JT Wilson

JT Wilson is a journalist with bylines in outlets including The Guardian, the Daily Dot, The Atlantic, Bellingcat, Religion Dispatches and more.
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‘A Humiliation Ritual’: Woman Buys Exit Row Seat To Jamaica On Southwest Airlines. Then A Flight Attendant Tells Her She Can’t Sit There
“POV: You made the mistake of flying Southwest as a fat person."
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Family Spends $400 For One Night At Embassy Suites In Puerto Rico. Then The Front Desk Worker Crashes Out After They Ask For A Blanket: ‘I’m Not A Wizard’
“This is not Hilton standard."
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‘New Fear Unlocked, Thanks’: Woman Checks Into Hotel Room. Then She Issues A Horrifying PSA About Hotel Shampoo Bottles. Is She Right?
“I worked cleaning hotel rooms. Can definitely say this happens."
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Man Travels To Columbus, Ohio For A Concert. Then He Gets A Note From His Hotel Saying His Reservation’s Been Canceled. Then He Calls The Hotel
"I don’t have anywhere to sleep.”
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Riyadh Air Tickets On Sale To London, As Airline Launches Public Operations
Ambitious airline startup Riyadh Air has just announced plans to launch regularly scheduled commercial flights that are available to the public. The airline has actually already been flying for months, but we just havent been allowed to buy tickets that will finally be changing!
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Air New Zealand Skynest: $495 Economy Bunk Beds Rolling Out Soon On 787s
Air New Zealand will be introducing what’s arguably the biggest innovation we’ve ever seen in economy, even if only very few passengers will be able to enjoy this. The airline will be introducing bunk beds in economy, which is something we’ve never seen before.
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Israel Wants Emirates to Launch Flights From Tel Aviv to New York and Bangkok in Bid to Lure the Airline Back
Israel has reportedly held discussions with Dubai-based mega airline Emirates over a proposal that the carrier be given special permission to launch flights from Tel Aviv to New York and Bangkok. This isn’t an idea that Emirates devised or is even necessarily interested in pursuing, but rather a special package...
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AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS: Direct flights to Maldives from Melbourne, and Western Sydney Airport to get Gulf carriers
The Australian government has signed four new or updated aviation agreements, opening the door to more flights and more codeshares. Although, as ever with aviation bilaterals, permission to fly is not the same thing as an airline actually putting metal in the sky. The Albanese Government says it has negotiated...
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Get an Amex Platinum Reserve Card with additional bonus points
Here is how to get yourself started on your American Express journey by getting yourself an Amex India card. Currently, there is a special promotional offer where you get 19,000 Membership Rewards Points on spending INR 30,000 after signup. These can be transferred at the rate of 1:1 to Marriott...
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A quick guide to transferable points programs
In our opinion, transferable points programs like Chase Ultimate Rewards and Amex Membership Rewards are the most valuable for accumulating points (or “miles”). These points can often be used to book discounted travel and, even better, can be strategically transferred to airline and hotel programs when valuable awards are available....
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Amazon Kindle Unlimited 3 Month Trial
Amazon is out with an offer for Amazon Kindle Unlimited. The offers vary per person, but a common one is 3 months free. Click here to find out how to ...
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Free Entry Into National Parks in Canada
With free entry into national parks in Canada for the summer of 2026, you have unlimited opportunities to visit any of the national parks of Parks Canada from coast to coast without having to pay any admission fee between Friday, June 19, 2026 and Monday, September 7, 2026. Free Entry Into...
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Navigating the world’s best airport: a flawless experience.
Changi, Singapore. Everything you need to know. Stunning takeoff out of Singapore Changi (SIN) after a transit between my flight from Sydney and to Asia. I have been through this airport 82 times flawlessly. There are few airports where anyone can say that about. The others that follow it in...
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ALL Accor offering 4X points at “new” properties
ALL Accor, the loyalty program previously known as Accor Live Limitless, is offering a limited-time promotion whereby members can earn 4X points when staying at new properties through October 4th, 2026. Members can earn this bonus up to three times, and the list will be updated every 60 days, so...
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Get ChatGPT Free For A Year — Stack Amex’s New Business Credit With 50% Off Code
Amex Business Platinum and Business Gold just added a $300 ChatGPT credit, and the real play is stacking it with a 50% off ChatGPT Business promo. Since ChatGPT Business requires two seats, that stack can turn what would normally cost $480 a year into effectively free access for two users...
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WorldHotels Rewards: Earn 1,000 bonus points per night worldwide (May 18 Bonus Offer Highlight)
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Air New Zealand Opens Bookings for World’s First Economy Sleep Pods in the Sky
Air New Zealand has officially opened reservations for its Economy Skynest™ today, May 18th.…
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Starting Tomorrow, Delta Is Changing Drink And Snack Service On Some Flights
Starting May 19, Delta is changing what passengers can expect for drink and snack service on some flights. At first glance, this sounds like another airline cutting back. And for…
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Wow: Emirates Asked To Set Up Base In Israel, Fly To New York & Bangkok!
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$400 back with TD Business Solutions Visa
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Would You Ride a Bus if You Could Skip Security at Boston Logan International Airport?
A new travel option launching June 1st is set to change the way some…
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Awful: United Airlines Captain Fired For Reporting Charter Flight Safety Issue?
A United Airlines captain was using the bathroom on a charter flight, and while she was in there, someone entered the cockpit and sat in her seat. When she proactively reported this safety issue to the company, she was reportedly fired. Say what now?!
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Priority Pass Reveals Its 2026 Excellence Awards
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F1 Wants Vegas Forever — Caesars Jump, EDC Chaos & HUGE Vegas Loop Milestone
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Israel May Let Emirates Fly Tel Aviv–New York — And U.S. Airlines Would Hate It
Emirates may get the right to fly Tel Aviv–New York, and not just as a stopover on the way to Dubai. Israel is reportedly offering the Gulf carrier rare seventh-freedom rights, setting up a fight with El Al, Delta, United, and anyone else that does not want Emirates competing on...
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The Strange 200-Year-Old Reason This Flight Exists
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American Airlines Faces Lawsuit For Throwing Off Two Bichon Frise Service Dogs Because the Flight Attendant Didn’t Like Them
American Airlines is facing a lawsuit for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act after a flight attendant allegedly threatened a disabled passenger and had her removed from a plane in January because he didn’t like her two Bichon Frise service dogs. Melanie Mellon, 73, from Fort Myers, Florida, says the...
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‘Costco Also!!!’: Dallas Mom Buys $386.18 Vacation For 2 On Groupon That Comes With Hotel Stay And Round-Trip Flight. There’s Just One Catch
“I don’t know what they’re gonna do with Spirit closing."
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‘Had A Valid Ticket, Checked In, Everything’: Woman Books Flight With Discount European Airline. Then She Tries To Board
"This shouldn’t be normal.”
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Woman Checks Luggage On Delta Flight From Atlanta To Philadelphia. What She Sees When She Gets Her Bag Back Makes Her ‘Livid’
An Emmy-winning makeup artist says Delta Air Lines gate agents forced her to check a carry-on bag containing her professional kit, which she values at nearly $80,000, despite her protests that the contents were irreplaceable. When she got the bag back, she says multiple palettes were destroyed, including products that...
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Detroit Flight Attendant Waits On 19-Year-Old. Then He Has A Meltdown Mid-Flight. Then She Learns The Shocking Reason Why
“He’s having a breakdown because..."
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‘This Thai Jordan Belfort Appears’: Honeymooning Couple Goes To The ‘Oldest Temple In Thailand.’ Then They Check Their Receipt—And Learn Someone Added An Extra 0
“We felt like we were in The White Lotus."
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New York Woman Takes Royal Caribbean Cruise To The Bahamas. Then Something That’s Not Supposed To Happen On A Cruise Happens: ‘I Want A Refund For Yooouuu’
“POV: You book a cruise to the Bahamas.”
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Man Asks New York Woman If She Can Watch His Bag In The Airport. She Says ‘No.’ Then A Bystander Intervenes: ‘I Feel Like A Freak’
A request from a stranger at the airport turned into a debate about travel safety, social norms, and whether saying “no” makes you a bad person. The answer to the question may depend on who you ask. TikToker MEGS (@megsdeangelis), a New York-based beauty and travel influencer with 1.5 million...
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‘Consult an attorney’: Family books $4,000 Royal Caribbean cruise because it’s their autistic son’s dream vacation. After check-in, the company says their booking was canceled. Now they can’t get their money back
"He has severe autism, he really wanted to go on a cruise with his family."