In this video, we’ll show you how to use the companion fare you might have gotten with the Atmos™ Rewards Ascent Visa Signature® Card or the Atmos™ Rewards Business Visa Card from Bank of America, valid for paid fares. How to book the Alaska Airlines companion certificate You can click...

If you don't follow these airplane rules, you may end up subject to fines, like the $30,000 fine recently assessed to a passenger who ...

If you don't follow these airplane rules, you may end up subject to fines, like the $30,000 fine recently assessed to a passenger who ...

The White Lotus is one of my favorite TV shows in recent times, and so far, there have been three seasons. Mike White does such a brilliant job with the plot, but my favorite thing is that the show is always filmed at luxury hotels, so it has a fun...

We spent Christmas Eve with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), enjoying an evening journey to Copenhagen to kick off a brief trip to Germany for the holidays. Christmas Eve In SAS Business Class I mentioned yesterday, when outlining my elite status strategy for 2026, that I continue to love EuroBonus, the loyalty...

Hilton updated a lot about its Hilton Honors loyalty program at the end of… The post Hilton Outlines Which Hotels Offer Premium Lounge Access for Its New Diamond Reserve Members appeared first on The Bulkhead Seat.

Amazing yet true when a city has ZERO traffic fatalities in a year. Other cities can learn from this!

Over the years, I’ve developed a system to get an upgraded room at hotels every time. It’s so easy that I’m hesitant to share it with you. But I figure…

Seat swap requests don’t need to be a morality play. If you want someone else’s seat, treat it like what it is: a tradeable right—offer $20 up front, make it easy to say yes or no, and spare everyone the awkward begging, haggling, and resentment in a cramped cabin. Continue reading...

One certainly wonders what happened behind closed doors that prompted this reversal…

United Airlines has now publicly outlined its position in ongoing contract negotiations with flight attendants, and while the airline insists it is pushing toward an “industry-leading” agreement, the details reveal a tradeoff for cabin crews: raises paired with structural tradeoffs that alter reserve pay and scheduling control. Let’s unpack what...

Guests at a Marriott in Newport Beach say the hotel shut off the water for repairs—leaving rooms with no working toilets or showers and sending people to an outhouse in the parking lot. A reader says there was no advance warning before arrival, and when they complained they were offered...

Plenty of photographs from the safari which I experienced at Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya back in 2015 had yet to see the light of day; so I thought I would share some more photographs of the elephants which I saw while I was there. I had no idea that... The...

Recently, I covered how a surprising number of hotels have a policy of not allowing stays for guests who live within a certain radius, seemingly to keep out homeless people. Well, here’s a real life example of this that’s getting a lot of attention, and interestingly, the hotel group has...

This offering is expected to begin in February 2026, and passengers can begin preordering the meal starting Jan. 11. The post American to Offer Texas Barbecue on Select Flights, in Partnership With Pecan Lodge first appeared on Altitude Yes.

​tl;dr – What I think will happen with some of the leading airlines, hotels, and travel credit card… The post My 2026 Predictions for Points, Miles, Loyalty, and Travel appeared first on You Are Travel.

Passengers traveling through Charlotte will have a relatively solid selection of lounges once all the lounge additions are complete. The post New Capital One Lounge to Arrive in Charlotte first appeared on Altitude Yes.

Poland is betting big on its future in aviation with a mega-airport project that could reshape the map of European travel and provide a massive new hub for LOT Polish Airlines. Long known as the Central Communication Port, the ambitious development has been rebranded as Port Polska and is now...

She told her family she’d landed a flight attendant job—then showed up at the airport in a uniform, flashed a bogus crew ID, and even used crew fast track before boarding a flight as a normal ticketed passenger. Real cabin crew noticed the details didn’t match and exposed the impersonation...

Unfortunately this isn’t the first time that something like this has happened, and it probably won’t be the last…