Eye of the Flyer
Atlanta Is Finally Getting a Delta One Lounge and a 13-Year-Old Climbed Out of a Moving Disneyland Ride and Fell 50 Feet Down a Waterfall — Plus More Travel News!
Here are this week’s travel news headlines from around the web and interweb I found the most interesting. Take a look: A Brawl Between Two Families at PortMiami Just Got 16 Carnival Passengers Permanently Banned On the morning of June 22, passengers disembarking the Carnival Conquest after a 3-night Bahamas...
View from the Wing
American Airlines Expands Use Of Cash ‘Instant Upgrades’ To More Destinations [Roundup]
American Airlines has expanded the selling of upgrades for cash to more international destinations. Also, a Boeing 777 makes a frightening low pass, Alaska Airlines tracks its Starlink wifi installs, and a hotel guest pays a $45,000 hotel bill with bricks of cash.
Traveling For Miles
Did you know that the Accor ALL program sells subscriptions? (discounts, elite night credits, & more)
Here’s something I suspect a lot of readers will not know. ALL Accor, the loyalty program for brands such as Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Novotel and quite a few others, sells three subscription cards which give members a variety of benefits that, used correctly, can be nice money savers.
Eye of the Flyer
Atlanta Is Finally Getting a Delta One Lounge and a 13-Year-Old Climbed Out of a Moving Disneyland Ride and Fell 50 Feet Down a Waterfall — Plus More Travel News!
Here are this week’s travel news headlines from around the web and interweb I found the most interesting. Take a look: A Brawl Between Two Families at PortMiami Just Got 16 Carnival Passengers Permanently Banned On the morning of June 22, passengers disembarking the Carnival Conquest after a 3-night Bahamas...
View from the Wing
American Airlines Expands Use Of Cash ‘Instant Upgrades’ To More Destinations [Roundup]
American Airlines has expanded the selling of upgrades for cash to more international destinations. Also, a Boeing 777 makes a frightening low pass, Alaska Airlines tracks its Starlink wifi installs, and a hotel guest pays a $45,000 hotel bill with bricks of cash.
Traveling For Miles
Did you know that the Accor ALL program sells subscriptions? (discounts, elite night credits, & more)
Here’s something I suspect a lot of readers will not know. ALL Accor, the loyalty program for brands such as Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Novotel and quite a few others, sells three subscription cards which give members a variety of benefits that, used correctly, can be nice money savers.
Frequent Miler
Getting the elite experience without elite status via credit card; preferred partner hotel booking programs
Things like free breakfast, room upgrades, and late checkout can be among the luxuries enjoyed by those with elite access. However, many of those perks can be bestowed upon you even without elite status when you book through the right partner programs. In fact, you can sometimes score these perks...
Live and Let’s Fly
Alaska And Hawaiian Near 150 Starlink Aircraft As Free Wi-Fi Push Accelerates
Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines now have Starlink Wi-Fi installed on nearly 150 aircraft across their combined fleet, putting the carriers ahead of schedule in their push toward free, fast connectivity onboard. Alaska And Hawaiian Hit 150 Starlink Aircraft Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are moving quickly on Starlink. The...
One Mile at a Time
Airplane Trolley Infested With Baby Rats: Airline & Catering Company Point Fingers
A catering cart loaded onto the flight of Israeli airline Arkia turned out to be full of baby rats. That’s of course an unpleasant discovery, but what’s perhaps even more interesting is the controversy this is causing, with both the airline and the catering company pointing fingers at one another,...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
British Aviation Regulators Say Incidents of Power Banks Overheating On Planes Have Nearly Doubled in Just One Year
British aviation regulators have issued an urgent warning after official statistics revealed that the number of incidents involving power banks and other lithium battery-powered devices overheating and catching fire on airplanes has nearly doubled in just one year. Lithium battery fires are now one of the biggest concerns facing airlines,...
One Mile at a Time
Ryanair Passive Aggressively Changes Family Seating Policy, Blasts Regulators
A couple of weeks ago, authorities in the United Kingdom opened an investigation into Ryanair’s seating policy for families, suggesting it wasn’t complying with regulations. While the airline insists that it has been following rules all along, the company has just updated its policies.
View from the Wing
United Airlines Is Working To End The Worst Part Of International Connections: Rechecking Bags In The U.S.
United is working with Customs and Border Protection to expand programs that let international connecting passengers skip reclaiming and rechecking bags at their first U.S. airport. The airline already has this on Sydney–San Francisco, and broader adoption could cut customs delays, missed connections, and one of the worst hassles in...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
A Quick Reference Guide to the 3 Airline Alliances and Their Member Airlines
Knowing the 3 airline alliances and their member airlines is important while traveling, as you may not know about benefits for which you can qualify and codesharing arrangements — especially if you have elite status.
Although airline alliances do significantly ease travel via cooperation between member airlines, they are not completely...
Frequent Miler
Bilt Rent Day for July: Up to 200% transfer bonus to Hilton (give this a wide berth)
Bilt Rewards released details of its next Rent Day transfer bonus today that’ll take place on July 1. Following the launch of its new partnership with the Preferred Hotels I Prefer loyalty program on a 1:2 basis, we’d expected next month’s Rent Day to offer a transfer bonus to Preferred...
View from the Wing
[LAST CHANCE] Southwest Card’s 90,000 Point Bonus Gets You Most Of The Way To Companion Pass
Southwest’s new 90,000-point Priority Card offer is valuable on its own, but the bigger play is Companion Pass. Between the bonus, required spending, and the 15,000 qualifying-point boost from holding a Southwest card, this offer gets you most of what you need for the best deal in travel.
Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Earn 2x Flying Blue Miles on Air France and KLM flights out of the U.S., Canada & Mexico this fall! (Targeted offer)
North American Air France KLM Flying Blue members check your email inbox for this new targeted flight bonus offer! Flying Blue members who receive this email can earn between 2x miles in any fare cabin for Air France and KLM flights out of the U.S., Canada & Mexico! The 2x...
Travel With Grant
How to Find Out When All of Your Wyndham Rewards Points Expire
Wyndham Rewards only tells you when your next batch of points will expire, but what about the rest of your points? I discovered that Wyndham can provide a detailed expiration report showing exactly when every point in your account is scheduled to expire, and I'll show you how to request...
Frequent Miler
Awful new Qatar Airways restriction limits ability to redeem Avios for other people
Qatar Airways added a new restriction last week when it comes to redeeming your Avios to book award flights for other people. While its intention seems to be to restrict the ability for points/miles brokers to make award bookings, unfortunately the implementation of it is extremely stringent and could cause...
View from the Wing
Expedia Kills Flight Rewards, Marriott Leases Apartments, And Walt Disney’s Plane Is Back
Amex is running new transfer bonuses to Hilton and Virgin Atlantic, Marriott is moving into branded apartment rentals, airplane dog etiquette somehow still needs explaining, Expedia is cutting One Key rewards on flights and hotels, a former NYC mayoral aide faces charges tied to a migrant-shelter hotel contract, Minute Suites...
Frequent Miler
(Last chance) Southwest consumer cards: Increased offers up 90K points
Update 6/25/26: These increased welcome offers on the personal Southwest credit cards will end on July 2, 2026 at 7am EST. ~ All three consumer Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards credit cards now offer an increased welcome bonus of 80,000-90,000 Rapid Rewards points after meeting minimum spend of $1k-$3k within the...
Frequent Miler
Getting the elite experience without elite status via credit card; preferred partner hotel booking programs
Things like free breakfast, room upgrades, and late checkout can be among the luxuries enjoyed by those with elite access. However, many of those perks can be bestowed upon you even without elite status when you book through the right partner programs. In fact, you can sometimes score these perks...
Live and Let’s Fly
Alaska And Hawaiian Near 150 Starlink Aircraft As Free Wi-Fi Push Accelerates
Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines now have Starlink Wi-Fi installed on nearly 150 aircraft across their combined fleet, putting the carriers ahead of schedule in their push toward free, fast connectivity onboard. Alaska And Hawaiian Hit 150 Starlink Aircraft Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are moving quickly on Starlink. The...
One Mile at a Time
Airplane Trolley Infested With Baby Rats: Airline & Catering Company Point Fingers
A catering cart loaded onto the flight of Israeli airline Arkia turned out to be full of baby rats. That’s of course an unpleasant discovery, but what’s perhaps even more interesting is the controversy this is causing, with both the airline and the catering company pointing fingers at one another,...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
British Aviation Regulators Say Incidents of Power Banks Overheating On Planes Have Nearly Doubled in Just One Year
British aviation regulators have issued an urgent warning after official statistics revealed that the number of incidents involving power banks and other lithium battery-powered devices overheating and catching fire on airplanes has nearly doubled in just one year. Lithium battery fires are now one of the biggest concerns facing airlines,...
One Mile at a Time
Ryanair Passive Aggressively Changes Family Seating Policy, Blasts Regulators
A couple of weeks ago, authorities in the United Kingdom opened an investigation into Ryanair’s seating policy for families, suggesting it wasn’t complying with regulations. While the airline insists that it has been following rules all along, the company has just updated its policies.
View from the Wing
United Airlines Is Working To End The Worst Part Of International Connections: Rechecking Bags In The U.S.
United is working with Customs and Border Protection to expand programs that let international connecting passengers skip reclaiming and rechecking bags at their first U.S. airport. The airline already has this on Sydney–San Francisco, and broader adoption could cut customs delays, missed connections, and one of the worst hassles in...
