Update 9/25/25: We had thought that the Club Avolta to Radisson Rewards status match had gone away some time ago, but according to Loyalty Lobby, it’s working again. The trick is that you have to manually email Club Avolta at clientservice@dufry.com and ask them to match your Club Avolta status to...

Office Depot and OfficeMax stores have returned with their profitable gift card deal on Mastercard gift cards. The Deal Buy $300+ Mastercard gift cards at Office Depot/OfficeMax & get $15 off instantly. Key Terms Valid 9/21/25-9/27/25 Limit 10 per household/business (different stores may try to impose various limits that don’t correspond to the ad). Quick Thoughts As...

The rock and country singer Ryan Adams put Delta Air Lines on blast on Wednesday after he was removed from a flight and allegedly threatened with being banned from flying with the carrier ever again. In an angry Instagram post, the New York, New York, and Come Pick Me...

Breeze Airways launched operations in 2021. The value carrier was founded by serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, who is also the person behind JetBlue, among other airlines. The carrier’s business model is based around operating point-to-point flights in underserved markets. Up until now, the airline has exclusively been operating domestically. We’ve...

“I mean of course there’s a dancing kangaroo mascot”, I said to myself as I walked up to a swarm of people at Sydney’s Domestic Airport T3 this morning.  It was early, I hadn’t got much sleep the night before, but I was excited nonetheless.  No, not just because of...

It’s an exciting day for Qantas, sort of, as the airline is putting its first Airbus A321XLRs into service. These planes will be used to refresh the carrier’s domestic product, and will eventually become the backbone of Qantas’ narrow body fleet. However, one aspect of the passenger experience on these...

KLM will introduce a new longhaul “service concept” starting in 2027 that it says will create more room for personal contact while also increasing the number of seats across its intercontinental fleet. The plan spans World Business Class to Economy Class, and includes layout changes that add capacity, particularly in...

An airport’s purpose is to help you get somewhere. So the best airports are the ones which do that most efficiently. They are easy to get to (close to where people are coming from and going, with convenient transportation options) They are easy to get through (parking and rental car return near...

While Wyndham is the largest hotel franchising company in the world in terms of number of properties (the company has 9,300 hotels in 90 countries), I don’t talk all that much about its loyalty program, Wyndham Rewards. Wyndham Rewards has just launched its newest global promotion, valid for stays over the...

Breeze Airways is a low-cost airline that offers point-to-point flights to underserved markets across the United States using a fleet of modern Airbus A220 aircraft. I’ve flown Breeze several times and enjoyed the experience, overall (you can read the latest review here). Travel & Leisure named it as one of the five...