The Alviator
Review: Cathay Pacific The Wing Business Class Lounge, Hong Kong (HKG) [2025]
A review of Cathay Pacific's The Wing lounge at Hong Kong Airport, the airline's tertiary lounge at their hub airport.
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Frequent Miler
Venture Rewards 75K welcome offer now also includes $250 Capital One Travel credit
Capital One enhanced the welcome offer on the Venture Rewards card yesterday. You’ll still earn 75,000 miles after spending $4,000 in the first three months of card membership, but you’ll now also receive a $250 Capital One Travel credit upon approval that’s valid for 12 months. The Offer & Key...
One Mile at a Time
United Boeing 787s With New Polaris Seats, Ultra-Premium Configuration
In May 2025, United Airlines unveiled all-new cabins for long haul aircraft, a project that the airline is branding as United Elevate. While I’ve covered the details of the new cabins, in this post I’d like to focus a bit more on the entry into service for these planes, as...
The Bulkhead Seat
Air Force One Aborts Transatlantic Trip After Minor Electrical Issue and Switches to Backup Aircraft
A routine presidential trip took a bit longer Tuesday night when Air Force One…
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Former Flight Attendant Indicted After Allegedly Posing As Pilot To Score Free Flights, Faces 25 Years In Prison
A former Canadian flight attendant has been indicted by a Grand Jury in Hawaii after federal prosecutors presented evidence that he had defrauded three airlines in the United States by posing as a pilot and using fake identification to obtain free employee flights. If found guilty, Dallas Pokornik faces the...
Live and Let’s Fly
American Airlines App Now Tells You What’s Really Happening During Delays
American Airlines has added a genuinely useful feature to its mobile app that aim to answer a simple question passengers always have when flights are delayed or cancelled: what exactly is happening right now? American Airlines Adds Real-Time Disruption Updates To Its Mobile App American Airlines has rolled out a...
One Mile at a Time
Air Force One Diverts Over Electrical Issue, Trump Downgraded To 757
While it’s common to see aircraft divert for technical reasons, it doesn’t typically happen to Air Force One. Then again, given the age of the planes that are typically operating these flights, it’s also not too surprising.
View from the Wing
New York Airport Took The Money, Blocked A Sexual Harassment Billboard — Can They Pick Which Messages Travelers See?
Syracuse airport officials approved a paid billboard from an employment law firm — then rejected it over one line about “harmless flirting.” The firm sued, the airport rewrote its advertising rules mid-case, and a federal judge still granted an injunction, calling the “misleading” rationale “nonsense.” The fight now is over...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Man Avoids Jail After Violent Mid-Air Attack on American Airlines Flight Attendant
An unruly passenger who grabbed an American Airlines flight attendant by the collar before throwing him to the floor and pinning him down with “full force” in an unprovoked mid-air rage has avoided jail time after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. 25-year-old perpetrator avoids jail time On Tuesday, 25-year-old...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Man Avoids Jail After Violent Mid-Air Attack on American Airlines Flight Attendant
An unruly passenger who grabbed an American Airlines flight attendant by the collar before throwing him to the floor and pinning him down with “full force” in an unprovoked mid-air rage has avoided jail time after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. 25-year-old perpetrator avoids jail time On Tuesday, 25-year-old...
Miles For Family
Booked: Award Flights Home from Asia
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how I booked business class award seats for my son and his friend to Asia for their Thailand trip over Christmas/New Year holidays. But, I still had to find award seats back to the USA. I planned to try my hardest to get...
Frequent Miler
Westin Bora Bora Resort & Spa: Bottom Line Review
The Westin Bora Bora reopened fewer than 18 months ago after a complete refurbishment and rebranding from Le Meridien to Westin. I spent two nights and three days at this property a couple of months ago (after five nights at the St. Regis Bora Bora) and have been promising a...
One Mile at a Time
Air France Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Concorde With Special Documentary
Air France has just released a special documentary, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the carrier’s Concorde. While I (selfishly) wish it were in English, the visuals in the video are something that any aviation geek will appreciate, regardless of language.
Live and Let’s Fly
Air Force One Forced To Turn Back Over Atlantic After Electrical Issue
President Donald Trump’s trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum was briefly interrupted when Air Force One was forced to turn back over the Atlantic due to a technical issue. Air Force One Makes U-Turn Over Atlantic After Technical Issue Air Force One, carrying President Donald Trump on...
One Mile at a Time
No Surprise: Qantas Nerfs Emirates First Class Awards With Three Changes
In recent times, we’ve seen major changes made to the Emirates Skywards program, ranging from worsening the transfer ratio when moving points to the program, to adding an age limit on first class redemptions, to requiring elite status in order to redeem for first class.
One Mile at a Time
Choice Privileges Global Promotion Q1 2026 Offers Triple Points
ChoicePrivileges has justlaunched its newest promotion, which members can start taking advantage of for stays effective immediately. It’s a pretty typical offer from the program, and has the potential to be pretty lucrative.
2PAXfly
ETIHAD: A380 comeback gathers momentum as next superjumbo flies from storage
Etihad Airways has just brought another A380 out of long-term storage, making its superjumbo revival firmly part of the airline’s long-term strategy. Another giant wakes up Etihad’s Airbus A380 A6-APC departed Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport in southwestern France on January 14, flying back to Abu Dhabi after years in storage. According to...
The Bulkhead Seat
World of Hyatt® Returns to Sundance With Exclusive 72-Hour Festival Experience
As the Sundance Film Festival celebrates another year in Park City, World of Hyatt®…
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The Bulkhead Seat
World of Hyatt® Promo: Earn Up to 50,000 Bonus Points on Extended Stays
Hyatt just announced a new promotion designed to reward longer stays at select extended-stay…
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The Gate with Brian Cohen
Would You Visit Bir Tawil — The Unclaimed Land No Country Wants?
Once upon a time, a man named Jeremiah Heaton promised to fulfill the wish of his daughter — six years of age — of her one day becoming a real princess; and to do so would entail a journey to a barren land with “no fixed population, no coastline, no...
One Mile at a Time
Epic: Alaska Airlines’ 7-Course “Greatest Airline Meals” Dinner At PDX
People don’t typically go to the airport specifically to eat (well, unless they’re flying that day and are trying to justify their credit card annual fee!), but this might be worth making an exception for, at least for us aviation geeks…
