Former Thai pop star Briohny Smyth says a wooden splinter from Singapore Airlines’ signature business class satay lodged in her throat, scarred her vocal cords and impaired the voice she uses to earn a living. Her lawsuit was filed just days before a strict two-year deadline—but so far no photograph...

In the spring of 2026, we saw United Airlines start to take delivery of its latest batch of Boeing 787-9s, featuring an all-new onboard experience. These planes are in an ultra-premium configuration, with just 222 seats, including a staggering 64 business class seats, with new products across cabins.

Before you log on to the Wi-Fi at your hotel — or the airport, or that conference you’re attending — read this. Russian state-backed hackers are compromising hotel and conference Wi-Fi networks around the world, using fake login pages and phony software updates to load malware onto travelers’ laptops, according...

Air India flight AI2379 suddenly dropped 300 feet, injuring 17 people and damaging the cabin. It was immediately blamed on severe turbulence—but Air India changed its language, and regulators reportedly suspect a transient technical fault.

American Airlines is sharply increasing the price of Admirals Club membership while Citi is raising the annual fee on its premium AAdvantage Executive card and adding several new benefits. The changes make buying lounge membership directly far less attractive, while strengthening the case for getting the credit card instead. American...

What do you do when your Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner has been broken for nearly two weeks, and you need a spare part that is currently only in stock from a single facility on the other side of the world? Well, you charter a cargo plane to operate what is believed...

Alaska Atmos Rewards offers the Global Getaways promotion, whereby members can save on award tickets in select regions. While this promotion used to be quarterly, it’s now offered monthly, so there are more frequent offers, but with a shorter booking window.

Hilton Honors has just launched its newest bonus on purchased points, which is in line with the best offers we see from the program. Specifically, you can buy points with a 100% bonus, which is a cost of 0.5 cents per point. This could represent a great value for hotel...

For 5 days only, Malaysia Airlines is running a promotion called Take 5 which includes discounted reward flight redemptions. Enrich members can save up to 10% when redeeming points for reward flights on Malaysia Airlines. It is valid on all flights operated and marketed by Malaysia Airlines (MH), issued on...

The operations of WestJet slowly recover as a tentative agreement is reached with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which means that the labor dispute by members of cabin crews of the airline has ended — for now, at least. The following message was posted at the official Internet web site...

There are currently several card-linked offers available through different banks that can save you money when booking car rentals through Turo. The Deals Save on Turo rides through the following targeted spending offers: Amex Offer – Spend $150+ & get $30 back Chase Offer – Spend $150+ & get $30...

I thought United had reached a level of disgusting that I had not seen…

Military testing knocked out a medevac crew’s GPS, ATC halted the jamming and then allowed it to resume. Five minutes later four people were dead after the pilots had turned toward 10,000-foot terrain on a moonless visual approach.

For travelers with a Priority Pass membership, finding an airport lounge can make the difference between a stressful wait at the gate and a much more relaxing start to a…

There’s a new Citi Offer out that’s giving 10% back on a Lyft ride costing up to $100. The Deal Get 10% back on a single Lyft ride with a targeted Citi Offer. Direct link to Citi Offers. Key Terms Expires September 30, 2026. May be redeemed 1 time by...

A Houston-bound Boeing 747 freighter reported running out of fuel with just 6,000 pounds remaining, yet the pilot still asked to continue another 210 miles to Houston. Air traffic control stepped in, declared the emergency for the crew, and made the plane land at Dallas–Fort Worth instead, almost certainly preventing...

Nantucket residents are complaining that social media influencers are changing the character of their island. However, I’m not convinced influencers themselves are the entire problem. A handful of popular creators…

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts has expanded its footprint in the Pacific with the opening…

A professional singer, actress, and wellness educator is suing Singapore Airlines after she nearly swallowed a 1.5-inch splinter from a wooden skewer used to eat the carrier’s iconic Business Class chicken satay. Briohny Smyth from Los Angeles says she has been left with scarring to her vocal cords from the...

American Airlines is running a new promotion this month to incentivize people to join AAdvantage Business. They’re offering 10,000 bonus miles when using promo code BNS10K when joining, but be aware that there were issues with last month’s promotion as they clawed back everyone’s 25,000 miles and only gave 5,000...

Southwest has brought back their flight bonus offer that provides a companion pass after just one round trip or two one way flights. The offer requires registration and flights must be booked by August 6 for travel completed by November 18, 2026. The companion pass that is awarded is valid...