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There are currently no Westbound transatlantic redeyes – overnight flights from Europe to the U.S.. That changes this winter, as Iberia re-times its Madrid – Dallas flight.
A Delta Air Lines passenger and his three year old went to the mid-cabin lavatory on flight 68 from Taipei to Seattle. As they finished up, the lavatory door jammed and they couldn’t get out. They tried unlocking and relocking it, and pushing on the door, but it stayed stuck.
American Airlines has finally announced free wifi. It will start in January 2026, and will apply to planes equipped with ViaSat and Intelsat (formerly Gogo) satellite internet. Widebodies with Panasonic internet will not offer internet for free.
These Boeing 777-300ERs are getting a lot more seats – and a lot more premium seats – 84 to 114 total premium seats, without losing any coach seats. In order to do this, it means that current seats have to be squeezed. Here’s the final layout of the reconfigured premium-heavy Boeing 777-300ER.
Cheap ‘first class buy ups’ can be a great deal even as they make elite status so much less valuable. I recently purchased a couple of them and it caused me to refresh my thinking around how much I’m willing to pay.
The absolute best deal for U.S. domestic flight redemptions (when saver awards are available) is using Air India Maharaja Club points for United Airlines flights. The option is little-known, probably because the points are tough for most Americans to earn.
Someone buying a basic economy ticket far in advance, and cancelling travel six months later, will literally receive no credit at all. The validity of the credit is based on when you buy the ticket, not when you cancel travel and get a credit.
Spirit Airlines doesn’t have video monitors in the cabin, let alone seat back entertainment screens, so flight attendants do their safety briefing live. This Spirit flight attendant turns it into first a quiz and then a comedy routine.
Hundreds of passengers aboard two Delta Air Lines flights were trapped on board their aircraft overnight as their flights were diverted. They were both headed to Atlanta but wound up in Montgomery, Alabama instead during bad weather on Thursday night and into Friday morning.
I wrote last month that the first route to get the new planes was likely to be Chicago O’Hare – London Heathrow after first operating domestically Chicago – Los Angeles. In fact, the plan appears to be add new configuration 787-9s to the route so that all 3 flights are operated by this aircraft and place the aircraft on Philadelphia – London as well by late summer.
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 »
