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United Airlines Is Sending Its Most Premium 787-9 To Four New Houston Routes
United Airlines is deploying its newest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner equipped with the Elevated cabin interior to four long-haul routes from Houston later …
60,000 Miles For KLM 787-10 World Business Class To Los Angeles: Great Food, Comfortable Seat, One Big Flaw
KLM's Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner delivers a premium business class product that rewards frequent flyer loyalty, though one significant issue tempers the…
JetBlue Refreshes Mint Menus With Michelin-Starred New York Dining
JetBlue has partnered with two acclaimed New York restaurants to overhaul the dining experience aboard its premium Mint cabin. Crown Shy and Birdee, b…
American Airlines 737 Was Landing At Washington National — Then Pilots Saw A Regional Jet On Their Runway
An American Airlines Boeing 737 aborted its landing approach at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after pilots spotted a Republic Airways regi…
New Deal Lets You Buy 80,000 American Airlines Miles At Just 7/10ths Of A Cent Each [Roundup]
American Airlines has launched a promotional partnership with AT&T that allows AAdvantage members to purchase miles at exceptionally low rates. The de…
Two Bids for TAP Air Portugal, Two Very Different Charm Offensives
TAP Air Portugal's privatization auction has attracted two competing bidders deploying starkly different strategies to win over the Portuguese governm…
The good tourist: can we learn to travel without absolutely infuriating the locals?
Overtourism has turned "tourist" into an insult, and author Paige McClanahan offers a counterintuitive solution: visit fewer places, stay longer. Her …
United Airlines Flight Attendants Can Now Sleep In Secret Bunks Instead Of Jumpseats
United Airlines flight attendants traveling on standby have gained access to hidden crew rest compartments on widebody aircraft, replacing uncomfortab…
Marriott’s Plan To Turning Your Hotel Stay Into An Airline Ticket With More Upsells, Fewer Upgrades, Less Hospitality
Marriott International reshapes its reservation system to monetize every aspect of hotel stays by unbundling services like airlines do with airfare. T…
Passenger Checked Stolen Cannonballs In His Luggage — TSA Found Them [Roundup]
Transportation Security Administration officers discovered stolen cannonballs in checked luggage at an airport checkpoint, intercepting the items befo…
10 Very Best Places In Michigan To Visit (And How To Find Them)
Michigan ranks among America's most underrated road trip destinations, offering diverse attractions across its distinctive two-peninsula geography. Th…
Lindsey Graham Traveled The World To See It With His Own Eyes
# Senator Lindsey Graham's Global Travels Shape Foreign Policy Vision Senator Lindsey Graham built a career on firsthand observation, traveling exten…
Traveler Gave CBP A Passcode That Wiped His Phone At Atlanta Airport. Now He Faces Five Years In Prison
A U.S. citizen traveling through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport now faces up to five years in prison after allegedly providing U.S. …
American Airlines Canceled My Flight, Then Its Computers Failed — The Backup Plan That Got Me Home (And Pocketing Miles)
A weather disruption combined with American Airlines' computer systems failure forced one traveler to navigate multiple cancellations from Dallas-Fort…
American Airlines Borrows $1.3 Billion Against New Jets And Reveals Its Fleet Strategy
American Airlines is securing $1.325 billion in debt financing against its aircraft fleet, a move that exposes the carrier's strategic pivot toward pr…
American Airlines Made Basic Economy Worse, And Customers Are Paying More To Escape It
American Airlines deliberately degraded its Basic Economy product to push customers toward higher-paying cabin classes. The airline reports a five-poi…
Air Canada Introduces “Basic” Business Class With Paid Seat Selection And Change Fees
Air Canada has rolled out a stripped-down business class tier, joining carriers like United Airlines and British Airways in dismantling the all-inclus…
Emirates “Game Changer” 777 First Class: The Suite Was Flawless, The Service Was Not
Emirates' redesigned Boeing 777 First Class offers one of aviation's most impressive suites, but the airline's service execution falls short of the pr…
United Airlines Bans Humanoid And Animal-Like Robots From All Flights
United Airlines joins Southwest Airlines in prohibiting humanoid and animal-like robots from boarding flights, effective July 23, 2026. The policy ban…
American Airlines Halted Nationwide By IT Outage — Flights Missed Their Chance To Take Off Between Northeast Storms
American Airlines suffered a systemwide IT outage that forced the FAA to issue a nationwide ground stop, preventing departures across the carrier and …
Why American Express Wants to Buy TheFork: New Cardmembers
American Express is acquiring TheFork, the restaurant reservation platform operating in 10 countries across Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The deal …
What the World Cup Could Have Been
The 2026 FIFA World Cup presents a paradox for North American tourism operators. Travel companies invested heavily in infrastructure and marketing, ba…
Everything you need to know about Spain’s airport strikes
Spain's airport ground staff have threatened to extend strikes through the end of 2024, creating significant disruption for travelers flying through t…
Qantas Stole Customer Money, Sold Ghost Flights, And Illegally Fired Workers — Now Alan Joyce Wants To Explain It Away
Qantas faces a reckoning as former CEO Alan Joyce launches a media offensive through his new memoir, attempting to reframe one of aviation's most dama…
Starbucks And Delta Cut SkyMiles Earning Again — Fewer Miles, Only For Active Flyers
Delta Air Lines and Starbucks have scaled back their co-branded rewards partnership again, this time reducing SkyMile earning to just 1 mile per dolla…
United Chased Delta and American. Now Airline M&A Has Stalled
United Airlines pursued an aggressive merger strategy under CEO Scott Kirby, seeking to consolidate the U.S. airline industry through major acquisitio…
From Sussex to Scotland, my road trip through four centuries of British holidays
A travel writer embarked on a 1,600-mile road trip across Britain to trace four centuries of holiday culture, journeying from Sussex through Snowdonia…
‘I’m hoping to meet a river goddess’: a wild journey through Britain’s mythic waterways
A travel journalist treks through Britain's mythic waterways, chasing folklore and the stories of powerful women etched into the landscape. The journe…
Scott Kirby Tried To Merge United With Delta In His Most Audacious Airline Deal Yet
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby pursued merger talks with Delta Air Lines before approaching American Airlines, according to reporting from Live and L…
American Airlines Is Growing Itself Into A Hole
American Airlines faces a mounting profitability crisis even as it aggressively expands its fleet. The carrier generated just $71 million in net incom…
Aerolíneas Argentinas Was Supposed To Collapse, But Now It Is Profitable And Ordering 20 New Jets
Aerolíneas Argentinas has transformed from a money-losing state burden into a profitable carrier ordering 20 new aircraft. The airline finalized order…
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