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Wedding guests booked nearly $64,000 at a new Marriott-branded hotel after being promised it was ready. They arrived to no AC, exposed wiring, plumbing failures, sewer smells, and doors that would not lock — and Marriott corporate said it was the hotel’s problem.

Japan Airlines has banned its entire workforce of more than 6,000 flight attendants from drinking alcohol during all work layovers as the Tokyo-based carrier reels from yet another scandal involving a crew member who failed a breathalyzer test just moments before she was due to start work. The latest incident...

Wyndham Rewards is once again offering up to a 80% bonus when buying their points, this time through July 3, 2026. You can buy Wyndham Rewards points at any time for 1.3 cents each, so this bonus brings the cost down to as low as 0.72cpp (cents per point). That...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and The Pokémon Company have revealed two brand-new Pokémon-themed aircraft…

We recently saw the launch of theCapital One Venture Business (review), which in reality is a rebranding of the former Capital One Spark Miles. The card has a $95 annual fee, and offers a minimum of 2x miles on all purchases, plus up to $100 in annual credits, plus a...

JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty has called out a real problem in air travel: passengers who request wheelchair assistance to skip lines and board early. The problem is obvious. The solution is not. JetBlue CEO Calls Out Wheelchair Abuse At Airports, But Is There A Fix? JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty recently...

United passengers say they were trapped on Newark tarmacs for seven hours or more during weather delays, with one San Francisco-bound flight sitting 7.5 hours before being canceled for the night — and United offering just a $200 voucher. Federal rules generally require domestic passengers to be given a real...

We’ll have to mark this as ”developing” for now, but this potentially has major implications for award travel on American, especially if booking through a partner program, like Alaska Atmos Rewards or British Airways Club.

The Chase Sapphire Reserve Card (application) has a $795 annual fee, and after the card’s 2025 refresh, the question of whether it’s still worth it has only gotten more contested some people find it more valuable than before, others less. The card now carries well over $1,000 in potential...

World of Hyatt has been our favorite hotel loyalty program for years. Points are easy to earn, largely through Hyatt’s partnerships with Chase and Bilt, and you can get great value from those points in comparison to other hotel programs. However, Hyatt recently made seismic changes to its award chart, moving from an 8-category...

Travelers heading out of Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) will now have access to…

If you're not sure how to take advantage of the easy $50 welcome bonus from Rakuten, here is in my opinion the best way to get some easy money. Simply ...

A design flaw is finally slated to be fixed, as pedestrian walkways between concourses are officially planned to be built at Denver International Airport as the best alternative for passengers whenever the subterranean train becomes inoperable or unreliable. The only way that passengers can currently travel within the airport between...

Delta is using AI to price tickets. United wants to use it to better explain what is actually happening when your flight goes sideways. If Kirby delivers on maintenance videos and improved plain-English delay updates for every flight, that is the rare airline AI project passengers may actually like.

When Southwest moved to assigned seating, one problem was almost guaranteed to show up sooner or later: what happens when a passenger pays extra for a “window” seat…and there isn’t…