Travel Codex
Stay in Vancouver And Get A$500 Prepaid Mastercard
Vancouver is one of the most expensive hotel markets in North America. The city is beautiful, but hotel costs are high. Yet nearly every year we see the Vancouver Hotel Destination Association bring travelers promotions to help take the sting out of the stay. Offering pre-paid gift cards so you...
View from the Wing
American Airlines CEO Just Promised AAdvantage Miles Will Stay More Valuable Than Rivals
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom just gave investors an unusually direct promise about AAdvantage: he said the airline intends to keep its miles more valuable for travel than competing programs. That matters because loyalty is American’s biggest profit engine, and Isom is effectively arguing that the airline will grow credit...
Frequent Miler
Walmart.com Citi Offer: Save 10% on up to $100 in purchases (targeted)
There’s a new Walmart.com Citi Merchant Offer out that offers a 10% discount on up to $100 in purchases. My wife and I have it on all of our ThankYou Points-earning cards, so it seems to be loosely targeted. Usually, when Walmart runs these offers, there are several different variants...
Live and Let’s Fly
Delta Transpacific Flight Diverts To Alaska After Heated Racial Clash With Flight Attendant
A Delta Air Lines longhaul flight to Taiwan was forced to divert to Alaska after a confrontation between a passenger and a flight attendant escalated in the rear galley. Delta Flight Diverts To Alaska After Passenger Uses Racial Slur Against Flight Attendant Delta Air Lines flight DL69 from Seattle (SEA)...
One Mile at a Time
United Boeing 787s With New Polaris Seats, Ultra-Premium Configuration
In May 2025, United Airlines unveiled all-new cabins for long haul aircraft, a project that the airline is branding as United Elevate. While I’ve covered the details of the new cabins, there’s an exciting update — the first international flights with the new cabins are now on sale, so we...
Economy Class & Beyond
ScotRail to lease Class 222 Trains to replace exisiting High Speed Trains
ScotRail (the national operator of rail services in Scotland) has announced a big step-change in its intercity trains, partnering with Beacon Rail Leasing for replacement trains. Currently, ScotRail operates High Speed Trains (HST) Trainsets. These will be replaced with twenty-two Class 222 trains, which will be leased by Beacon, whilst...
The Points of Life
Simply The Best: Almost A Teenager, TPOL Turns 12
And what do teens like to do? Be on social media. Last year, I launched my VLOG (see #MasterOfWon: 1 Year Vlog Anniversary). This year, I expanded my video presence with Academy Award-winning short films on my TPOL YouTube Channel. What can’t TPOL do?
The post Simply The Best: Almost A Teenager,...
One Mile at a Time
Sri Lanka Proposes “Ghost Airport” As Emirates & Qatar Airways Hub
It has been a wild few weeks for global aviation, particularly for airlines based in the Middle East. For many years, carriers like Emirates and Qatar Airways have been transporting passengers traveling across the globe, and their success with this has largely been due to the safe image these destinations...
View from the Wing
These Delta Sky Clubs Have A Line Through The Terminal — And No Place To Sit Once Youre Inside [Roundup]
The line to get into the Delta Sky Clubs in Orlando and New York LaGuardia stretch through the terminal. Delta admits its pilot contract has made meltdown recovery harder, American adds premium economy hot entree pre-orders on some long routes, and politicians still want airport rules that do not...
Eye of the Flyer
Alert: Rising Oil Prices Could Add Hundreds to Your Cruise Bill — Even if Paid in Full
You researched your cruise months in advance, compared itineraries, found the perfect deal, and paid it off in full before the final payment date. Now you are counting down the days until you set sail. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, you get notice that a new charge has appeared on...
One Mile at a Time
British Airways Adding Free Starlink Wi-Fi Fleetwide: Installation Starts On 787
In November 2025, International Airlines Group (IAG) announced plans to introduce free Starlink Wi-Fi across the brand’s airlines, including British Airways. At the time, there were almost no details about the timeline, so there’s a positive update, as the first aircraft is already flying with Starlink.
Live and Let’s Fly
Lufthansa’s New First Class Skincare Menu Turns Your Seat Into A Mini Spa
Lufthansa is refreshing its amenity kits once again, but this time the more interesting story is not the kit itself, but what comes with it…especially in first class. Lufthansa Adds À La Carte Skincare To First Class Experience Lufthansa has partnered with German skincare brand Babor to introduce new amenity...
One Mile at a Time
Which Airlines Are Dry (No Alcohol)? Can You Bring Your Own Alcohol?
For many people, alcohol is an aspect of traveling by air that they enjoy. I’m not just talking about first or business class travel, where a glass of champagne might be part of the fun. Airports are also one of the few places where you can have a drink at...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
British Airways Reveals More Details About Ultra-Fast Starlink Internet: First Plane Takes to the Skies
British Airways has revealed more details about the rollout of free, ultra-fast Starlink Wi-Fi across its fleet, with the first airplane with the new service now taking to the skies after being retrofitted with the new antenna that enables broadband-quality internet. The first aircraft to have Starlink installed is a...
Frequent Miler
Best ways to get to Hawaii using points and miles (2026)
If Hawaii’s tropical paradise is on your mind, you probably want to know how to get there with miles and points. Alaska, AA, Delta, Hawaiian, Southwest, and United Airlines all have flights from the mainland US to Hawaii. However, you can sometimes save points by booking these flights with foreign...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
I Now Have Diamond Elite Status Through 2027 With IHG One Rewards.
I just received an e-mail message moments ago that I now have Diamond elite status through 2027 with the IHG One Rewards membership program.
Thinking that the aforementioned e-mail message might have been sent to me in error, I logged into my account with IHG One Rewards...
2PAXfly
QANTAS: Jestar flyers dumped from lounge acccess. No more lounge pass trading.
In two major rule changes from July 1, 2026, Qantas will reshape how travellers use lounge invitations and who gets through the door in the first place. This is going to be big for those sensible flyers who booked Jetstar fares direct and used Qantas lounges, or those who sold...
Frequent Miler
Chase Travel℠ offering Price Match Guarantee for hotel bookings (select cards only)
Chase Travel℠ has recently added the ability for Chase Sapphire Reserve®, Sapphire Reserve for Business℠, and JPMorgan Reserve cardholders to take advantage of their new Price Match Guarantee policy when making hotel bookings through the travel portal. Per the Chase Travel℠ site, here are the requirements to take advantage of...
One Mile at a Time
Marriott & Uber New User Promo: Earn 1,500 Points For Linking Accounts
Marriott and Uber have a partnership, allowing Bonvoy members to earn points when spending with Uber and Uber Eats. If you haven’t yet participated in this collaboration, there’s an incentive to do so right now, and you don’t even have to make a purchase to unlock the offer.
