
View from the Wing
Delta’s Oil Refinery Looked Like A Bad Bet—Then It Made $1.36 Billion, But It Isn’t “Cheap Fuel”
Delta’s oil refinery looked like an expensive mistake for years. Then it made $1.36 billion in operating profit from 2022 through 2025, and the Iran war made the bet look smarter still. But the payoff isn’t cheap fuel that lets Delta profitably fly routes its rivals can’t—it’s a refining business...
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Traveling For Miles
Japan Airlines (JAL) award sale (USA Economy Class 18,900 miles/Europe Business Class 38,500 miles)
Japan Airlines, the Oneworld partner of, amongst others, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and British Airways is currently running a very good award sale for Economy Class, Premium Economy, and Business Class flights on select routes. You'll have to be careful of the surcharges, but there could be some very good...

View from the Wing
Dad Steals Bose Earbuds At DFW Airport—Then Pleads With Police To Avoid Arrest “I’m Here With My Son”
Police found the father and his young son at an airport restaurant after a shop reported nearly $300 in missing earbuds. He denied taking them until officers flagged they had surveillance footage, then repeatedly asked to pay and avoid arrest.

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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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.

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Chase Exclusive Tables is so exclusive some restaurants are hidden
The Chase Sapphire Reserve® card includes twice-annual $150 credits for restaurant spending at Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables. These are a curated selection of high-end restaurants available through a special version of OpenTable. You do NOT need to make a reservation or pay through Chase or OpenTable to earn the $150...

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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
Israel Bans Foreign Pilots and Flight Attendants With Dual Nationality of 31 Countries in Response to Thwarted Terror Attack
Israel has begun telling foreign airlines operating flights to the country that pilots and flight attendants with dual nationality of 31 countries are no longer to work flights to Tel Aviv, even if they have little connection to one of the banned countries and were brought up somewhere that has...
Reviews
Read the latest reviews for road warriors and frequent flyers.
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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
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Review: W Taipei Using a Marriott Bonvoy 85K Free Night Award
October 10, 2026

Eye of the Flyer
This Week: Why I’m Skipping the Year-End Mileage Run, a Wine Perk That Won’t End Well, and a CEO Who Can’t Explain His Own Program
I have booked a cruise I never thought I would, but I am excited about it. The thing is, it ends in a location I did not expect, so now comes the work of earning the points for the best flights to get me home. This is the power of...

View from the Wing
This Hotel Left Hyatt And Refused Award Stays—Now They’re Welcoming It Back
The Last Hotel in St. Louis left Hyatt in 2021, then closed amid an ownership feud in 2025. A $14 million sale is bringing it back as a Hyatt Centric—with a history the reopening coverage largely leaves out.

View from the Wing
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...

2PAXfly
WEEKLY REVIEW: Sunday 11 October, 2026
Hello travellers, Greetings from Paris! After spending a week or so in London catching up with friends, I’m now in Paris. I lost a very long-standing friend to cancer this week. It’s naturally made me resolve to make the most of the life I have left. What happened last week?...

Frequent Miler
Last Chance Deals: Marriott & Hilton transfer bonuses, Webull free stock promo, & more
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week, along with a collection of other deals due to end soon. Quite a few deals are ending this week which includes two transfer bonuses to hotel programs: one from Chase to Marriott and the other from Amex to Hilton. Also...

Frequent Miler
(Extended) Both Citi AAdvantage Business cardholders & authorized users earn Loyalty Points on purchases
With most credit cards, the primary cardholder is the one who automatically reaps all the rewards for spending put on their card(s). An exception is the Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard® for a couple of reasons. One is that the American Airlines AAdvantage miles aren’t automatically credited to...

Economy Class & Beyond
Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (10th October)
It’s the end of another week, and the nights are starting to close in at last in the Northern Hemisphere. With up to two hours of light gone by the end of the month and the commutes feeling even longer, it’s time for something to read on the bus home....

Live and Let’s Fly
Houthi Attack On Riyadh Airport Kills 12 And Injures Hundreds, Raising Alarm Over Air Travel Safety
Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport (RUH) has been attacked again, this time with a far higher death toll and damage to the passenger terminal complex. Flights have been diverted and operations suspended, another grim reminder that this conflict is putting civilian aviation directly in harm’s way. Riyadh Airport Attack Kills...

Frequent Miler
How my family and I stayed in a Disney Resort for less than $200/night (A Carrie commentary)
I belong to a family of Disney-adults who are slowly converting me through a series of kid-free Disney trips that have happened over the last few years and have been a total blast. And while I usually stay in Airbnbs or points hotels, I change my tune a bit when...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
12 People Killed in Houthi Rebel Missile Attack On Riyadh King Khalid International Airport, 300 Injured
Saudi officials confirmed late on Saturday night that 12 civilians were killed in a Houthi rebel ballistic missile attack on Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (RUH). 309 people were also wounded in the Saturday blast inside the airport’s main Terminal 3 building. Some of the wounded have been critically injured...

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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...

One Mile at a Time
Weekly Review: October 10, 2026
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! We just returned from a quick trip to Europe, so I’ll have some thoughts on my Royal Air Maroc 787 return flight tomorrow. Yowzers… at least it wasn’t Air Algerie! I have a lot of trip reports to catch up...









































