Economy Class & Beyond
Farnborough Air Show 2026: Day 1 Digest – First Day Wins all around
It seems that with the Farnborough Air Show here, multiple orders and announcements have made it out of Southern England. So welcome to the Farnborough Air Show Digest.  For those new to a Daily Airshow Digest by Economy Class and Beyond, this is a quick look at announcements in Commercial...
Traveling For Miles
Qatar Airways keeps US flight cuts in place for winter 2026/27
Over the past week (or so) Qatar Airways has been updating its flight schedules for the coming Northern winter season (2026/27) and it looks like some of the cuts that we saw the airline make earlier in the year will be continuing on into next year.
{Tech} for Travel
BodyPark ATOM Review: AI Coaching for Travel Workouts
BodyPark ATOM Review: A hands-on look at real-time form correction, automatic rep counting and whether this pocket trainer suits regular travellers. The post BodyPark ATOM Review: AI Coaching for Travel Workouts appeared first on {Tech} for Travel.
Traveling For Miles
What, if anything, is Philippine Airlines planning?
This morning, at the Farnborough Airshow, Philippine Airlines ended a two-decade gap in its Boeing order book when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for up to twenty 787-10 Dreamliners. This is the airline's first Boeing order since 2007 and it opens up an interesting question.
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Rapid Travel Chai
Uncapped 3% Cash Back Mobile Wallet Card Launched by Samsung and Barclays with $200 Bonus
3% cash back on Samsung Wallet purchases make the new Samsung Galaxy Card a potential everyday spend workhorse card. The post Uncapped 3% Cash Back Mobile Wallet Card Launched by Samsung and Barclays with $200 Bonus appeared first on Rapid Travel Chai.
Live from a Lounge
Farnborough 2026: IndiGo signs up for more than 1,000 CFM LEAP engines in record deal
IndiGo and CFM (the JV between GE Aerospace and Safran) announced last evening the signing of a record-breaking deal for over 1,000 engines.
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Virgin Australia Velocity: Earn 2x Status Credits on Virgin Australia Holidays packages
Earn double Velocity Status Credits when you book a flight + hotel package with Virgin Australia Holidays by Hopper. The bonus status credits are awarded on the flight component of the packages. Book by 27 July 2026 for travel between 25 August 2026 and 22 June 2027. Click here for...
Plane ‘n Simple
The New Air Canada Aeroplan & World of Hyatt Partnership: A Plane n Simple Breakdown
Airline and hotel partnerships usually follow a pretty predictable script: a shiny press release, some mediocre point transfer options, and a handful of reciprocal benefits that only a fraction of elites will actually use. But every now and then, a collaboration actually shakes things up. This week, Air Canada Aeroplan...
The Bulkhead Seat
Hotel Review: Great Scotland Yard Hotel – The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
After spending a few days in Paris at the Renaissance Paris Republique Hotel (review…
Points With a Crew
5 reasons to sign up for the Chase Ink Business Cash® Credit Card – $1,000 Cash with no annual fee
The Chase Ink Business Cash card has one of the highest signup bonuses ever for a card that comes with no annual fee. You can easily get over $1000 in ...
2PAXfly
TRIP REVIEW: Qantas B787-9 Dreamliner, QF75 Sydney to Vancouver in Business Class. Oh Canada!
This is the next post in my Oh Canada! Trip Report. I’ve covered the reason for this trip in the introductory post, as well as my check-in experience and the Qantas First Lounge pre-boarding experience. Now its time for the actual flight. This is my first time (I think) on...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Reminder: 3 Ways to Avoid Being the Victim of Pickpockets
Mere seconds is all the time that is needed for a pickpocket to suddenly ruin your trip — and hours, days or even weeks of time could elapse until you are finally back to some semblance of normal, as by the time you realize that you became the victim of...
Frequent Miler
Transfer up to 60K points between Wyndham and Caesars through 9/11/26
Wyndham Rewards and Caesars Rewards have a partnership through which it is possible to transfer Wyndham Rewards points to Caesars Rewards credits or vice versa. Ordinarily, members are limited to transferring up to 30,000 points per year in either direction. Temporarily, through September 11, 2026, members are able to transfer...
2PAXfly
EMIRATES: A better headrest may be as good as Economy seat innovation gets
Emirates has unveiled a new Economy Class headrest designed to stop passengers’ heads rolling sideways while they attempt the unlikely feat of sleeping upright. Called the U-Dream, the adjustable headrest folds around the passenger’s head and neck, rather like a built-in travel pillow. It may prove genuinely useful. It also...
Your Mileage May Vary
Our Quick Take On The AMEX Centurion Lounge At Heathrow
I had completely forgotten that American Express operates a Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow. Since this trip was just my wife Sharon and me, we finally had a reason to…
View from the Wing
Singapore Airlines Starts Blocking Award Searches For Zero-Balance Members—You Need To Transfer 1,000 Points Just To Look
Singapore Airlines is progressively blocking some zero-balance KrisFlyer accounts from its normal award-search engine, despite publishing no rule about the restriction. Transferring 1,000 points appears to restore access, while calling or using its limited Flight Recommender offers imperfect workarounds.
Frequent Miler
(Extended & expanded) Targeted Marriott Amex Offers: Spend $375 & get $150, spend $250 & get $50, & more
Update from Nick 7/20/26: This offer appears to have been extended, and the targeting has been expanded. While neither my wife nor I saw this offer on our accounts when Stephen wrote this post in April, my wife now has the offer for $150 back on $375 on all of...
Miles To Memories
$2,000! Referral Bonuses, OG Amex Card Hits The Glue Factory, 8 Reasons AI Lounge Access Matters & More
Plus, 40% off your next payment offer, Amex is cracking down on a Platinum card perk, book cruises with points soon & so much more.
View from the Wing
Airport Passenger Tries To Fly With $53,000 In Cash—U.S. Government Takes It All [Roundup]
Customs officers seized more than $53,000 in undeclared cash from an airport passenger headed overseas. Plus: a Citi transfer bonus, American’s filthy Philadelphia lounge, Royal Ambassador suite exclusions and a Southwest dance party.
One Mile at a Time
Traveler Victim Of Complex Fraudulent Mileage Credit Claim… But How?!?
There’s all kinds of fraud in the miles & points world, as there’s a big underground industry of bartering rewards. While we hear about cases of rewards being stolen all the time, here’s an unusual twist on that, whereby someone managed to get someone else’s rewards credited to their frequent...
The Bulkhead Seat
JetBlue Wins Most of Spirit Airlines’ New York LaGuardia Airport Slots
JetBlue Airways is poised to expand its presence at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA)…
Points With a Crew
The Easiest Way To Get Your Free $50 From Rakuten (Deal Extended!)
If you're not sure how to take advantage of the easy $50 welcome bonus from Rakuten, here is in my opinion the best way to get some easy money. Simply ...
Your Mileage May Vary
6 Restaurant Mistakes Tourists Make in Italy (That Locals Notice)
One of the best parts of traveling is experiencing another country’s food culture. The problem is that what many Americans think of as “Italian food” often isn’t what you’ll find…
Miles To Memories
Save Up To $80 With Viator Amex Offer (Stack For Up To 49% Back!)
The popular Viator Amex Offer has returned. It is a bit better this time around too. You can do really well if you stack with other deals.
Frequent Miler
Seats.aero adds Google Chrome extension, cardmember pricing, more
Seats.aero is a favorite tool among passionate award travel enthusiasts. Greg has previously called it “a wonderfully nerdy tool”. That wonderfully nerdy tool now has a Google Chrome extension that can make it incredibly valuable for looking at award flights side by side with Google Flights cash prices. I installed...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Save Up to 45% at Select Iberostar Beachfront Resorts With IHG One Rewards
You can enjoy some time relaxing at the beach and spend less money, as you can save up to a maximum of 45% at select Iberostar Beachfront Resorts with IHG One Rewards at 27 participating resort properties in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Brazil, Aruba, and the United States from Sunday,...
View from the Wing
JetBlue Wins Spirit’s LaGuardia Slots—After Saying It Can’t Make Money At The Airport
JetBlue submitted the $58.5 million high bid for Spirit’s LaGuardia slots, potentially adding 12 daily departures and taking over the abandoned Marine Air Terminal—even after saying the airport is too expensive to operate profitably.
Your Mileage May Vary
We Status Matched To American AAdvantage Gold – Here’s What It Saves Us
When my wife Sharon earned JetBlue Mosaic 1 status, I knew status matching might eventually add some extra value. I didn’t expect it to become useful with two different airlines…
Economy Class & Beyond
Emirates formally debutes Safran’s U-DREAM Headrest for Economy Class seats
As Economy Class and Beyond broke a couple of weeks ago, Emirates has confirmed it is rolling out the U-Dream headrest by Safran Seats as the launch customer. The U-Dream headrest is different from the current crop of four/six way headrests. It is a multi-way adjustable headrest designed to provide full...
Traveling For Miles
Which key credit cards offer hotel elite status?
 Frequent visitors to this site may have already seen our article covering hotel loyalty programs that offer lifetime elite status and our article that looks at whether or not lifetime elite status with hotel loyalty programs is a worthwhile thing to pursue, so a natural progression from those articles is...
Traveling For Miles
The Chase Sapphire Lounge in Dallas Fort Worth is now open
Chase has added another lounge to its growing Sapphire network, this time at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The lounge opened last week (on 16 July), it's one of the larger locations in the network, and it comes with a feature no other Chase Sapphire Lounge currently has.
Traveling For Miles
Emirates has built a neck pillow into its Economy Class seat
Emirates has announced what it's calling a “world first” for Economy Class, a new adjustable headrest that's already being fitted across parts of the fleet. It's called the U-Dream, and while the press release does its best to make this sound like a technological leap, what Emirates has actually done...
Economy Class & Beyond
Airplane Art Extra- Iberia Airbus A330-300 on final approach to Chicago O’Hare
It’s just about Sunday still, so it’s time for Airplane Art Extra, because you’ve all been good and your author is still awake. For this second post this evening, and for no reason at all related to any football-related tournaments, we have an Iberia Airbus A330-300 on final Approach to...
Economy Class & Beyond
Airplane Art – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 787-9 lining up for Depature at Chicago O’Hare
It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art.  This week, we have a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 787-9 lining up for departure at Chicago O’Hare as it prepares for the transatlantic hop back to its home base of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.  KLM operates a fleet...
Economondo
Flying the Boeing 747-400 for One Last Time: Frankfurt to Bengaluru with Lufhansa
Flying on what is probably my last ever Boeing 747-400 flight with Lufthansa
Economy Class & Beyond
Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (18th July)
It’s the calm before the storm, as aircraft gather. It must mean next week it’s the Farnborough Air Show. And for those of us who are reading this on Saturday, it must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Trams going up and down Hill Street, Birmingham...