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Starlux et American Airlines signent un accord d’interligne inédit
Alors que la concurrence s’intensifie sur le marché transpacifique, Starlux et American Airlines officialisent un accord d’interligne. Une collaboration a priori basique, mais qui illustre la stratégie des deux transporteurs : d’un côté, Starlux sécurise ses ambitions américaines ; de l’autre, American consolide sa connectivité domestique en s’adossant à un acteur...
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Air India : 400 millions de dollars pour réinventer ses cabines (un chantier marathon jusqu’en 2028)
Privatisée fin 2021 et de retour dans le giron de Tata Group, son propriétaire historique, Air India s’est engagée dans un plan de transformation d’une ampleur rarement vue dans l’aviation commerciale indienne. Mais si la vision est ambitieuse, l’exécution s’annonce longue et semée d’embûches. Air India : une renaissance sous...
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UPS 747-8F : atterrissage à haut risque à Taipei en plein typhon
Sous un ciel saturé de pluie, secoué par des rafales à plus de 90 km/h, un géant du fret de plus de 400 tonnes s’aligne sur la piste 05L de Taipei. Ce 13 août 2025, le Boeing 747-8F de UPS Airlines termine sa troisième tentative d’atterrissage après deux remises de...
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Incident sur la ligne Paris–Tel Aviv : un contrôleur français suspendu après un « Free Palestine »
Dans l’aviation civile, les fréquences radio sont sacrées : elles ne tolèrent que les échanges strictement nécessaires à la sécurité et à la gestion du trafic. Le 11 août 2025, cette règle intangible a été rompue au-dessus de l’Île-de-France, lorsqu’un contrôleur aérien français a adressé un « Free Palestine » aux pilotes d’un...
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One Mile at a Time
Delta Flight Attendant Scolds Teen For Ordering Milk With Warm Cookie
A Delta passenger shared an interesting experience on Reddit, which got me thinking… Delta flight attendant insists milk is for coffee and tea A traveler was flying with Delta from Rome (FCO) to New York (JFK), sitting next to a “pretty geeky kid” who was in his late teens or early 20s....
Economondo
Flying Korea’s Interestingly Named LCC: Seoul to Jeju on Air Seoul
Background Operating just six Airbus A321s to 21 destinations across East Asia, Air Seoul is one of Korea’s smallest low cost carriers. Yet despite its comparatively small size, the airline has arguably been able to punch above its weight when it comes to making a name for itself in lands both...
The Bulkhead Seat
Spirit Airlines Adds Two Free Checked Bags Benefit to Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard®
Spirit Airlines is adding a new checked baggage benefit to its Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard®. Starting today, primary cardholders can enjoy up to two free checked bags on every Spirit flight booked with their eligible card. This is one of the most valuable perks offered in the airline’s loyalty...
One Mile at a Time
Capital One Adds Japan Airlines Mileage Bank As Transfer Partner
The Capital One mileage program has just added three new transfer partners — Japan Airlines Mileage Bank, Preferred Hotels & Resorts I Prefer, and Qatar Airways Privilege Club. While there’s value to all of those, in this post I’d like to focus specifically on Japan Airlines, as this is a...
One Mile at a Time
Horrifyingly Close Call, As EasyJet & Nouvelair A320s Have Runway Mixup
We constantly hear about close calls in aviation. I think it’s easy to become desensitized to these, and wonder which are actually dangerous, and which are just a bit too close for comfort. Along those lines, on Monday night we saw what’s easily one of the closest calls we’ve seen...
View from the Wing
Why This 239-Mile Coach Flight Costs $4,000—And How To Fly It For Just 30,000 Points Roundtrip
I find aviation in Canada fascinating, although I know comparatively little about it. So I wound up heading down a rabbit hole over an online complaint about the high cost of Arctic flying. The 239-mile flight from Grise Fiort (YGZ) to Resolute (YRB) was pricing out at CAD$3,793.99...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Underrated Margitsziget in Budapest is Full of Surprises
Athough the Park Inn by Radisson Budapest hotel property is located significantly north of central Budapest, I decided to walk because I read about the historic water tower on Margitsziget — which is known in English as Margaret Island — and its observation deck which is supposed to treat you to...
Frequent Miler
Capital One has 3 new transfer partners: Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways & Preferred Hotels
It feels like it’s transferable points currency week. We’ve had Citi launching three new bonuses – 50% to Turkish Miles & Smiles, 30% to Virgin Atlantic, and 25% to LifeMiles – when transferring ThankYou points, as well as Rove launching a 20% transfer bonus to both Finnair and Air France/KLM...
View from the Wing
Capital One Adds Three Transfer Partners — Qatar And JAL Lead The List
Capital One Venture, Venture X (which is the one I carry), Venture X business as well as VentureOne and Spark Miles let you transfer their miles to a variety of airline and hotel loyalty programs. They’ve just added (3) new transfer partners: Qatar Airways Privilege Club, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank, and...
Live and Let’s Fly
Fiji Airways Cuts Business Class Amenity Kits, Claims They Are Wasteful
Fiji Airways has quietly taken a bold step in business class by eliminating traditional amenity kits. The airline argues that many kits go unused or discarded, and that offering items individually makes more sense. Is this a reasonable change or just cost-cutting? Fiji Airways Drops Business Class Amenity Kits To Reduce...
One Mile at a Time
Amex Platinum Card Review: More Expensive & Valuable Than Ever Before
Link: Learn more about The Platinum Card® from American Express While premium cards are incredibly popular nowadays, this is really a market that Amex started, with The Platinum Card® from American Express. We’ve recently seen this card undergo a major refresh, whereby the annual fee was increased, but more perks were...
The Points of Life
Approved! Amex Business Platinum: 200k MRs, $895 Annual Fee
Can you imagine paying 2k for an iPhone? It is a reality coming to an Apple Store near you. Can you imagine paying an annual fee of $895? It is a reality I had to accept as the trade-off for being approved for the American Express Business Card. Why am...
Miles For Family
4 New Transfer Bonuses Just Added!
Some new transfer bonuses just came out this week. I’ve updated the September 2025 Transfer Bonuses post to reflect these additions. New: Citi 50% Transfer Bonus to Turkish Airlines Through October 18, 2025, get 50% transfer bonus from Citi to Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles program. This is a rare transfer bonus...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Denmark Heavily Hints That Russia Could Be Behind Drone Attack That Shut Down Copenhagen And Oslo Airports
The Danish Prime Minister has heavily hinted that Russia could be behind a coordinated drone ‘attack’ that shuttered Copenhagen and Oslo airports for several hours on Monday night. “Of course, we are not ruling out any possibility as to who is behind it,” Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday, adding that the...
TravelUpdate
5 reasons why the miles and points game getting tougher?
Earlier this year, I wrote about how this is going to be the year of premium credit cards. A lot of new issuers have stepped into the ring, launching premium offerings this year. Issuers like Chase and Amex have also refreshed their products. In a nutshell, customers have a lot...
One Mile at a Time
Wild: Massive Drone Attack Shuts Down Copenhagen Airport
Once in a while we’ll hear of airport operations being interrupted by unauthorized drones. However, last night we saw what seems to be a pretty unprecedented drone attack on a major airport. Drones cause operational issues at Copenhagen Airport On the evening of Monday, September 22, 2025, Copenhagen Airport (CPH) was shut...
View from the Wing
The Airline Demanded He Pay $5 For A Boarding Pass. He Refused, And Police Took Him To Jail Instead
Police were called to Allegiant Airlines check-in at Punta Gorda, Florida last month. Bodycam footage shows why. A passenger didn’t have a boarding pass, but had a reservation. They went to the check-in counter and were told about the airline’s $5 fee for printing a boarding pass at the...
Wild About Travel
My Twelve Hotel Commandments
  From five stars in Singapore to a rickety bed and breakfast in Blackpool, a tree house in Zimbabwe, a 747 parked at Stockholm airport, a draughty youth hostel in nirehn Scootkanbd and everything ij betweemn means I ahve sleopt in a lot of hotel beds.   Thou shalt know where thy hotel...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
13-Year-Old Stowaway Who Hid In Plane’s Landing Gear ‘Out Of Curiosity’ Miracously Survives Flight
A 13-year-old Afghan boy survived a flight from Kabul to New Delhi in the landing gear of an Airbus A340 jet that flew at altitudes of 35,000 feet, and apparently, he did it “out of curiosity.” The boy’s miraculous survival occurred on Sunday morning when he snuck past security at Kabul...
Eye of the Flyer
Worried About Your Fine Hotels Credits Expiring Soon? What If You Already Spent Your $200?
A potentially big benefit for some travel rewards card users debuted last week — but some might be scrambling to use it when they probably don’t need to. Fine Hotels + Resorts Statement Credit: Up to $600 As part of its Platinum-palooza last week, American Express increased The Platinum Card® from American...
One Mile at a Time
Spirit Airlines Slashing Capacity By 25%, Furloughing Pilots & Flight Attendants
It’s a tough time for Spirit Airlines. Several weeks ago, the airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in a matter of months, in a move that should’ve surprised no one (well, except the company’s management, seemingly). While Spirit kind of squandered its first Chapter 11 bankruptcy (by...
Live and Let’s Fly
British Airways Eliminates Hot Breakfast In Business Class, Offers Cold Snack In Latest “Trial”
British Airways is back at it with cost-cutting in Club Europe, this time eliminating hot breakfast from the menu on domestic flights. Passengers traveling in business class on routes within the UK will now find a far less impressive spread awaiting them onboard as BA “trials” a new reduced menu. British...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Tunisian Airline Blames Bad Weather For Incident At Nice Airport That Nearly Ended In Catastrophe
A Tunisian airline, which was involved in a near-catastrophic incident at Nice Airport in the South of France when one of its planes nearly landed on top of a packed EasyJet aircraft on Sunday night, has pinned the blame on bad weather and low visibility. In its first public statement following...
Monkey Miles
Transfer Citi Thank You to Turkish with 50% bonus
The coincides with a massive amount of award space that was just released by Turkish ( which is bookable on partner point programs as well ), but if you have Citi Thank You points sitting around that you were looking to use for a trip – this could be a...
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Un Airbus A330neo avec Première classe pour Air Côte d’Ivoire
Fin août, Air Côte d’Ivoire franchira une étape majeure de son développement avec la livraison de son premier Airbus A330neo. Plus qu’un simple renfort de flotte, cet appareil symbolise l’entrée de la compagnie dans un cercle extrêmement restreint : celui des transporteurs osant proposer une cabine distincte du produit Business,...
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Crash du vol Air India : une coupure moteur inexpliquée
Le 12 juin 2025, le vol AI171 d’Air India quittait l’aéroport d’Ahmedabad à destination de Londres Gatwick avec 242 personnes à bord. Moins de deux minutes après le décollage, le Boeing 787-8 s’écrasait dans l’enceinte du BJ Medical College, causant la mort de 260 personnes, dont 19 au sol. Le...
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Crash du vol Air India 171 : un Boeing 787-8 s’écrase peu après son décollage d’Ahmedabad
L’aviation civile indienne vit l’un de ses jours les plus sombres. Le vol Air India 171, reliant Ahmedabad à Londres Gatwick, s’est écrasé ce jeudi 13 juin 2025, quelques instants seulement après son décollage. À bord : 242 personnes, dont 169 passagers indiens et plusieurs ressortissants britanniques, portugais et canadiens....
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Premier 787-9 nouvelle cabine d’American : déjà la panne ?
Livré fin avril 2025, le tout nouveau Boeing 787-9 d’American Airlines, immatriculé N846AN, devait symboliser la montée en gamme de la compagnie américaine. Première unité équipée de la nouvelle cabine Flagship Business Suite, ce Dreamliner inaugure une configuration premium inédite au sein de la flotte long-courrier d’American. Mais à peine...
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Air France ouvre un restaurant éphémère à Paris
Et si l’expérience de la Business pouvait se vivre les pieds sur terre ? C’est le pari renouvelé que fait Air France cet été en ouvrant un restaurant éphémère sur le rooftop des Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann. Du 25 juin au 20 août 2025, la compagnie nationale proposera aux visiteurs...
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Marriott confie l’attribution des chambres à une IA
Le groupe Marriott déploie actuellement un nouvel outil d’intelligence artificielle destiné à automatiser l’attribution des chambres dans ses établissements. Une annonce qui pourrait sembler technique, mais qui soulève des enjeux très concrets pour les clients réguliers de la chaîne et les membres du programme Marriott Bonvoy. Car derrière cette innovation...
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Oman Air rejoint oneworld le 30 juin : un atout stratégique ou une ambition en déclin ?
Près de 4 ans après l’annonce officielle, Oman Air s’apprête à intégrer officiellement l’alliance oneworld le 30 juin 2025. Une adhésion attendue, soutenue par Qatar Airways dès les premières heures, mais qui intervient dans un contexte de transformation profonde pour la compagnie nationale omanaise. Oman Air x oneworld : une...
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SWISS First : la Première classe tient-elle encore son rang ?
La Première classe est devenue un territoire d’exception dans un monde aérien en pleine rationalisation. De plus en plus de compagnies abandonnent cette cabine élitiste au profit de produits Business toujours plus sophistiqués. Dans ce contexte, que vaut encore l’offre de SWISS, filiale premium du groupe Lufthansa ? Analyse critique...