Economy Class & Beyond
Last week at Economy Class and Beyond (1st August)
It’s the beginning of August, and hopefully a new month will bring new joys and discoveries. Or something like that. In the real world, it’s also Saturday, which means it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Ozzy the Bull, with Ozzy Glasses at Birmingham New Street Station...
Frequent Miler
Last Chance Deals: Citi Travel promo, Marriott Amex Offers, AA shopping portal promo, & more
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. There are deals due to end nearly every day this week. That’s includes the targeted Marriott Amex Offers that have been around for the past couple...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
What Is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 364
We had just finished dinner at a restaurant in Truro — which is a city in Nova Scotia in Canada — and decided to take a walk; and along the way, we passed a storefront.
For this edition of this popular game, can you guess what...
Frequent Miler
After more than 802 days abroad, here are my favorite destinations by region (a Carrie commentary)
When people in my ordinary life find out I used to be a digital nomad/travel writer, the next question is almost always “where’s your favorite place?” It’s too hard for me to pick a single destination, but I can usually at least narrow it down to one or two (or...
2PAXfly
WEEKLY REVIEW: Sunday, 2 August, 2026
Hello travellers, It’s been a relatively quiet week in the aviation industry. However, it has been enlivened by the pending release of Alan Joyce’s recounting of his years at Qantas. Joe Aston, who wrote what I regard as the definitive piece on that period of Qantas history in ‘The Chairman’s...
One Mile at a Time
Can You Cancel Flights For A Refund Within 24 Hours Of Booking?
While in general the United States isn’t exactly leading the way when it comes to consumer protections for airline passengers, we do have one useful feature you don’t find in many other parts of the world — the ability to cancel flights within 24 hours of booking.
View from the Wing
Spirit Built A Brand-New $250 Million Corporate Campus — Bankruptcy Values It At Just $88 Million
Spirit opened its new $250 million “Spirit Central” corporate campus in 2024, complete with training facilities, employee housing, and space for more than 1,000 workers. Now, in bankruptcy, a stalking horse bidder is offering just $88 million for much of the nearly brand-new headquarters complex — an extraordinary markdown for...
Live and Let’s Fly
Minute Review: JAL A350-1000 First Class
For a long time I’ve promised that a new series of video reviews are coming to Live And Let’s Fly and this week I’m happy to debut my first “Minute Review,” which highlights my JAL A350-1000 flight in first class from New York to Tokyo. JAL A350-1000 First Class Minute...
Travel Codex
2027 Luxury Japan Cherry Blossom Cruise from $4,169
Japan’s cherry blossom season is a popular and can be an expensive time to visit Japan, yet this deal makes it affordable and easy! Every spring, travelers from around the world flock to the country hoping to catch the brief but spectacular display of pink and white blooms that transform...
One Mile at a Time
Buy IHG One Rewards Points With 100% Bonus, 0.5 Cents Each: Worth It?
Strategically buying points can be a good value, especially for luxury hotel stays. IHG One Rewards has just launched its latest sale on purchased points. The best bonus seems to be for 100%, which is an opportunity to acquire points for 0.5 cents each, and it’s in line with the...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Listen To a Sheraton Commercial From 1961
Listen to a radio commercial from 1961 that advertised what was then known as Sheraton Hotels — years before the lodging company was acquired by International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation in 1968, by Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 1998, and then by Marriott International, Incorporated in 2016.
The commercial was aired...
View from the Wing
American Airlines Is Emailing Passengers To Announce They’ll Be Flying To Donald J. Trump Airport
American Airlines is emailing passengers booked to West Palm Beach to explain that their flights will soon show as going to President Donald J. Trump International Airport, with the airport code changing from PBI to DJT on August 18.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Pilot Faces Threat of Death Sentence After Being Caught Allegedly Trying to Smuggle 70,000 Ecstasy Pills in Work Bag
A Malaysia Airlines pilot faces the threat of being sentenced to death by a court in Indonesia after he was allegedly caught trying to smuggle more than 70,000 ecstasy pills into Soekarno–Hatta International Airport on the island of Java during a work trip, hiding the more than 55 pounds of...
Live from a Lounge
Alaska Airlines Buy Miles with up to 100% Bonus Miles
Alaska Airlines has a new Buy Miles Promotion through August 20, 2026. You can get Alaska Miles with up to a 100% bonus to redeem on oneworld member airlines, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, British Airways and many other airlines at reasonable prices.
Pointshogger
Hotels with Indoor Entry to Canadian Airport Terminals
There are many hotels that are considered "airport" hotels that usually provide a free shuttle to the airport. However, there are only a handful of hotels that have indoor entry into the airport terminal. Indoor entry may not seem like a big deal in some places, when in Canada, it's...
