Air France/KLM Flying Blue has always had a bizarre, non-intuitive expiration policy. Miles expire after 24 months, and only certain types of activity can extend that, such as crediting a flight to the program or spending on the Flying Blue credit card. Earning miles through partners would also reset the...

Rakuten has again increased its offer for SoFi Invest (SoFi’s investment platform). You can now earn $100 or 10,000 Membership Rewards points for opening a new SoFi Invest account and depositing $100 into the account within 45 days of account opening. You could also earn up to 10,000 Bilt points, as...

American Airlines premium cabin wine used to be one of the weakest parts of the onboard experience. Now the airline is rolling out real $30–$40 retail bottles in first and business class, a small but telling sign that American is finally paying attention to the details again.

Frontier Airlines is launching a series of new promotions aimed at both loyal customers…

Rove continues to add valuable transfer parnters and today announced that it is adding one of my favorites: Aeroplan. Not only that…but until June 6, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST, there is a 25% transfer bonus…meaning every 1,000 Rove Miles converts to 1,250 Aeroplan points. We’ve added this to our...

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Alaska Airlines is continuing its California expansion with four new nonstop routes to/from Santa…

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People pledging money to “buy Spirit Airlines” were already making a dubious bet: the campaign has no cash, no binding commitments, and no plan to fix the airline. Now scammers have spotted the obvious target — fake copycat sites are reportedly taking real money from would-be supporters.

Spirit Airlines offered taxpayers 80% of the company in exchange for a $500 million bailout. Trump wanted 90% and that extra demand may have helped kill the deal, leaving creditors to conclude they were better off liquidating the airline than giving the government nearly everything.

Apparently there is a new airline slang term floating around called “mermaiding.” I had never heard the word before this week, but after reading about it, I realized I may be guilty of one version of it…though certainly not the other. Airline “Mermaids” Are Apparently A Thing Now…And I Might...

It’s a fascinating time for loyalty at Alaska Air Group. We’ve recently seen Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merge, though two separate brands are being maintained in the long run (though all flights now have the ”AS” code, as ”HA” has been retired). We’ve also seen the airline group introduce...

There is a new 10% Off IHG Chase Offer that could rack you up to $62 in savings on your next hotel stay. It seems to be widely targeted.

Rove Miles is on a tear. In the last three months, the rewards program has added transfer partnerships with Japan Airlines Mileage Bank, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), and Virgin Atlantic. Now that a new month is upon us, Rove has announced yet another new airline transfer partner: Air Canada Aeroplan. Transfers...

Rove Miles is not attached to an airline, hotel chain or credit card bank — but it keeps acting more like a serious transferable points program. Its newest addition is Air Canada Aeroplan, with 1:1 transfers, a 25% launch bonus, and live Aeroplan award search.

Among the ”big three” US carriers — American, Delta, and United — there’s significant variance in terms of profitability. Delta has long been the most profitable, while American has long been the least profitable. United has been transforming itself in recent years, and went from being in American’s league, to...

News and notes from around the interweb: Secret Service officer arrested for earning elite status the hard way in the front of guests at the Miami Airport DoubleTree, police say He was in South Florida as part of a security perimeter screening detail for President Donald Trump’s visit to the...

More details have emerged about the hantavirus that recently killed 3 people aboard a cruise ship, the virus has a 40% fatality rate.

As I wrote about earlier, Emirates Group reported a record $6.6 billion profit for the past financial year. That’s an increase over profits in the previous year, and it also means that Emirates is the world’s most profitable airline for a second year in a row. The company is celebrating...

Dubai-based mega-airline Emirates claims to be the world’s most profitable airline for the 2025-2026 period, despite the Iran War grounding flights and scaring passengers away in the final month of the carrier’s financial reporting year. On Thursday, the Emirates Group, which includes a number of subsidiaries and ground operations companies...

Emirates Airline has justrevealedits results for the 2025-2026 financial year (which runs April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026). Not only has the airline achieved its highest profit ever, but the Dubai-based carrier is the world’s most profitable airline for a second year in a row, once again beating Delta.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary wants airports to crack down on alcohol sales before flights, portraying himself as a crusader against drunk and disorderly passengers. Forgive me if I’m skeptical. Ryanair CEO Calls For Airport Alcohol Crackdown Before Flights Michael O’Leary is once again calling for stricter limits on alcohol sales...

Delta Air Lines is no longer the world’s most profitable airline, and it’s not even United Airlines that has dethroned the carrier. Emirates Airline has just revealed its results for the 2024-2025 financial year, and they put the Dubai-based airline in the top spot.

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