Frequent Miler
Alaska Airlines award sale: From 4k miles contiguous & from 7.5k to Hawaii (Book by 1/9/25)
Alaska Airlines is currently running an award sale that’s offering prices as low as 4,000 miles one way for some flights, as well as from only 7,500 miles one way to/from Hawaii. You’ll have to be quick to book these though; in addition to limited award availability, you have to...
One Mile at a Time
Ouch: Ryanair 737 Misses Berlin Curfew By Seconds, Forced To Divert
The rules are the rules (especially in Germany), but this has to be one of the rougher curfew-related diversions we’ve seen in some time, as flagged by aeroTELEGRAPH.
The Points of Life
Priority Pass DTW: Opens at 16:00:00, Not a Second Sooner!
Priority Pass DTW is part of the TPOL Won’t Visit All 50 States And That’s OK Trip Report. My Michigan mission was accomplished. I visited family. I saw the Bills vs. Lions game at a cheap price (see Bills vs. Lions: Ticket Scalping When No Tickets Are Available), and I qualified for...
View from the Wing
Delta Drops Lyft For Uber: Earn Up To 3 SkyMiles Per Dollar Starting This Spring
Delta and Lyft have been partners since 2017 however it was silly to earn Delta miles for Lyft rides since both Alaska and Bilt partnerships with Lyft are move valuable. This spring, Delta will drop Lyft for Uber. Continue reading Delta Drops Lyft For Uber: Earn Up To 3 SkyMiles Per Dollar...
Live and Let’s Fly
Frontier Airlines Challenges American Airlines + Delta Air Lines With Three New JFK Routes
Frontier Airlines has (again) announced three new routes from New York Kennedy (JFK) that will directly challenge legacy carriers on bread-and-butter routes. Frontier Adds Three New JFK Routes Like its “ultra-low-cost” peers, Frontier Airlines has struggled in recent years and sought to reinvent itself in hopes of returning to profitability....
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Ryanair is Suing An Unruly Passenger Who Forced Plane to Make Emergency Landing in Portugal
Ryanair is launching a legal bid to reclaim thousands of Euros from an unruly passenger who forced a flight from Dublin to the Spanish holiday island of Lanzarote to make an emergency diversion to Portugal so police could haul the suspect off the plane. As well as criminal prosecution, the...
One Mile at a Time
Cairo Airport & Plaza Premium Partner To Improve Lounges
Cairo International Airport (CAI) has plans to improve some of its lounges, thanks to a new partnership with Plaza Premium.
View from the Wing
Miami Airport Chaos: American Airlines Passenger Smashes Gate Agent’s Computer After Missing Flight, Arrested on the Spot [Roundup]
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading Miami Airport Chaos: American Airlines Passenger Smashes Gate Agent’s Computer After Missing Flight, Arrested on the Spot...
TravelUpdate
Ending tonight! Last chance for Hilton credit card offers
Today is the final day if you're looking to lock in that co-branded Hilton credit card welcome bonus by American Express.
One Mile at a Time
Delta Upgrades Inflight Entertainment, Adds Bluetooth Audio
Delta Air Lines has long invested in inflight entertainment, from having seat back entertainment throughout most of its fleet, to now rolling out free inflight Wi-Fi. The airline has just announced its newest investment in inflight entertainment, which has some pretty great improvements.
Eye of the Flyer
What is the “Minimum” Delta Elite Status for Decent Value These Days?
Something bandied about in our blog’s Comments section are people’s various opinions of the Delta Air Lines SkyMiles Medallion program — and its value for them. Some people feel they still get great returns for whatever status they hold. Others are fed up with fewer upgrades and various changes to...
One Mile at a Time
Delta SkyMiles & Uber Launching Partnership, Replacing Lyft
Delta Air Lines has announced plans to launch a new partnership with Uber in the coming months, and that’ll come at the expense of Delta’s existing Lyft partnership.
Frequent Miler
Which is better: 3x everywhere or $200 back on $500?
Yesterday, a member of our Frequent Miler Insiders group pointed out that the welcome offer on our site (at least at the time of writing) on the Chase Freedom Unlimited is good for “an extra 1.5% back everywhere” (essentially 3x everywhere for the first year on up to $20,000 on...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Veteran United Airlines Flight Attendant Slams ‘Lazy’ Post-Pandemic New Hires Who Lack ‘Class, Etiquette, And Professionalism’
A veteran United Airlines flight attendant has slammed colleagues hired during a rush by the Chicago-based carrier to bolster its inflight workforce as travel demand quickly bounced back from the doldrums of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling them lazy and lacking in class, etiquette, and professionalism. The frustrated crew member made...
One Mile at a Time
Buy Choice Privileges Points With 40% Bonus (0.74 Cents Per Point)
Choice Privileges has just launched its latest promotion on purchased points. This isn’t quite as good as some of the other recent offers we’ve seen from the program, though it might still prove useful for those who have an immediate use in mind for these points. Just keep in mind...
The Bulkhead Seat
Taste Test: Not Quite Mezzi Rigatoni On United Airlines
I’ve been making an effort to taste all of the dishes that United and… The post Taste Test: Not Quite Mezzi Rigatoni On United Airlines appeared first on The Bulkhead Seat.