The Gate with Brian Cohen
16 Tips to Stay Healthy While Traveling? You Only Need One Primary Tip…
The holiday season has arrived — along with cold weather, when people tend to become sick or ill with colds and flu. You do not need 16 tips in order to stay healthy while traveling. Rather, you really need only one primary tip and a few lesser tips to help...
Frequent Miler
Rakuten: Earn 12x at Hyatt, Dell, Saks, Lululemon, Homes & Villas by Marriott, & more
Rakuten is offering increased rates of 12x or more at a wide range of retailers for Black Friday. That includes Hyatt hotel reservations, Dell, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lululemon, and more. The Deal Earn 12x or more at Rakuten for sites including: Hyatt (listed as World of Hyatt) Saks Fifth Avenue...
2PAXfly
INDIA: Qantas and Jetstar plan sub-continental expansion with new jets
Australia’s fast-growing demand for travel to India is about to be met with renewed enthusiasm from Qantas and Jetstar. As both airlines usher in new long-range aircraft, they’re preparing to expand their presence on routes to the subcontinent significantly. For travellers, this means more nonstop flights, more modern cabins, and...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
16 Tips to Stay Healthy While Traveling? You Only Need One Primary Tip…
The holiday season has arrived — along with cold weather, when people tend to become sick or ill with colds and flu. You do not need 16 tips in order to stay healthy while traveling. Rather, you really need only one primary tip and a few lesser tips to help...
Frequent Miler
Rakuten: Earn 12x at Hyatt, Dell, Saks, Lululemon, Homes & Villas by Marriott, & more
Rakuten is offering increased rates of 12x or more at a wide range of retailers for Black Friday. That includes Hyatt hotel reservations, Dell, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lululemon, and more. The Deal Earn 12x or more at Rakuten for sites including: Hyatt (listed as World of Hyatt) Saks Fifth Avenue...
View from the Wing
Delta Removes the Second Barcode From Boarding Passes — And Both the Official and Unofficial Reasons Are True
Delta has removed the second barcode from its printed boarding passes, a change agents often describe as ink-saving but which Delta says also improves compatibility with airport scanners. Both explanations are true — the legacy 1-D code caused read errors, and dropping it also cuts print costs at scale.
Continue reading...
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Best Western: Receive a $20 bonus card for every $100 in BW Travel Cards purchased
Best Western has brought back their annual Cyber Week bonus for purchasing their Best Western Travel/Gift Cards! During this promotion when you buy a $100 gift card they will give you a $20 bonus card to use. You can buy up to $500 worth of gift cards with this promotion...
Frequent Miler
$100 inKind gift card for $64.99 at Costco.com
Costco is once again offering a $100 inKind gift card for a discount, though this time around the price has dropped to $64.99. This could be a good deal if you have upcoming plans to dine at an inKind restaurant. You can also get 20% back on all food and beverage,...
Live and Let’s Fly
A Thanksgiving Resolution
Once upon a time there was a boy who loved to fly around the world using his miles and points. Around the globe he flew, visiting the far corners of the world; meeting new people and surveying new lands. The boy grew into a man and his eyes were opened...
View from the Wing
SNL’s ‘Thanksgiving Week Airport Parade’ Nails Holiday Travel — Newark, Fake Service Animals, Drunk Pilots and All
SNL’s “Thanksgiving Week Airport Parade” may be two years old, but its send-up of Thanksgiving air travel—Newark jokes, fake service animals, frazzled TSA agents, restless kids, and even a “crazy plane lady”—still feels uncomfortably accurate today. If you dread flying this week, the sketch is worth revisiting.
Continue reading SNL’s ‘Thanksgiving...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
4 Reasons to Travel During a Holiday.
Although I did not do so this year, I have traveled during holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries over the years — not only because almost everyone has the time off anyway and getting additional days off before and after a holiday is usually easier to do than at other times of...
View from the Wing
A Hotel Owner Tested Old Key Cards At Marriott, Hyatt, And Westin — Why They Still Opened Lounge, Gym And Elevators Months Later
A longtime reader who owned a hotel decided to test something most properties assume never happens: what old key cards can still open long after checkout. Across Marriott, Hyatt, and Westin—at airport and city hotels alike—his months-old cards kept unlocking lounges, gyms, and even elevator access. The results say far...
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
November 27 Bonus Offer Highlight: Avianca LifeMiles – Up to a 150% bonus when you buy Lifemiles.
Today's bonus offer highlight is Avianca's Black Friday Buy Miles bonus where you can get up to 150% extra when buying LifeMiles. Check out all of the new bonuses added today:
The post November 27 Bonus Offer Highlight: Avianca LifeMiles – Up to a 150% bonus when you buy Lifemiles. appeared...
Frequent Miler
12x at lululemon via Rakuten through Black Friday
Shopping portal Rakuten will be offering 12x/12% back through November 28th for lululemon purchases. That could make it a great time to purchase if you have quarterly Amex credits to use for lululemon purchases. (h/t: DOC) The Deal Shopping portal Rakuten is offering 12x Membership Rewards points or 12% cash...
Live and Let’s Fly
Spectacular: Malaysia Airlines A330-900neo Business Class
I had a very nice flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bali on a brand new Malaysia Airlines A330-900neo business class, a beautiful aircraft with a posh business class cabin. Malaysia Airlines A330-900neo Business Class – My First Impressions The only reason I flew to Bali (and why the side trip...
Points Miles and Bling
Aspire International Lounge Review – Montreal (YUL)
Aspire International Lounge – Montreal (YUL) Earlier this month, before flying to Toulouse for the first edition of PMB Experiences,…
The post Aspire International Lounge Review – Montreal (YUL) appeared first on Points Miles and Bling.
The Bulkhead Seat
Why I’m Thankful This Year: Reflecting on The Bulkhead Seat’s Third Thanksgiving
The Bulkhead Seat started on December 1, 2022 when I joined BoardingArea. As I…
The post Why I’m Thankful This Year: Reflecting on The Bulkhead Seat’s Third Thanksgiving appeared first on The Bulkhead Seat.
View from the Wing
Delta Removes the Second Barcode From Boarding Passes — And Both the Official and Unofficial Reasons Are True
Delta has removed the second barcode from its printed boarding passes, a change agents often describe as ink-saving but which Delta says also improves compatibility with airport scanners. Both explanations are true — the legacy 1-D code caused read errors, and dropping it also cuts print costs at scale.
Continue reading...
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Best Western: Receive a $20 bonus card for every $100 in BW Travel Cards purchased
Best Western has brought back their annual Cyber Week bonus for purchasing their Best Western Travel/Gift Cards! During this promotion when you buy a $100 gift card they will give you a $20 bonus card to use. You can buy up to $500 worth of gift cards with this promotion...
Frequent Miler
$100 inKind gift card for $64.99 at Costco.com
Costco is once again offering a $100 inKind gift card for a discount, though this time around the price has dropped to $64.99. This could be a good deal if you have upcoming plans to dine at an inKind restaurant. You can also get 20% back on all food and beverage,...
Live and Let’s Fly
A Thanksgiving Resolution
Once upon a time there was a boy who loved to fly around the world using his miles and points. Around the globe he flew, visiting the far corners of the world; meeting new people and surveying new lands. The boy grew into a man and his eyes were opened...
View from the Wing
SNL’s ‘Thanksgiving Week Airport Parade’ Nails Holiday Travel — Newark, Fake Service Animals, Drunk Pilots and All
SNL’s “Thanksgiving Week Airport Parade” may be two years old, but its send-up of Thanksgiving air travel—Newark jokes, fake service animals, frazzled TSA agents, restless kids, and even a “crazy plane lady”—still feels uncomfortably accurate today. If you dread flying this week, the sketch is worth revisiting.
Continue reading SNL’s ‘Thanksgiving...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
4 Reasons to Travel During a Holiday.
Although I did not do so this year, I have traveled during holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries over the years — not only because almost everyone has the time off anyway and getting additional days off before and after a holiday is usually easier to do than at other times of...
View from the Wing
A Hotel Owner Tested Old Key Cards At Marriott, Hyatt, And Westin — Why They Still Opened Lounge, Gym And Elevators Months Later
A longtime reader who owned a hotel decided to test something most properties assume never happens: what old key cards can still open long after checkout. Across Marriott, Hyatt, and Westin—at airport and city hotels alike—his months-old cards kept unlocking lounges, gyms, and even elevator access. The results say far...
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