A new government watchdog report out of the Trump administration lays out why air traffic control modernization has failed, but casts down on their own ability to fix it simply through force of spending an additional $30 billion.
A Spirit Airlines passenger turned his seat into a full workstation at 36,000 feet — complete with a massive 20-inch monitor and split keyboards strapped to his knees. Fellow travelers called it bizarre, but it may be the most committed in-flight productivity hack ever seen.
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An Avis Budget employee in Syracuse quietly turned the company’s cars into his own rental business — stealing 47 vehicles before anyone noticed. Police say the insider built a full “Carbnb” operation worth over $1 million before vanishing this summer.
A 24-year-old TSA screener who worked without pay through the government shutdown was fired after a traffic-stop video of her arrest went viral — even though she didn’t post it. The agency said it could “undermine public trust” in the agency.
Flying routes like Los Angeles – Tel Aviv is attractive to flyers. This is a headline route, and drives disproportionate card spend. And it’s one where neither United nor Delta today offer service. While El Al has some brand loyalty amongst Israel flyers, theirs isn’t an especially premium product overall. American can compete here.
Video shows a passenger so drunk he can’t stay upright in the gate area—yet still tries to board. The scene raises questions about airline staffing, intoxication checks, and security oversight.
Most people compare credit cards the wrong way. This simple framework shows how to judge real value—whether a card’s worth getting, keeping, or using (these are actually all separate decisions).
A Delta Air Lines first class passenger was poisoned by a toxic weed in his salad while flying Chicago to Seattle on October 21 enroute back being with his father who passed away from cancer. After reporting the meal issue on board, a flight attendant stole the evidence, he says, in attempt at a cover up.
A husband and father took to twitter to complain about a United Airlines flight attendant who ‘made’ his pregnant wife “pick up the popcorn mess” that his two year old made at their seats. This is apparently satire – United says no such incident occurred – but it raises huge etiquette questions about travel.
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 »
