Monthly Archives for October 2025.
September’s airline punctuality rankings are in, and Delta once again leads the nation in on-time performance. American, meanwhile, continues to slip—further widening the gap between the two carriers.
Kristen Bell turns her points obsession into comedy gold. Citi’s new ad makes credit-card marketing actually entertaining.
After 9/11, airline CEOs met with the White House to shape the future of air travel — and to quietly tilt new laws to their own advantage. What followed was less about safety than strategy, as rival carriers fought to design security and subsidy rules that would put each other out of business.
Marriott claims a quarter billion members in its Bonvoy program — but that doesn’t mean those guests ever return. A closer look at global hotel loyalty data reveals who’s really winning, and why the biggest programs may have the least loyal customers.
A Marriott Courtyard in Iowa had to be evacuated after a guest suffered a “bad reaction to cocaine,” stripped naked, and ran through the halls spraying fire extinguishers. Police say the man smeared blood across walls, doors, and windows before being restrained and charged with multiple felonies.
Former Delta chief Richard Anderson says U.S. antitrust policy aimed at protecting consumers actually crippled competition. By blocking Continental-Northwest from merging we wound up with fewer airlines. And we may be seeing the same thing play out today.
There was a massive fuel spill at Dallas – Fort Worth while gassing up an American regional jet on Saturday. It was the classic ‘let’s unscrew the pressurized thing and see what happens’ approach.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
American Airlines is widening the group of agents earning 7% commissions — a costly expansion that raises questions about what went wrong in the third quarter.
A Southwest flyer typed a Facebook post so large everyone around could read it — and one seatmate did more than glance. Now the internet can’t stop sharing their overshared confession.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
