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Capital One Announced Its Largest Lounge is Coming to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Capital One is expanding its airport lounge network again with the first location in… The post Capital One Announced Its Largest Lounge is Coming to Charlotte Douglas International Airport appeared first on The Bulkhead Seat.
Live and Let’s Fly
Trump’s Doomsday Plane Heads To Washington, DC As Global Tensions Rise
With global geopolitical tensions simmering and the Trump administration making extraordinary threats about military operations abroad, an often unseen but critical piece of U.S. national security infrastructure has quietly moved into position. The U.S. Air Force’s E-4B “Nightwatch,” commonly known as the Doomsday Plane, recently flew to the Washington, DC...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
British Airways Finds Another Way To Cut Costs On Food And Drink For Business Class On Short Haul Flights
British Airways has found yet another way to cut costs on food and drink in its short-haul Club Europe Business Class cabin, by reclassifying some destinations so that passengers are served smaller meals and are proactively offered fewer drinks. The change was revealed just days after BA’s controversial decision to...
Dots, Lines, & Destinations
DLD 568: Ops Oopsies
'Tis the season for all sorts of things, including some interesting operational messes.
One Mile at a Time
Great News: 14K Square Foot Capital One Lounge Coming To Charlotte Airport
The Capital One Lounge network will be expanding, with the opening of a new outpost at an airport that could certainly use some more lounge capacity…
Altitude Yes
ANA Expects First 787-9 With ‘The Room FX’ Business Class in August 2026
The Room FX business class seats will offer a more consistent premium experience across the airline's fleet. The post ANA Expects First 787-9 With ‘The Room FX’ Business Class in August 2026 first appeared on Altitude Yes.
TravelUpdate
California Review: Ava Hotel Paso Robles, Curio Collection
Background and Location After visiting Hearst Castle, I wanted to find a spot on the road trip that…
View from the Wing
“Worst Odds in the City”: Avoid the Slot Machines at Las Vegas Airport [Roundup]
A warning is making the rounds that the slot machines at Las Vegas airport are among the worst bets in town—possibly paying out near the legal minimum—so you’re better off waiting until you hit the Strip. Plus a United first class passenger stunned there’s no screen, Hilton’s new Diamond Reserve...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Photographs of Unique Highway Signs in Colorado — With Complete Sentences?
As Interstate 70 winds through the Rocky Mountains heading west from Denver in Colorado, it experiences drastic changes in elevation — at one point exceeding 11,000 feet above sea level. Combine that with a winter snowstorm and you have a recipe for a trucker’s nightmare. In December of 2020, I arrived...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Photographs of Unique Highway Signs in Colorado — With Complete Sentences?
As Interstate 70 winds through the Rocky Mountains heading west from Denver in Colorado, it experiences drastic changes in elevation — at one point exceeding 11,000 feet above sea level. Combine that with a winter snowstorm and you have a recipe for a trucker’s nightmare. In December of 2020, I arrived...
One Mile at a Time
Southwest Rapid Rewards Selling Points For Up To 50% Off: Worth It?
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards has introduced its latest promotion on purchased points. While there has long been value in strategically buying points, the concept of a revenue based frequent flyer program selling points has always been strange to me, especially for an airline like Southwest. Still, let’s go over the...
Frequent Miler
Earn up to a $715 bonus with a new SoFi checking/savings account
SoFi has again increased a stackable offer that can give you up to $715 back when opening a new checking/savings account. The shopping portal Swagbucks is offering a 41,500-point (~$415) bonus for opening a new SoFi Checking/Savings account by clicking through the portal link and making a $400 direct deposit...
Frequent Miler
Earn up to a $715 bonus with a new SoFi checking/savings account
SoFi has again increased a stackable offer that can give you up to $715 back when opening a new checking/savings account. The shopping portal Swagbucks is offering a 41,500-point (~$415) bonus for opening a new SoFi Checking/Savings account by clicking through the portal link and making a $400 direct deposit...
Travel Codex
Alaska Largest Airplane Order! More Boeing 787s Coming
Alaska Airlines is expanding it’s fleet with their largest airplane order ever. Alaska Airlines plans to both grow and replace it’s fleet with it’s new order for 110 aircraft. After the merger with Hawaiian is completed Alaska is focus on growth from Seattle and to do so, Alaska needs more...
Live and Let’s Fly
United Airlines Flight Attendants Resume Contract Talks With Patience Wearing Thin
After years of stalled negotiations and a decisive rejection of a tentative agreement, United Airlines flight attendants are once again sitting down with management. But this time, the tone is sharper, expectations are higher, and patience is wearing thin (not that such sentiment makes a deal any more imminent). United...
The Bulkhead Seat
United Served Me a Polaris® Meal So Awful a Stray Dog Wouldn’t Touch It
United Airlines has the worst catering of any US airline in its international Business… The post United Served Me a Polaris® Meal So Awful a Stray Dog Wouldn’t Touch It appeared first on The Bulkhead Seat.