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American Airlines Hawking Cheap First Class Upgrades Minutes Before Boarding—Skipping Over Its Best Customers
American Airlines keeps pitching cheap first class upgrades to coach passengers minutes before boarding, while its most loyal customers wait for those same seats. Flyers report cash offers lasting unt...
EasyJet Opts for Starlink Wi-Fi
British low-cost carrier EasyJet will offer Starlink wireless internet service across its fleet, executives announced Monday. The satellite internet technology will be rolled out across EasyJet’s flee...
United Restarts Route to West Coast
United on Monday resumed service between San Francisco and Cincinnati, Ohio, a connection it last served six years ago. Flights will operate daily going forward, using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. United ...
Riyadh Air Moves Flight Operations to New Airport
Startup Riyadh Air has temporarily moved flight operations from its home base to a smaller airport about four hours away. The carrier said on its website that it will operate out of Prince Naif bin Ab...
Circles – The Secrets of the Stones: 5 Real Places to Visit
A Cambridge professor vanishes in 1843. Generations later, three teenagers find his coded notebook and a glowing crystal deep in England’s New Forest. Then the trail leads them to ancient stone circle...
Delta Flight Attendants Sue For Overtime—36-Hour Week Still Triggers Extra Pay
Delta flight attendants are suing over unpaid work, including going through security, training and preparing aircraft for passengers. But the airline introduced boarding pay before its major U.S. comp...
How Southwest’s New 2027 Elite Status Compares To American, Delta And United
Southwest Airlines is introducing Platinum status in 2027, but customers who already had A-List Preferred and Companion Pass aren’t really getting anything better. That’s disappointing – a new top tie...
American CFO: Air Fares Will Stay High, Even If Fuel Prices Fall
A drop in jet fuel prices will not automatically lead to lower air fares, at least not in the near term, according to American Airlines’ chief financial officer. In an interview with the Financial Tim...
American Airlines Confirms Pilots Get First Class Upgrades Ahead Of Its Best Customers—Should They?
An American Airlines passenger posted a photo of a uniformed pilot sitting in first class and complained about employees getting these seats ahead of customers. The customer compared it to Apple letti...
Chase Offers Seattle Airport $135 Million In Rent—But Its Board Needs Lounges Explained
Last month the Seattle airport delayed its consideration of a new 16,000 square foot Chase Sapphire lounge. Port of Seattle commissioners had concerns. whether premium cardmembers should receive dedic...
Delta Passenger Threatens “Death To America,” Makes Gun Noises—Shouts ‘Put It On Instagram’ As Police Take Him Away
A Delta passenger being escorted off a flight at New York JFK had a request for the people filming him: “Put it on Instagram!” He continued shouting racial slurs as police walked him through the cabin...
American Airlines Quietly Orders Five More Airbus Jets—And Buys Two Used Boeing 777s
American Airlines exercised options for five more Airbus jets in October and committed to buy two used Boeing 777-200ERs in the fourth quarter. Those purchases weren’t announced in the earnings releas...
United Airlines Is Opening A Crew Base At American’s Biggest Hub—Here’s Why
Aviation watchdog JonNYC flags that United Airlines is opening flight attendant bases at Dallas–Fort Worth and Sacramento. Those are… surprising choices to say the least, and they’ve set off a ton of ...
Delta Is Expanding Across The Pacific—But Even American Airlines Is Beating It With Passengers
Delta’s growth across the Pacific is performing worse than United – and even American. Aviation watchdog JonNYC flagged the latest numbers, and One Mile at a Time did a deep dive into the comparison h...
New Southwest Flight Attendant Told To Collect ‘Air Samples’—So She Took A Trash Bag Down The Aisle
A new Southwest Airlines flight attendant was told the pilots urgently needed an air sample. So she went into the cabin wearing gloves, scooped air into a white trash bag, and carefully carried it bac...
737 MAX Door Plug Blowout Sucked A Teen’s Shirt Off—Now Boeing Gets Punitive Damages Thrown Out
On January 5, 2024, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 was climbing out of Portland for Ontario, California when its Boeing 737 MAX 9 lost a door plug at nearly 15,000 feet. Cynthia Tisher’s son was seated b...
Philippine Holidays 2027: Every Long Weekend and How to Stack Leave
Photo: Kach Medina-Umandap / Two Monkeys Nine leave days. That is all it takes to turn 2027 into 28 days off, spread across three proper breaks: Holy Week, Undas and the Christmas to New Year stretch....
Whitsundays Long Weekend: What Filipinos in Australia Should Plan
By Amanda Clark, Contributor Table of Contents Toggle Photo: Damien Dempsey / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0), cropped Most Filipinos in Australia save their annual leave for one trip, usually in Decemb...
United Airlines Food Spending Up 80% Per Passenger—Overtaking Delta
United reported spending $1.62 billion on passenger food last year, or about $11 per passenger. Delta’s bill was actually larger, at $1.66 billion, but spread across more passengers. But Delta spends ...
Free Delta Exit Row Seats And Checked Bags—SAS Status Matches Start At $99
SAS is selling status matches that can get you free Delta exit row seats, checked bags and earlier boarding, even if you never take a Scandinavian Airlines flight. Prices start at €89 ($99), and the e...