View from the Wing
Frontier Airlines Sues American After Planes Collided At The Gate — Again
Frontier Airlines is suing American after another gate collision between the two carriers, arguing this latest incident was not just a one-off ground accident but part of a pattern. Liability seems clear but it's not obvious how much Frontier can recover beyond repair costs, and American has already offered to...
Live and Let’s Fly
Lufthansa Cuts 20,000 Flights As Fuel Crisis Deepens (Full List)
Lufthansa is making aggressive capacity cuts, pulling tens of thousands of flights from its schedule in an environment of rising oil prices and fear of a jet fuel shortage in Europe just weeks away. Lufthansa Cuts 20,000 Flights As Fuel Crisis Forces Network Shakeup Lufthansa Group will cancel roughly 20,000...
Frequent Miler
Amex Airline Fee Reimbursements. What still works?
Several American Express cards offer annual airline fee reimbursements. These reimbursements can go a long way towards easing the sting of the high annual fees charged by personal American Express Platinum Card® and Business Platinum cards. Readers often wonder which types of charges will trigger these credits and/or which methods still...
Economy Class & Beyond
Lufthansa Group pulls over short haul 20,000 flights, with 120 daily flights cancelled
With Lufthansa Group making cuts in its operations (with the halting of Lufthansa CityLine, the parking of its CRJ-900 fleet, as well as planned widebody groundings), the capacity cuts are coming out. In total, 20,000 short-haul flights will be removed from the schedule through October, equivalent to approximately 40,000 metric...
2PAXfly
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES: Alaska integration sees entry to OneWorld alliance
Alaska Airlines’ takeover of Hawaiian Airlines, finalised in September 2024, has been deliberately paced. April 22, 2026, stands out as one of the most consequential milestones. Today, multiple strands of the merger come together. This allows the two carriers to function as one behind the scenes while retaining distinct brands....
View from the Wing
Delta Removed A Passenger Who Appeared Drunk — But She May Have Been Drugged Onboard
A Delta passenger who appeared intoxicated was removed from a flight after landing, but the story took a darker turn the next day when she returned to the airport with little memory of what had happened. Witness accounts suggest she may have been drugged, raising the possibility that what looked...
Miles For Family
Stacking Promo and Annual Credit for Almost-free New Year’s Hotel Stay
Last December, I was approved for the Citi Strata Elite card (see this post) back when the bonus was 100,000 points (it’s currently 75,000 points). Despite the card’s $595 annual fee, I’ve already received a lot of value from the card. In addition to the 100k bonus points I earned,...
One Mile at a Time
Air France-KLM CEO Schools Lufthansa Group CEO On Labor Relations
Could bad labor relations be a reason to block a potential airline acquisition in Europe? That’s the direction things may be headed, and I must admit, I think it’s a pretty smart argument to make. Let’s start with some background, and then tie it in to current events…
Frequent Miler
“Free” Cruise match opportunities still exist in 2026
We first wrote about casino matching for free cruises back in 2021, and I took my first of more than a dozen “free” cruises in 2022. While the on-ramps to free cruise matching have become significantly more limited than they once were, there are still opportunities to match your way...
Live and Let’s Fly
American Airlines Fixes Heathrow Catering Mess After Two Months Of Chaos
After nearly two months of subpar meals, missing items, and improvised service, American Airlines says it has finally fixed its London Heathrow catering mess. American Airlines Finally Fixes Heathrow Catering Meltdown American Airlines has restored normal catering on its London Heathrow (LHR) flights after a chaotic period that saw meals...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
JetBlue CEO Reassures Worried Employees That the Airline Has No Plans to File For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The chief executive of JetBlue has moved to reassure worried employees that the airline has no plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the carrier’s founder raised concerns about how much debt JetBlue had taken on. The comments from David Neeleman, who hasn’t been involved in the running...
One Mile at a Time
End Of An Era: Hawaiian Airlines’ “HA” Code Retired, Replaced By “AS”
In September 2024, Alaska Airlines takeover of Hawaiian Airlines officially closed. While Hawaiian Airlines has been part of Alaska Air Group since then, the integration has been a gradual process. Today is arguably one of the biggest days so far in that process.
One Mile at a Time
Hawaiian Airlines Finally Joins Oneworld Alliance, An Exciting Milestone
In September 2024, Alaska Airlines’ takeover of Hawaiian Airlines officially closed. While Hawaiian Airlines has been part of Alaska Air Group since then, the integration has been a gradual process. For example, in October 2025, we saw the airlines move onto a single operating certificate.
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
American AAdvantage: Earn 3x miles for every stay with IHG Hotels & Resorts
American AAdvantage and IHG are offering an excellent bonus of 3x miles for stays this spring and early summer. Airline bonuses like these are great for those travellers who don’t frequent IHG hotels very much and won’t earn enough IHG Rewards points for free night stays. Of course I came...
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Top 5 Hotel Stay Bonuses for Airline Programs – April 2026
Here are our Top 5 Hotel Stay Bonus Airline Mile/Point offers for this month! This post is for bonuses that you credit to an airline frequent flyer program. Many of these offers go beyond this month so don’t count them out for stays you’re book past this month. If none...
Svenblogt
Neue Powerbank-Regeln in Singapur
Wer ab dem 15. April 2026 von Singapur aus einen Flug antritt, muss seinen Handgepäck-Check überdenken. Die Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) hat die Regeln für Powerbanks an Bord deutlich verschärft. Reisende dürfen künftig nur noch maximal zwei Powerbanks pro Person mitführen. Die neue Vorgabe gilt ab 0:01 Uhr...
