New Look, New Benefits: Analyzing the “New” (Refreshed) Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Chase updated its popular Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card card. To be clear, it's the same card -- just with a new look...
Delta Canceling Some Flights This Weekend Because of Hurricane Ida
Delta Air Lines announced today that it's "proactively canceled" about 75 flights at four Louisiana destinations. The affected flights include...
Delta Flight Attendants Personally Paid for Afghan Children’s Welcome Presents (#KeepClimbing!). No Bull: A Herd of Cows Stormed a Beach
A group of Delta Air Lines flight attendants flying Afghan refugees dug into their own pockets and bought treats for...
Why Do Some Airline Passengers Do This?
This never ceases to amaze me. It seems to happen on nearly every airline flight I take. And maybe it...
Watch Out: Amex Erroneously Clawed Back My $200 Fine Hotels & Resorts Credit!
I received a rather unpleasant surprise on my The Platinum Card® from American Express account: I was charged $200 for a...
Lihue Mileage Run Tips (from a Reader Who Just Took the Trip!)
Is there time to visit Duke's Kauai? What are the COVID travel procedures like here and in Hawaii? Sandy, a...
Seat Review: Delta A321 14D (aka “The One Behind the Flight Attendant’s Jumpseat”)
My family and I just returned from a wonderful, family vacation to central Minnesota. On our Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) to...
PSA: You Can’t Change Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts Reservations!
Here's something I learned the hard way: you can't change an American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts reservation. So what...
Why (and How) Do Points and Miles People Buy US Mint Coins?!
Perhaps you've seen a bunch of posts on travel and points blogs lately about various US Mint coin sales. Why do...
Hollywood Burbank Airport Was Temporarily Shut Down After American and Alaska Planes Bumped Wings. An App is Giving Away Free Flight Lessons.
Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Los Angeles area was briefly closed on Friday — after two commercial planes clipped wings....
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card vs Chase Sapphire Reserve®: Which is Better for YOU?
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve® were both just refreshed. But the Preferred really got a jolt: increased and...
Delta FIRST CLASS Mileage Run: Six Different Airports, 32 Hours, and 27,176 MQM (at 4.8 CPMQM!)
How's this for a whirlwind tour of six United States airports? We found a LaGuardia (LGA) to Kona, Hawaii (KOA)...
A Delta Computer Glitch Upgraded My Wife and Daughter to First Class!
Many of us can tell tales of woe about IT snafus that somehow complicated our trips. But every so often,...
Atlanta (ATL) to Lihue (LIH) Delta First Class Mileage Run: 27,296 MQM at 6.6 CPM (Plus, Earn Over $2900 MQD!)
This isn't exactly a blockbuster but our usual mileage run parameters. But our hub-captive friends in Atlanta may be able...
Delta’s Job Well Done Certificates: Not Officially Discontinued (At Least, Not Yet)
We've seen and heard reports that Delta's Job Well Done Certificate program has officially been discontinued. But according to a...
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