In July 2025, Virgin Atlantic announced plans to introduce Starlink Wi-Fi, an announcement that coincided with plans to overhaul the Boeing 787 cabins. There’s now an additional update, as Virgin Atlantic has just moved forward the timeline with which it will introduce Starlink Wi-Fi, and that’s great news.

A woman dressed in heavy jewelry and jeweled hair joked that she was TSA’s worst nightmare, then found out what that actually looks like: three scans, a pat down, and extra scrutiny at the checkpoint.

The rusted metal trestle of the Old French Bridge in Luang Prabang in Laos changed the phrase of the light at the end of the tunnel to the light at the end of the bridge. I was crossing from one side of the bridge to the other when...

Lufthansa is adopting a new policy for ticket flexibility that I can’t help but find to be a little questionable, as flagged by FrankfurtFlyer…

More than two decades after Alaska Airlines became the first U.S-based carrier to start secretly issuing airplane-themed trading cards to those in the know, American Airlines is finally joining the trend after the collectible trading cards became TikTok famous. More and more passengers have been stopping American Airlines pilots in...

At the moment, airlines are in a really tough spot, given the impact that higher oil prices are having on their operating costs. The issue is that the cost of airfare isn’t based on the cost of providing transportation, but instead, it’s determined based on what consumers are willing to...

An American Airlines flight to Miami turned chaotic just before landing when a fight over armrest space escalated into a shouting match and physical confrontation while crew begged everyone to sit down.

Yikes, well this is one way to end your career…

Delta made a quiet but impactful move this week, while massive points offers and strange travel headlines added to the mix.

American and Google reduced contrail formation by nearly two-thirds on transatlantic flights. The tech is proven, cheap, and almost nobody is talking about it.

Lufthansa is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary, and in the spirit of not straying too far from tradition, pilots at the airline are about to go on strike, causing major disruptions. This will be the second strike from pilots in around a month, and we also just saw a flight...

The Spanish low-cost airline Volotea has reportedly started to demand payment of an additional fuel surcharge from passengers who have already booked and paid for their flight tickets. The measure is a sign of just how much pressure some airlines are coming under from surging oil prices caused by the...

The Icelandic flag carrier Icelandair has reportedly filed a police report on one of its own pilots after the Captain flew a Boeing 757 on a scheduled flight from Frankfurt to Reykjavik at low altitude over a built-up area on approach for landing. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon as Icelandair...

Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon. It’s another busy week for expiring deals which includes a couple of transfer bonuses from Citi ThankYou to Virgin Atlantic and Avianca Lifemiles. Also ending this...

Washington Eye Care has something on their official Internet web site that was spotted by the sharp eyes of derek, who has been a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen for a long time. For this edition of this popular game, can you guess what...

Throughout the week, our team shares articles they’ve stumbled upon which may interest our readers, even if they might not otherwise merit a full post. Here are some of the posts we found interesting this week: New Southwest rule targets people like Nick, a baby is born as the plane...

Greetings from Tampa! I’m enjoying a quiet weekend at home and hope you’re having…

From massive menus to over-eager hosts, here’s how to spot a tourist trap before it ruins your meal. No matter where you travel, you’ve got to eat. And in tourist-heavy…

Beware a taxi-app scam where the Curb payment supposedly “fails,” only for the rider to get charged twice. Also American’s beef wellington gets a rave review, Amex loses Lufthansa lounge access, Air Canada opens new Cafés, and JetBlue starts adding surcharges to United Airlines international redemptions.

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I’ve been enjoying being home for a little over a week now, but have another adventure coming up soon. In the meantime, I’m happy to be making good progress on getting caught up with trip reports. On the points &...

More strike action is planned by flight crew at the German flag carrier Lufthansa in an increasingly bitter dispute by pilots that could leave tens of thousands of passengers stranded on Monday and Tuesday after the short-notice walkout was called with little more than 24 hours’ notice. Lufthansa says it...

In our Around the Web series that takes a look at interesting articles that cover miles, points, travel and personal finance.

In recent times, Ive been writing a series about some of the worlds small luxury hotel groups, includingAirelles,Aman,BVLGARI,Cheval Blanc,Oetker,One&Only, Ritz-Carlton Reserve, etc. In this post I’d like to cover Capella Hotels & Resorts — I recently had my first Capella stay, and this is a brand that I’m really impressed...

“An intense desire or enthusiasm for something” is how the Oxford Dictionaries defines the word passion — although sometimes a passion of one person cannot be fully understood by another person. There are people — in some ways, myself included — who would not understand a passion to...

Southwest is reportedly studying a new restriction that would ban passengers on its cheapest tickets from bringing standard carry-on bags into the cabin, forcing them to check those bags instead. That would not just make Southwest basic economy more punitive than American or Delta, it would push the airline even...

It’s not restricted airspace—so why do airlines avoid it? The answer has more to do with safety than politics. If a location is a no-fly zone (also known as an…

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