19+ hour, 41+ min ago  (629+ words) The American Express Membership Rewards program has just launched a new points transfer bonus, which is one we've seen several times in the past. It's not an offer I get too excited about, but maybe others will feel differently. Between…...

13+ hour, 28+ min ago  (581+ words) More often than not when we see air traffic control interactions where someone loses their patience, it's the air traffic controller with an attitude, and not the pilot. Here's a case where a United Airlines captain had an unnecessarily bad…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (844+ words) In November 2025, Emirates announced plans to roll out Starlink Wi-Fi, which is incredibly exciting, given the lackluster state of the carrier's Wi-Fi otherwise. While the airline started by installing Starlink on 777s, there's a positive update, as A380s are now also starting…...

16+ hour, 18+ min ago  (790+ words) American Airlines deserves a lot of the criticism that it receives, because there's no denying that there are many areas where the airline falls short. Unfortunately upon actually watching the video, I found this to be one of the most…...

18+ hour, 15+ min ago  (556+ words) Fiji Airways is dropping its newest and longest route to the United States, under two years after launching the service. In December 2024, we saw Fiji Airways launch nonstop flights between Nadi (NAN) and Dallas (DFW). The 6, 625-mile flight has been…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (925+ words) Alaska Airlines has just debuted its first safety video in its 94 year history, and there are some noteworthy things about it (thanks to Lester for flagging this)" In recent times, we've seen Alaska Airlines commence long haul flights out of…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (663+ words) American publicly "rejected" pursuing this merger (again, based just on what was rumored). Well, today Kirby put out a statement explaining his logic for wanting the merger, saying he'll let it go for now (since American isn't interested), yet he…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (982+ words) A Qatar Airways pilot and an air traffic controller at Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) recently had a disagreement on frequency. While the pilots were primarily at fault, this gets at the issue of how phraseology differs in the United States…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (966+ words) Over the past week or so, there has been lots of talk of the government bailing out Spirit Airlines, which is on the brink of liquidation. If finalized, this would almost certainly give the government a 90% stake in the budget…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1105+ words) There are lots of great benefits to World of Hyatt Globalist status. In this post, I'd like to talk about one of the "soft" benefits of Hyatt status, which is the My Hyatt Concierge perk. How do you earn it,…...