Middle seat passengers get both armrests. They are closer to the window and to the aisle. Some airlines give prizes or bonus miles to middle seat passengers. But there’s another, hidden benefit to airline middle seats that I had never considered before.
I decided to write about the Marco Polo Club at the Venice Airport for only one reason: it’s exactly what a Priority Pass lounge should be. It’s not the greatest lounge. It doesn’t have great food. But it’s spacious and clean, offers plenty of seating, and has food and working espresso machines available.
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.
Alaska Airlines is about to launch its new loyalty program, Atmos Rewards, combining Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles. The name was leaked but we know nothing else about the branding. Here’s how the name could play out.
Atlanta rapper Erica Banks of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta fame was caught with a handgun going through a TSA security checkpoint at the Atlanta airport on Wednesday night.
When the flight finally boarded, a gate agent reportedly told them “you’re the only two people on this flight because they forgot about you.”
The relaunched Chase Sapphire Reserve has an incredible offer that Chase now says is ending soon.
The elegant solution isn’t to book a window and aisle seat instead what you want is two aisle seats across from each other. Why don’t more people do this?
Self-proclaimed ‘celebrity pickleball coach’ Peter “Kobe” Nguyen turned getting caught vaping inflight into a viral spectacle when he filmed a heated exchange with the American Airlines flight attendant who caught him on a flight from Phoenix to San Francisco.
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.
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 »
