I was doing a bit of research on hotel classification the other day.  It started out of my post about my complaining letter to Holiday Inn Express (their response).  Some people suggested that there was a certain level of service that I should not expect at a more “budget” hotel...

Earlier this month I teased that American AIrlines would reveal a new champagne partnership. And they’re now out with the news that they’ll start serving Bollinger. Bollinger Special Cuvée is now available in business class Flagship lounges in Dallas, Miami and Chicago with rollout coming over the next few weeks...

Late on September 22, 2025, two of the busiest airports in Scandinavia, Copenhagen and Oslo, were forced to shut down for several hours after large drones were spotted in restricted airspace. Flights were diverted, passengers stranded, and authorities are now scrambling to find out exactly who launched them. Drones Over Copenhagen...

Capital One Adds Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines & I Prefer Hotels Today, Capital One announced the addition of three new transfer partners for its miles cardholders: Qatar Airways Privilege Club, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank, and I Prefer Hotel Rewards. These new partners unlock access to more options for cardholders to turn everyday spending into...

Immigration and customs are supposed to be boring. You hand over a passport, answer a couple of questions, and move along. Somehow, that memo keeps skipping me. Over the years, I’ve collected a string of “this-only-happens-to-me” moments—ranging from stressful to surreal. Here are a few greatest hits. Act I: The Paris...

Today’s bonus offer highlight is from Emirates Skywards who are offering double miles on their new flights to or from Shenzhen! Check out all of the new bonuses added today: The Bonus Offer Highlight: Emirates Skywards Earn Double Skywards Miles when you fly on Emirates to or from Shenzhen. Register and book by...

News and notes from around the interweb: The British Airways flight attendant who starred in their safety video and found naked and high on meth and amphetamines sitting on the toilet of a San Francisco – London flight received a suspended sentence. “He was also ordered to complete 80 hours of...

Earlier this morning, we shared the news that Capital One has added three more transfer partners: Japan Airlines (JAL), Qatar Airways, and Preferred Hotels. Japan Airlines transfers are sadly not on a 1:1 basis, instead transferring at a 2:1.5 rate. However, for the next month it is possible to transfer on...

There are only 100 days left until 2026 and American Airlines has launched a centennial anthem video to celebrate its upcoming anniversary. The video celebrates the airline’s past while looking ahead to the future. On April 15th, American Airlines will officially mark its 100th anniversary in the skies and become...

Flight attendants at Avelo Airlines, the low-cost carrier that took on a controversial contract with ICE to operate deportation flights, claim the airline could be violating FAA safety regulations on these flights. In an open letter to Avelo’s chief executive, Andrew Levy, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) concedes that the...

A Delta passenger shared an interesting experience on Reddit, which got me thinking… Delta flight attendant insists milk is for coffee and tea A traveler was flying with Delta from Rome (FCO) to New York (JFK), sitting next to a “pretty geeky kid” who was in his late teens or early 20s....

The Capital One mileage program has just added three new transfer partners — Japan Airlines Mileage Bank, Preferred Hotels & Resorts I Prefer, and Qatar Airways Privilege Club. While there’s value to all of those, in this post I’d like to focus specifically on Japan Airlines, as this is a...

We constantly hear about close calls in aviation. I think it’s easy to become desensitized to these, and wonder which are actually dangerous, and which are just a bit too close for comfort. Along those lines, on Monday night we saw what’s easily one of the closest calls we’ve seen...

I find aviation in Canada fascinating, although I know comparatively little about it. So I wound up heading down a rabbit hole over an online complaint about the high cost of Arctic flying. The 239-mile flight from Grise Fiort (YGZ) to Resolute (YRB) was pricing out at CAD$3,793.99...

Athough the Park Inn by Radisson Budapest hotel property is located significantly north of central Budapest, I decided to walk because I read about the historic water tower on Margitsziget — which is known in English as Margaret Island — and its observation deck which is supposed to treat you to...

It feels like it’s transferable points currency week. We’ve had Citi launching three new bonuses – 50% to Turkish Miles & Smiles, 30% to Virgin Atlantic, and 25% to LifeMiles – when transferring ThankYou points, as well as Rove launching a 20% transfer bonus to both Finnair and Air France/KLM...

Fiji Airways has quietly taken a bold step in business class by eliminating traditional amenity kits. The airline argues that many kits go unused or discarded, and that offering items individually makes more sense. Is this a reasonable change or just cost-cutting? Fiji Airways Drops Business Class Amenity Kits To Reduce...

The Danish Prime Minister has heavily hinted that Russia could be behind a coordinated drone ‘attack’ that shuttered Copenhagen and Oslo airports for several hours on Monday night. “Of course, we are not ruling out any possibility as to who is behind it,” Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday, adding that the...