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Nigerian Airline Restarts Once-Monthly 777 Caribbean Flights — Threatens Critic For Calling It Unworkable

Air Peace says it will restart once-monthly Boeing 777 flights from Lagos to Antigua and Barbados starting May 24 — a schedule that doesn't work for vacations, business trips, or even roundtrips. And when a veteran airline executive pointed that out, the carrier responded with legal threats.

One Mile at a Time

Portugal To Privatize National Airline TAP, Sell 44.9% Stake: Two Airline Groups Bid

In the summer of 2025, the government of Portugal relaunched a project to privatize national carrier TAP Air Portugal, with the goal of selling a large stake within a year or so. All too often, not much comes of this, though it seems like this is moving along. Two major...

Frequent Miler

My American Express bonuses are posting with blazing speed

I’ve recently been in a position to spend toward some Amex bonuses, and one thing has really surprised me: Amex bonuses are posting with blazing speed. In our case, that has applied to both welcome bonuses and spending bonuses, both in terms of Membership Rewards points and co-branded bonuses. This...

Live and Let’s Fly

United Airlines Raises Checked Bag Fees By Up To $50 Per Bag

United Airlines is raising checked bag fees, with a $10 increase across the board for most North American and Latin American itineraries. The move, which takes effect for tickets purchased starting April 3, 2026, marks the first increase in two years. United Airlines Raises Checked Bag Fees Under the new...

One Mile at a Time

United Increases Checked Bag Fees By $10-50, Blames Higher Fuel Costs

Earlier this week, JetBlue became the first airline in the United States to increase checked bag fees in recent times. This is an area where JetBlue tends to ”lead,” and there’s now an update, as one of the ”big three” carriers has followed JetBlue’s lead.

2PAXfly

WESTERN SYDNEY AIRPORT: Air New Zealand to land first

Western Sydney International (WSI) hasn’t even opened yet, but the race to be first on the departures board seems already underway. Last week Singapore Airlines announced its first flights in November 2026, and now Air New Zealand is going to beat them to the baggage claim. From October 26, the...

Live from a Lounge

Get 5X HDFC Bank Points on Adani Duty Free Shopping

HDFC Bank Credit Card Customers can get a pretty good deal on their Duty-free Shopping. The Bank and Adani Airports are offering 5X Reward Points on purchases.

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

United Airlines Hikes Checked Bag Fees By $10 as the War in Iran Affects Oil Fuel Costs Around the World

United Airlines has confirmed that it is hiking its checked baggage fees by as much as $10 per bag in a stealth move by the Chicago-based carrier designed to try to offset the surging price of jet fuel around the world. The price hike, confirmed by Reuters journalist David Shepardson,...

Eye of the Flyer

Delta One Lounge MSP Update: New Plans Emerge! (April 2026)

A new report suggests Delta Air Lines may finally bring its ultra-premium Delta One Lounge concept to Minneapolis–St. Paul (MSP) — something we wrote about back in 2024. According to The Minnesota Star Tribune‘s Bill Lukitsch, Delta is eyeing “a 20,000-square-foot space above Concourse G” at the Twin Cities’ major...

The Bulkhead Seat

Cool: Spirit Airlines Passengers Capture Video of Artemis Rocket Launch

NASA’s Artemis rocket launch marks a giant step forward in returning humans to the…

TravelUpdate

Stayed at the Fairfield Inn near Mall of Georgia in north Atlanta

I was just under an hour north of Atlanta so I stayed at the Fairfield Inn on Mall…

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(Maybe not?) FedEx being removed from Flexible Business Credit on American Express® Business Gold Card from 10/1/26

Update: We were previously advised that FedEx will be removed from the Flexible Business Credit on the American Express® Business Gold card after October 1, 2026. We’ve now been advised that this was shared in error, so we’ve updated the card details accordingly to remove that. What’s not clear is...

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United Raises Checked Bag Fees To $50 — Congress Rewards Airlines For Shifting Fares Into Untaxed Fees

United is raising checked bag fees to $50 for new tickets, another $10 increase that follows JetBlue’s latest move and will likely be copied across the industry. What makes this worse than a normal fare hike is that bag fees are largely exempt from the 7.5% federal excise tax on...

Points With a Crew

Save Up to 50% on Amazon with Amex Rewards Dollars (Targeted)

Act fast if you want to save up to 50% on your Amazon purchases, possibly even including gift cards. Find out how by ...

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British Airways Is Forcing Its Employee Football Club To Drop The Name — Ending An 80-Year Link

British Airways is forcing the employee football club that has carried its name for more than four decades to rebrand, ending a link that stretches back to BOAC staff teams in 1947 and cutting off ties to its own workforce history.

Monkey Miles

200k reasons to add the American Express® Business Gold Card to your wallet.

American Express Business Gold has a brand new 70k welcome offer. Plus, you'll earn 4x points on 2 categories, up to $150k a year.

The Bulkhead Seat

Check In: Q1 2026 Elite Status Pacing

Somehow 2026 is already more than 25% done. The time is flying by (no…

The Gate with Brian Cohen

What Is “Medical communications – crew use only”?

On the ceiling in the passenger cabin aboard an airplane above a row seats in front of mine during a recent flight were two ports that were marked “Medical communications - crew use only”, which I personally had never seen before. The ports that are marked “Medical communications - crew use...

Monkey Miles

Holy Smokes – 300k offer! The Business Platinum Card® from American Express

American Express Business Platinum is offering a 100k welcome offer after you spend $15k in 3 months.

The Bulkhead Seat

United Raises Checked Bag Fees Starting Tomorrow (April 3rd)

United Airlines is increasing checked bag fees for new tickets purchased on April 3rd.…

Frequent Miler

Amex Business Gold Card® welcome offer now “as high as” 200K bonus points

American Express has just refreshed the welcome offer for the Business Gold Card®, and there’s both good and bad news. The good part is that this new version would be among the best we’ve ever seen for Business Gold, potentially offering 200,000 Membership Rewards® points after $15k in spend within...

Points Miles and Bling

A Simple Approach to Cash Back – the Aven Rewards Visa Card (US)

Simplicity is the name of the game with the Aven Rewards Visa® Card, a strong flat cashback structure that rewards…

Frequent Miler

Chase Travel℠ Chase Offer: Spend $600 & get $100 back (targeted)

There’s another Chase Offer offering a $100 statement credit when you book $600+ via Chase Travel℠. This can be stacked with the $250 Edit credits on both the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Reserve for Business® cards (assuming you have one that’s targeted). Rethinking The Edit by Chase Travel℠ The Deal Spend...

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United MileagePlus Major Changes Are Live — And New Card Bonuses Mean Faster Earning, Lower Award Prices

United’s big MileagePlus changes are now live, and the program is plainly moving more of its value behind a co-brand card: faster mileage-earning, cheaper United award prices, and better access to saver inventory for cardholders, while non-cardmembers earn less. United and Chase are raising the upfront incentives just as the...

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