Buying airline points strategically can make a lot of sense, especially for first and business class redemptions, where redeeming points represents a disproportionately good deal. British Airways Club has just launched a new bonus on purchased Avios, which is an opportunity to acquire Avios for as little as 1.64 cents...

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Charlotte airport touts its low costs, but passengers pay the price with overcrowded corridors, long walks, tight connections, miserable lounges, and missed flights. Cheap to run doesn’t mean good to use.

There’s a new, alternate welcome offer available for the Chase World of Hyatt card that’s significantly better than the current widely available public version. This new offer gets you 45,000 World of Hyatt points after spending $5k within the first three months, plus an additional 1 bonus point per dollar,...

British Airways has a flash sale on right now for buying Avios. For this sale they are offering a flat 40% bonus when you buy 2,000 or more Avios at once. You can buy up to 200,000 Avios in one transaction and there is a limit of purchasing 200,000 Avios...

OnePay is running a limited-time referral promotion that rewards both new and existing customers. New users can earn $50 cash back, while the person referring them earns $200.

Here’s another Trip Report that I will take an eternity to complete. It is appropriately called TPOL’s Tourist Trap Trip. Although I am going to some novel places, e.g., Jersey, Guernsey, East Timor, all of the places are easy, e.g., Crete, Mykonos. Notably, all four are new ‘countries’ considered countries...

A Cathay Pacific jet operating a long haul flight was intercepted by fighter jets over Hungary, and there are more questions than answers as of now as to how the plane ”lost contact” with air traffic control.

Roaming abroad has never been cheaper — so long as you’re willing to skip your carrier’s daily pass.…

Leaked photos offer the first look inside United Airlines’ new Airbus A321XLR, the premium-heavy narrowbody that will replace aging Boeing 757s and serve thinner routes to Europe and South America. It adds lie-flat suites and premium economy—but those suite doors will initially remain locked open.

Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers are featuring 15%/15x miles back for lululemon purchases, making it a great day to use up those quarterly credits from the American Express Platinum Card®. This is Capital One Shopping’s “Offer of the Day,” so you won’t see it by searching for lululemon....

Reports out of Greece describe a terrifying incident onboard a Ryanair flight to Germany: a cabin window failed after takeoff, oxygen masks dropped, and a passenger seated by the window was partially sucked out and had to be pulled back inside the aircraft. Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Toward Broken 737...

At long last, Delta is bringing basic fares to premium economy, domestic first class and — most notably…

I should know better than to book a flight on one of United’s Boeing…

A NetJets plane was told to go around due to traffic on the runway, only to reject that request, on grounds of low fuel… which was never previously disclosed. Yet the air traffic controller’s claim of traffic on the runway was questionable in the first place, so one wonders what...

Royal Caribbean has invested heavily in its private destination experiences like Perfect Day® at CocoCay®, including higher-end beach club experiences like the adults-only Hideaway Beach Club at CocoCay and upcoming clubs in Nassau and Cozumel. I recently had the pleasure of experiencing the Coco Beach Club while sailing aboard Wonder...