Delta Air Lines has confirmed that it will offer more spacious “mini first class” seating in the bulkhead rows of its new Delta One business class cabins, though the news slipped out in an odd manner. Delta Air Lines Lets Slip Plans For “Mini First Class” Delta One Seats Joe...

Post offices might seem like relics, but these beautiful ones are surely worth a visit!

In early 2022, Delta Air Lines started taking delivery of the Airbus A321neo. The airline has 189 of these jets on order, and so far, the airline has taken delivery of about half of those. For all practical purposes, these are Delta’s new ”flagship” standard domestic aircraft, featuring the newest...

Leaving town used to mean asking a neighbor to grab the mail and maybe putting the newspaper on hold. Now? It’s a whole different level of logistics. Between USPS mail,…

Singapore Airlines' Spontaneous Escapes are back again this month. This promotion allows you to book discounted award flights on some routes.

Hyatt just won a major appeals court fight over how its loyalty program is taxed, a ruling that could ultimately save the company $589 million, just as World of Hyatt members are about to pay more for free nights. The program is also getting a major economic boost from...

Back in February, World of Hyatt® announced a sweeping update to its award chart.…

I flew from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Tampa International Airport (TPA)…

tl;dr – This is bound to be a popular property among Hyatt loyalists. The much-anticipated Grand Hyatt Grand…

​tl;dr – Turn over every stone. ​If you’re like me, by now you’re tired of hearing about Hyatt’s…

A Qantas Boeing 787 flying from Melbourne to Dallas diverted to Tahiti after a disruptive passenger allegedly bit a flight attendant and had to be restrained with help from other passengers.

The FAA has a novel way to ease the air traffic controller shortage: lower the staffing target by 2,000. Plus: a king cobra emerges from a resort toilet, Delta defends its Wi-Fi portal after Elon Musk’s Starlink jab, and American serves a very sad international meal.

Working slowly back towards the main entrance of Bryce Canyon National Park on that frosty cold December morning after Rainbow Point and Yovimpa Point, the next stop was Black Birch Canyon. Access to Black Birch Canyon — whose lookout is at an elevation of...

I must say, if I had billions of dollars I could invest in any company, an airline wouldn’t be one of them… well, at least at this very moment.

On May 1, Chase launched a 65% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy, meaning you’d get 1.65 Bonvoy points for every Ultimate Reward point that you transfer until May 15th. That was an early bird bonus as the transfer bonus is continuing through June 30, 2026, but at a slightly lower...

Look out for Polaris-style salt and pepper globes on your upcoming United Airlines flight in domestic first class, affectionately (or derisively) called the “Death Star” by frequent flyers. United’s Polaris “Death Star” Salt And Pepper Shakers Are Headed To Domestic First Class A flight attendant sent me a short memo...

Having to pay for seat selection in business class, to me, reeks of a low cost carrier. Whenever…

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In recent times, weve seen airlines increasingly introduce business class plus products. The concept here is simple with most latest generation business class seats, theres typically a bit of extra space at the bulkheads, so airlines introduce a product with a little more room and some extra services, and...

LAX’s new Metro station is about to get an airline name — but not Delta, United, American or Southwest. Cathay Pacific is set to pay nearly $10 million for naming rights to the airport’s rail-and-bus gateway, turning it into the Cathay Pacific/LAX Metro Transit Center even though most riders will...

Here are this week’s travel news headlines from around the web and interweb I found the most interesting. Take a look: The Death of Spirit Airlines Is a Warning About How We Evaluate Airline Mergers A Bloomberg Law opinion piece makes a compelling argument that the government’s decision to block...

A long-running joke in this space is that there’s no IT in Hyatt. That’s because Hyatt has long been known for its less-than-stellar IT. I ran into my latest experience with Hyatt’s lackluster IT this week when I wanted to book a simple one-night stay at an airport Hyatt Place....

We’ll have to mark this as ”developing,” but it seems worth acknowledging that United Airlines seems to be having some problems with Wi-Fi on its long haul flights, and it might not get better for some time.

United flew N774UA, the oldest active Boeing 777 in the world, back to Paine Field this week for what has internally been called a “press event.” That alone is a fun avgeek story. But whenever United, Boeing, and the 777 are in the same sentence, I cannot help but to...