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A new Royal Air Maroc status-match offer lets travelers effectively buy into Oneworld status, unlocking business and even first class lounge access when flying airlines like American and Alaska. With matches available up to Emerald and valid through 2026, it’s one of the rare opportunities for those with status in another program to purchase alliance-wide lounge benefits outright with oneworld airlines.
Tragically, a wing walker was hit by the engine of an arriving American Airlines aircraft on November 12th at Dallas – Fort Worth. This was originally reported by aviation watchdog JonNYC and hasn’t been picked up anywhere else.
A woman flying Emirates from Brisbane to Dubai found herself essentially alone in economy on a 14-hour flight, with empty rows in every direction. She even asked about upgrading, but flight attendants pushed back.
Aeroflot low cost carrier Pobeda ran one of the strangest in-cabin experiments we’ve seen: a humanoid robot acting as a flight attendant on a regular passenger flight. The airline had “Volodya” work on a Boeing 737 flight from Ulyanovsk to Moscow.
Sean Duffy and Gavin Newsom are suddenly relitigating pandemic mask mandates and arguing over how people should dress on airplanes — a bizarre clash years after the rules ended. The exchange isn’t really about masks or manners at all, but about positioning for 2028 and appealing to their respective bases.
Delta has added bright red “wait here” lines before gate podiums, and many flyers say the new markings feel confusing or unnecessary. While the airline frames them as a customer-experience improvement, they’re really aimed at preventing stowaways, improving biometric scans, and making single-agent boarding easier—not at passenger convenience.
Swiss has released unusually wide-open business class award space for summer 2026 — in many cases up to nine seats on the same flight. Routes from Boston, New York, Newark, Chicago, Washington Dulles and Montreal are all included, and the space is bookable through United MileagePlus, Air Canada Aeroplan and Avianca LifeMiles using transferable points.
Video shows late passengers running across an active airport tarmac after their plane. It is a vivid example of how gate control, door security, and ramp safety can all fail.
Air India has sold a 43-year-old Boeing 737-200 that sat abandoned at Kolkata airport for more than a decade because the airline had literally forgotten it owned the aircraft. The jet only resurfaced after the airport asked Air India to remove it, revealing how badly the former state-run carrier’s records and oversight had deteriorated prior to privatization.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is on a courtesy campaign, trying to get passengers to be kind to each other and to flight crew – and to dress better. But what people wear isn’t the driver of conflict in the skies.
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 »
