Frequent Miler
Get a 30% transfer bonus from Amex Membership Rewards to Hilton Honors
American Express is once again offering a 30% transfer bonus to Hilton Honors which is running through September 30. Taking advantage of a bonus like this had been questionable in the past, but it’s even less appealing nowadays considering the devaluations conducted by Hilton in the couple of years since...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
$50 New Member Referral Bonus With Rakuten
This is your chance to cash in on a $50 new member referral bonus when you sign up as a new member of Rakuten; and you will receive a bonus of $50.00 via referral when you spend a minimum of $50.00 within the first 90 days of your new membership,...
Live and Let’s Fly
Air Canada Hid Five New 2027 Destinations In A Cryptic Video: Here Are My Predictions
United Airlines and American Airlines had their fun teasing new routes. Now Air Canada is getting into the game, releasing a short video packed with clues ahead of a major summer 2027 international expansion. Air Canada Is Teasing Five New Destinations For 2027…Here Are My Best Guesses Air Canada will...
View from the Wing
Marriott Hotel Charges $25 Extra For Housekeeping—Is Westin Even ‘Full Service’ Anymore? [Roundup]
Atlanta’s Westin Buckhead is asking guests to pay $25 for housekeeping despite daily cleaning being a brand standard. Also: facial recognition catches a tourist after a public tryst in Bali, U.S. Bank adds LifeMiles transfers, and Fort Myers plans a United Club.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
JetBlue Unveils Its Take On Domestic First Class… Cold Meals Served in Cardboard ‘Bento’ Boxes
JetBlue has just unveiled its take on domestic First Class, dubbed BlueFirst, which will see the addition of three rows of First Class recliner seats installed on its fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft. While we’ve known for some time that JetBlue was working on its first-ever domestic First Class cabin,...
Frequent Miler
Best Western promos: Earn 2X points + $31 bonus cards via 2 separate promos
Best Western has opened registration for a couple of new promotions. One is awarding double points on all your stays through the end of the year, while the other is giving a $31 bonus card per stay through the end of the year. Although the terms suggest that the promos...
Live from a Lounge
Air India’s adds new city to Easy Connect operations: Ahmedabad is up and running
Air India is the pioneer attempting to make the Government of India's "Hub and Spoke" strategy work. The first flight departed from Ahmedabad today. Here is how the upcoming expansion of the project will work.
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Marriott Bonvoy: Earn Double Elite Credits on Homes and Villas by Marriott Bonvoy stays (September 1 Bonus Offer Highlight)
Today's Bonus Offer Highlight is this month's Homes and Villas by Marriott Bonvoy promotion which offers double elite night credits on private home rentals. Check out all of the new bonuses added today:
Traveling For Miles
SWISS switches its Taste of Switzerland menus to Schaffhausen and brings meal pre-selection to Economy Class
SWISS is on a roll (no pun intended!) with two catering updates in as many days. The first bit of news covers long-haul Premium Economy as well as Business and First Class dining out of Switzerland while the second covers a new pre-order service that's now available for long-haul flights...
{Tech} for Travel
Earlier standby via the United Mobile App launches
Customers rebooked after a disruption can use the United Mobile App to stand by for earlier flights, with texts sent when seats open and bookings remain held.
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Frequent Miler
Get a 30% bonus when transferring Capital One miles to Japan Airlines (not quite 1:1)
Back on September 23, 2025, Capital One added three new transfer partners, with Japan Airlines Mileage Bank being one of them. They kicked off that partnership with a 30% transfer bonus, then followed it up with another 30% bonus for the month of February 2026, then a further one in...
Live and Let’s Fly
Bizarre: I Walked Downstairs Into The Belly Of A Lufthansa A340-600 To Use The Lavatory
There are very few experiences left on a commercial aircraft that feel truly unusual, especially in economy class. Walking downstairs to use the lavatory on a Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 is one of them. Going Downstairs To Use The Lavatory On A Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 During my recent Lufthansa A340-600 flight...
View from the Wing
American Airlines Blocks Online Check-In, Interrogates Passenger For Skiplagging—They Planned To Fly Every Segment
An American Airlines passenger traveling Fort Myers–Washington–Boston planned to complete every flight, yet was blocked from online check-in and questioned at the airport because the ticket purchaser lived near Washington. The episode suggests American may now be matching purchasers, addresses and reservations in its skiplagging crackdown.
Monkey Miles
Cheat code: Use Cargo schedules to find widebody international planes flying domestically in the USA
Did you know that you can fly in lie flat business class ( or better premium economy, economy ) seats when flying domestically in the US? These planes are often on the transcontinental ( LA/SFO to New York, DC, Boston, or Miami ) routes, but you’ll regularly see them repositioning...
