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3 American Airlines Passengers Each Left $4,500 Richer After Delaying Greece Vacation By One Day
American Airlines is not known for Delta-style bidding wars when flights are oversold. But on a Philadelphia–Athens flight, the airline reportedly kept raising the offer until three passengers got $4,500 each to delay their Greece trip by one day — an unusually rich payout from a carrier that normally stops...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Red Chairs on Prince Edward Island in Canada. Sunday Morning Photograph.
I may have spotted red chairs on Prince Edward Island — but it was not the first time I found red chairs in Canada. These red chairs are one of six sets that are currently on Prince Edward Island as part of the...
The Bulkhead Seat
CLEAR Launches at Northwest Arkansas National Airport
CLEAR has launched operations at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) to bring its biometric…
One Mile at a Time
Transfer Citi ThankYou Points To Preferred Hotels & Resorts With Bonus
The Citi ThankYou program has just launched a new transfer bonus, in addition to the one to Wyndham Rewards. Funny enough, just weeks ago we saw the transfer ratio between the two programs devalued, and now there’s a transfer bonus, which doesn’t even get us back to the old transfer...
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Do you remember when Concorde rudders kept breaking off?
On Wednesday, 12 April 1989 the people of Sydney, Australia were looking forward to a rare visitor. A…
One Mile at a Time
Pass: Transfer Citi ThankYou Points To Wyndham Rewards With 25% Bonus
The Citi ThankYou program has just launched a new transfer bonus. While I personally won’t be taking advantage of this, it’s still worth covering, in case it’s useful to anyone.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
United Airlines Passenger ‘Body Slams’ His Seat For Two Hours Straight in Bizarre Video That Left Everyone Confused
A United Airlines passenger was caught on video ‘body slamming’ his seat for two hours straight on an early morning flight from Denver to Chicago O’Hare, but everyone’s a little confused as to why he was acting in such a performative manner. The man’s ‘tantrum’ was captured by a passenger...
View from the Wing
United Passenger Throws Two-Hour Recline Tantrum — Slams Seatback Into 6’7″ Man Behind Him
Reclining is allowed. Repeatedly body-slamming your seatback for two hours because the guy behind you is tall is not. That is what passengers say happened on a United flight from Denver to Chicago, while the 6'7" man behind him somehow stayed completely unbothered while a flight attendant allowed it to...
One Mile at a Time
Dallas-Bound Qantas 787 Diverts To Tahiti After Belligerent Man Bites Crew
A man trying to fly from Australia to the United States is now finding himself in a Tahiti jail cell, with a permanent ban on Australia’s flag carrier…
Eye of the Flyer
Delta May Pack 60 Suites Between LA and London, and a Card Fraud Save Worth Reading
Delta might pack 60 Delta One suites onto its returning LAX–LHR widebodies, a card fraud attempt that turned into a save worth bookmarking, and a new ChatGPT credit on two business cards.
View from the Wing
Delta’s Inflight Utensils Are Melting — After Years Of “Eco-Conscious” Cost Cuts [Roundup]
Delta’s “eco-conscious” inflight cutbacks look even worse when the utensils start melting. Plus: Southwest’s once-unthinkable layoffs continue, American’s cabin cleaning misses another seatback surprise, and Spirit gets its own ballad.
Live and Let’s Fly
Emirates Quietly Killed Its 615-Seat Cattle Car A380
Emirates' 615-seat A380 was the densest jet in commercial service. They just ripped out 46 seats. The premium economy math finally beat the yield math.
One Mile at a Time
How To Earn Bilt Points With Rakuten For Online Shopping, And Is It Worth It?
Rakuten is my favorite online shopping portal, and it lets you earn bonus rewards for purchases you make online. Historically, Rakuten has offered the ability to earn cash back or Amex Membership Rewards points for online shopping, with the latter being a more compelling option (at least for those good...
View from the Wing
VIDEO: Qantas Flight To Dallas Diverts To Tahiti After Passenger Bites Flight Attendant
A Qantas Boeing 787 flying from Melbourne to Dallas diverted to Tahiti after a disruptive passenger allegedly bit a flight attendant and had to be restrained with help from other passengers.
Frequent Miler
Last Chance Deals: Hyatt award chart changes, SAS & Turkish award sales, & more
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon. More than a dozen deals are ending this week, with one of the most notable things to be aware of is that Hyatt’s big devaluation will...
Points With a Crew
Chase Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card – 3 Reasons It’s One Of The Best!
The Chase Ink Business Preferred is an incredible card with a sign up bonus easily worth over $1,000. And now it is even easier to get, because Chase has ...