greg to talk about some of the pros and cons of the program. Best and worst of Alaska’s Atmos Rewards Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform. You...
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Caesars Rewards Citi Offer: Get $25 back when spending $250+
In addition to a Caesars Rewards Amex Offer and Chase Offer, there’s now a Citi Offer that can save you up to 10% on your next stay. The Deal Spend $250+ in a single transaction at a Caesars Rewards property & get $25 back as a statement credit from a...

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Southwest Paid A Flight Attendant Nearly $1 Million — Now It Has To Tell Cabin Crew Why
Southwest Airlines reinstated flight attendant Charlene Carter and helped pay a $946,102.87 judgment after a jury found it liable for religious discrimination case - it fired her at the behest of the union as a result of her speaking out with anti-abortion and anti-union messages. But the airline triggered a...

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Starlux COSMILE: Earn 70% bonus status miles on select North American and European routes
Starlux will be offering status miles boost on most of their long haul flights this fall. The offer is only written in Taiwanese or Czech (luckily Czech is my mother tongue) on their websites an am providing the translation below. The 70% bonus status miles offer: Earn 70% bonus COSMILE...

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Top 5 Hotel Stay Bonuses for Airline Programs for August 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...

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Delta Amex Offer: Spend $2K & get $250 back when booking through Amex Travel™
There’s a targeted Amex Offer out at the moment that’s giving a $250 statement credit when spending $2,000 or more on Delta flights. An important thing to note with this latest offer is that those flights have to be booked through Amex Travel™. The Deal Spend a minimum of $2,000...

One Mile at a Time
Do Airlines Want You To Get Amazing Deals With Your Points? The Complicated Truth…
I’ve written in the past about the general state of miles & points, and about how it’s the best of times, and the worst of times. Big picture, things are better than ever before when it comes to all the ways we can earn points, while they’re worse than ever...

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
United MileagePlus: Earn up to 1,500 bonus miles on Avis or Budget car rentals (August 19 Bonus Offer Highlight)
Today's Bonus Offer Highlight is the next Avis Budget bonus offer for United MileagePlus members who can earn up to 1,500 bonus miles on car rentals. Check out all of the new bonuses added today:

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Bilt Adds Equinox Spa Credits — Could Amex Platinum Unlock Bilt Cash Without Paying For The Gym?
Bilt members can now redeem Bilt Cash for Equinox spa, personal training and Pilates, but only with an active membership. Would an Amex Platinum-funded Equinox+ account get you through that hurdle?

Miles To Memories
Capital One Shopping: Earn $100 with $100+ Hotel or Car Rental Booking
Some Capital One Shopping users are seeing unusually generous homepage offers, including $100 back on $100 hotel stays or car rentals.
The post Capital One Shopping: Earn $100 with $100+ Hotel or Car Rental Booking appeared first on Miles to Memories.

One Mile at a Time
Starlux Airlines Starts Selling Miles: I’m More Excited Than I Should Be!!
Folks, Starlux Airlines’ COSMILE frequent flyer program has finally gotten into the business of selling miles to consumers. Objectively it’s a pretty awful deal, as the airline is charging an astronomical four cents per mile (we’ll see if there are promotions in the future).

Frequent Miler
Save 15% on cash portion of IHG Points + Cash (but buying points outright is cheaper)
IHG One Rewards is once again targeting some members with a promotion that’s giving a 15% discount on the cash portion of Points + Cash stays. This is normally a good way to buy points somewhat cheaply, but with a 100% points sale also running at the moment, that other...

Traveling For Miles
How to get CLEAR® Plus membership for free or at a discounted rate
CLEAR® Plus is an expedited security program based around facial recognition and fingerprint software that's currently available at 62 airports around the United States and at several entertainment and sports venues as well.

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Black Comedians Reach Settlement Over “Humiliating and Degrading” Jet Bridge Drug Search Program at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport
What to Know Comedians Eric André and Clayton English have settled their lawsuit against Clayton County over a jet bridge stop program at Atlanta’s airport, which disproportionately targeted Black passengers. In This Article The statistics behind the lawsuit, including odds researchers say are less than one in 100 trillion that...





































