View from the Wing
Hyatt Hotel Puts Bathroom Soap And Lotion On The Counter Like They’re Free — Then Charges Guests For Using Them
Thomspon San Antonio Riverwalk is staging bathroom soap and lotion where guests expect complimentary amenities, even though using them can trigger extra charges. That's a textbook hotel dark pattern: make something look free, hide the price list, and count on guests not noticing until it's too late and they're stuck.
TravelUpdate
Who wants a tour of the Qantas Sydney Domestic T3 Business Lounge?
The Qantas Sydney Domestic business lounge is the premium domestic lounge at that city. Below that is the…
Pontos pra Voar
Alerta de passagens PPV! Resgate trechos nacionais a partir de 2.600 pontos + taxas
A edição do Alerta de Passagens PPV deste sábado está no ar! Trouxemos 12 opções de trechos nacionais para você resgatar gastando a partir de 2.600 pontos + taxas. Veja os detalhes a seguir. Emissões nacionais Nessa tabela, mesclamos algumas emissões dos três programas de companhias aéreas nacionais para você aproveitar...
Travel Codex
Nearly ALL Airlines Increase Checked Bag Fees
American Airlines announced on Thursday that it would be increasing checked baggage fees, bringing it in line with pretty much every other major U.S. airline that has already made the same move over the past few weeks. The airline says the decision was made “in light of the current operating...
The Bulkhead Seat
Major Upgrade: Copa Airlines to Introduce Starlink Wi-Fi Across Its Fleet
Copa Airlines is set to become the first airline in Latin America to roll…
One Mile at a Time
Starlux Airlines’ A350 First Class: What’s The Strategy, And Will It Ever Change?
Starlux Airlines is Taiwan’s newest global airline. While it launched operations in early 2020, the airline has really ramped up its network in the past few years, including increasingly flying across the Pacific.
Miles To Memories
Last Chance For Fee Free Visa Gift Cards & Bonus Earning At Staples This Week
A reminder that the Staples Visa gift card deal is ending tonight. Grab those fee free bonus points while you can.
The Bulkhead Seat
United Airlines Faces Lawsuit After Firing 76-Year-Old Technician Over Water Bottle Incident
United Airlines is facing legal action after terminating a 76-year-old aircraft technician who says…
View from the Wing
Westin Detroit Airport Took Away Free Bottled Water, Left An Empty Carafe — Cost Cutting Is Now Called ‘Sustainability’
The Westin Detroit Airport appears to have removed complimentary bottled water from guest rooms and replaced it with an empty glass carafe and a sign urging guests to refill it at hallway water stations. It's the chef's kiss on the hotel trend of taking away something cheap, making the guest...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
30 Kilometers Per Hour is No Longer Equal to 20 Miles Per Hour: Fun With Road Signs
A road sign that was erected by the government of Canada just north of the border it shares with the United States announces that 30 kilometers per hour was — yes, the past tense was used — 20 miles per hour, which to me means that that was once to...
Pontos pra Voar
JetSmart lança assinatura para voos ilimitados durante 1 ano
Voos ilimitados por um ano agora fazem parte da nova aposta da JetSMART na América do Sul. Com a assinatura All You Can Fly, a companhia passa a oferecer resgates ilimitados em rotas diretas durante 12 meses, com pagamento apenas de taxas e impostos em cada trecho. A JetSMART lançou...
Live and Let’s Fly
Ralph Nader Is Upset After TSA Confiscates His Hummus…Because It’s A “Liquid”
Ralph Nader had his hummus confiscated at the airport and is not happy with the TSA. TSA Confiscates Ralph Nader’s Hummus And Proves The Liquid Ban Still Makes No Sense Former presidential candidate and longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader took to social media yesterday to share a rather absurd airport...
One Mile at a Time
Review: Lufthansa Lounge Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP)
On the return portion of myexotic journey to Bangkok via Paris,I had an extended layover at the Lufthansa Lounge Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP). I was booked to fly to Zurich (ZRH) on SWISS, but my flight ended up being canceled, so my initially planned roughly three hour layover ended up...
Pontos pra Voar
O bate-papo PPV te espera! Comunidade gratuita sobre viagens, pontos e oportunidades
Viajar fica ainda melhor quando você aprende com outras pessoas. No Bate-papo PPV, você participa de uma comunidade gratuita para trocar dicas de milhas, pontos e estratégias de viagem, além de fazer conexões com quem tem a mesma paixão. Afinal, esse é um dos objetivos do mundo das viagens: compartilhar...
Live and Let’s Fly
Air Canada Expands Its Brilliant Grab-And-Go Lounge Café Concept
Air Canada is expanding on what I consider one of the smartest lounge innovations in recent years: its grab-and-go “Café” concept. Air Canada Expands “Café” Lounge Concept The airline has just opened new Café locations in both Montréal (YUL) and Vancouver (YVR), expanding a concept that debuted in Toronto Pearson...
Eye of the Flyer
Air France Aborts Takeoff LAX, EU Airports Running Out of Gas, 1st Lady 70M Dollar Jet, TSA Helps ICE Arrests, Dubai’s Tourism is Dead and More Travel News
Here are this week’s travel and cruise headlines and news from around the web and interweb: Air France Jet aborts takeoff at LAX after another aircraft enters runway The First Lady is getting a $70,000,000 Boeing that could be the most lavish jet in government history EU airports warn of...