While Australia and New Zealand are dream destinations for many people, they are not the easiest for award travel, especially in premium cabins. If you're like many of my friends and want to spend New Year's Eve in Sydney to view their spectacular show…
While this is a pretty niche change, it does combine my love of airports with my love of loyalty programs, and is something I've always found a bit annoying. With the My Starbucks Rewards program you earn two Stars per dollar spent, and then you need…
Cabin temperatures is something that is discussed frequently on this site. Ben is a huge fan of individual air nozzles/vents, regardless of the airline or cabin, which allows air to flow through what is otherwise often a very warm cabin. I myself have…
British Airways has been getting quite a bit of media attention for once again not honoring mistake fares. Specifically, passengers booked fares from London to Tel Aviv and Dubai for 200GBP and 220GBP, respectively, and the airline has decided not to…
For the past couple of months, Emirates has had a pilot shortage. This has caused the airline to park planes at Dubai World Central, cut routes, and reduce pilot staffing on some routes. Emirates pilots are leaving the airline to work at other airlines…
Over the past several months we've seen many major US airlines crack down on emotional support animals. The first airline to do this was Delta, as they announced changes in January that kicked in for travel as of March. Since then, other airlines have…
Well this wasn't exactly what I was expecting. Last week I wrote about how Amex added a new welcome bonus eligibility tool. Most American Express credit cards have a "once in a lifetime" policy, where you can't earn the welcome bonus on a card if you've…
For the past several years, most of IHG Rewards Club's global promotions have been "Accelerate" offers, which are targeted bonuses where you earn bonus points for completing certain tasks. The current Accelerate offer is valid for stays through July…
Well, you've gotta give Wizz Air credit here, though this is probably more of a publicity stunt than anything. Yesterday there were widespread reports of British Airways not honoring fares that passengers had booked on June 11 and June 12 for travel…
Norwegian has been expanding nicely lately, and clearly has the major global carriers worried, given that both British Airways and Lufthansa are interested in acquiring them. While they have a fleet of Boeing 787s that they use for longhaul flights,…
I've written recently about how I believe Norwegian is the best low cost carrier in Europe, and how even Ryanair is tolerable. Most airlines I fly in Europe on one or two hour hops, whether they are full service, or low cost, are fine, but forgettable.…
Every month I make a post with what I consider to be the best credit card bonuses of the month. While there are several excellent long standing credit card offers, the specifics of the best offers are constantly changing (be it the annual fee, minimum…
James Corden, host of The Late Late Show, is known for being a jokester. He's a bit much, though he almost always makes me laugh. Earlier this week he did a segment that's even travel related. Specifically, James paid a visit to The Savoy Hotel in London,…
In early April, the new Barclays Arrival® Premier World Elite Mastercard® (see terms) was introduced. This is a card that many people were excited about, though once it was introduced, some of the details were disappointing. The card has a $150 annual…
The Indian government set a deadline of June for Air India to be privatized. The airline is losing hundreds of millions of dollars per year, and there are no signs of that changing. After a lot of threats, the government has decided to extend the deadline,…
Lately we're seeing more and more large companies take public stands on social issues. This comes in many forms, from supporting LGBT rights, to standing up against the NRA. In the past things like this were taboo, though it seems like that's slowly…
I won't be writing many reviews for this site, firstly because Ben has reviewed just about everything, and secondly because his reviews will probably be far better than mine, but I wanted to write about The Grain Store, because it is such a genius solution.…
Hong Kong Airlines just recently started flying to the US using their new A350s. As of now the airline flies to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and they plan to add flights to New York soon as well. Given that Cathay Pacific historically has a stronghold…
My flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was scheduled to depart at 12PM. However, when reviewing lounges I always like for them to be as empty as possible so I can freely take pictures, so I decided to the airport shortly before the lounge was scheduled…
I've flown Cathay Pacific a countless number of times, but had never flown Cathay Dragon, which is Cathay Pacific's subsidiary that operates many of their shorthaul flights, including flights to mainland China. While their product is very similar to…
My connection in Shanghai was supposed to be about two hours -- I was scheduled to arrive at 12:40PM, and I was scheduled to depart at 2:30PM. I know, planning a 1hr50min connection on separate tickets at Shanghai Airport was probably a bad decision,…
I was looking forward to the opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison of Vietnam Airlines' 787 and A350. I boarded through the forward door of the plane, and turned right into the business class cabin. Vietnam Airlines has two A350 configurations…
I just finished flying an Emirates first class ticket from Vancouver to Milan, which I booked late last year when Emirates had an incredible fare sale. Essentially I could route from Vancouver to Los Angeles to Dubai to Milan and back, with the Vancouver…
One of the more obscure features of United Airlines is the united.com Club. No, I'm not talking about the place where you can load up on snacks and drinks before your flight -- that's the United Club -- but rather their almost-secret frequent buyer program…
I've written several times both about flying low cost carriers in Europe, and about Norwegian generally. I have flown most of the big low cost carriers in Europe numerous times now, including:
In early April I wrote about how Southwest Rapid Rewards introduced a double points promotion. Through that promotion you could earn double Rapid Rewards points for flights that were booked and flown between April 6 and June 13, 2018. As noted by Deals…
I’ve covered Air Belgium extensively, partly because I’m interested in start-up airlines, and partly because I was supposed to fly them shortly after they started operations, so was impacted when they rescheduled flights. Air Belgium is a new airline…
If you want to book an award to Asia on Star Alliance carriers, Amex Membership Rewards should be a go-to points currency for you. Not to worry, if you want to fly Oneworld or SkyTeam partners, you'll have options as well. Given the distances involved,…
Well, this couple took put an aviation geek spin on "walking down the aisle." A couple decided to get married on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Baltimore this past Sunday night. I haven't been able to find much regarding the backstory…
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom have sent out a letter to American employees today announcing upcoming layoffs. This comes nearly five years after the integration between American and US Airways, and reflects the number of…
While many of the exciting innovations in aircraft technology have centered around new widebody models, like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350, there have also been new narrowbody models, like the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo. Another new…
Could America's oldest "startup airline" finally be coming to an end? It looks like it. For those of you not familiar with Baltia & USGlobal Airways, I've been writing about them for years. They've been taking money from investors for about 30 years,…
