United Airlines is suing one of its cyber insurers after it refused to pay out a claim the Chicago-based carrier made following the infamous July 19, 2024, CrowdStrike outage, which bricked millions of computers running Windows software worldwide. In the immediate aftermath of the outage, United was forced to cancel...

An American Airlines passenger is playing the victim card, after he claims he was tricked into swapping seats with another person in the business class cabin. He thought he was just doing a nice deed by switching seats, but as it turns out, that other seat was actually broken, and...

Disclaimer: I was invited to lunch at Riva del Fiume, Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya, in exchange for this review. It was a nice change of scenery to take in a meal at Riva del Fiume, the signature Italian restaurant at Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River. I’m...

All the pilots in the flight deck of a recent British Airways flight from India to the UK became violently ill, to the point that one was even incapacitated. It’s believed that the ”culprit” here was their layover hotel, where they all ate together. As you’d expect, the airline is...

The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has accused Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary of violating international law over comments he made about the window blowout incident aboard one of the airline’s Boeing 737 jets over Greece earlier this month that partially sucked a 61-year-old passenger out...

Update 7/22/26: Doctor of Credit has highlighted that several high value gift card redemption options have been removed, including Lowes, Home Depot, and Instacart. While the selection of gift cards is sometimes targeted, for what it’s worth I’m not seeing those options either, nor other cards like Walmart. I do...

Every day somewhere on this planet, humans are fighting other humans in physical combat for varying reasons — violations of civil rights; the desire to be heard instead of ignored; or revenge for what is perceived as a reprehensible act as three of those reasons — and despite the inherent...

Some American Express cardholders are being targeted with a Viator Amex Offer that’s giving $40 back as a statement credit when spending $250 or more. The Deal Spend $250+ in a single transaction at Viator & get $40 back as a statement credit with a targeted Amex Offer. Key Terms...

TSA says travelers can bring hammocks through airport security, but actually hanging one is another matter. Airports may ban sleeping setups, block terminal obstructions, or simply have nowhere passengers are allowed to use them.

Update 7/22/26: Quick reminder that the limited time welcome offers on these Hilton credit cards end on July 29, 2026. ~ The offers on all Amex Hilton Honors credit cards have improved, with two cards now offering up to 175,000 points. In addition, the annual fees for the Business and...

Congress already banned inflight calls in 2018, but DOT never finished the rule to enforce it. The new Quiet Skies Act would force action, even as faster Wi-Fi makes listening to calls and joining meetings in the air more practical.

Historically, it’s been pretty easy to perform award searches with Singapore Airlines. All you needed was to be logged into a free-to-create Krisflyer account and you could run as many searches as you wanted to your heart’s content. Singapore Airlines has sadly added an irksome new requirement—a balance of at...

It's actually surprisingly easy to combine a Hyatt free night certificate and points on the same reservation. All you need to do is ...

I won’t tell you exactly how old I am… …but I was already an adult before the internet became part of everyday life. That means I booked airline tickets over…

Choice Privileges has launched its latest points sale. This latest deal gives a discount of up to 40% which means you can buy points for as low as 0.62 cents per point. That’s slightly more expensive than the 45% discount sale that ended a couple of days ago, but it’s...

There is a now an option for using Hilton Honors points for cruises with their latest partnership, but what kind of value does it offer?

American Airlines has started grading flight attendants using customer scores, attendance, delays, reports, Teams usage, and other data. The union says California privacy law may get in the way—but federal labor law may preempt much of the fight.

Air Astana is taking the first step toward launching the first-ever nonstop commercial flights…