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American Airlines Cuts JFK Moving Walkway — Because You Spend More When You Struggle

by Gary Leff on March 29, 2025

Mar 29 2025

A moving walkway has been ripped out of American Airlines terminal 8 at New York JFK. That’s going to make the long walks to some of the C gates feel even longer. But it’s also going to make you spend more money at the shops along the way – and that’s why they’ve done it.

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Tucker Carlson: “I Won’t Fly With Vaccinated Pilots. It’s Too Dangerous.” [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on March 29, 2025

Mar 29 2025

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.

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Southwest Exec Warns: Checked Bag Fees Will Bring Gate Seizures And Flight Delays

by Gary Leff on March 29, 2025

Mar 29 2025

Southwest Airlines is going to start confiscating passenger bags at the gate on almost every flight once they begin charging for checked bags in two months.

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I Spent 60,000 Extra Miles So My Family Could Use Air Canada’s Signature Suite—And I Regret Every One

by Gary Leff on March 29, 2025

Mar 29 2025

I wanted to get to the airport because our tickets would allow us to visit the Air Canada Signature Suite. I was really looking forward to this! I’d been before and I was blown away. I’ve also been to the one in Vancouver and it was very special. So I happily plunked down extra miles for my family to visit.

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Booked Business Class To Paris With Miles—But Flew Through Canada, Slept In Toronto, And Did It All With A Baby

by Gary Leff on March 29, 2025

Mar 29 2025

I wanted to break up the flight as much as possible and Toronto – Paris is a fairly short route (spoiler: baby was fine on the flight, and also on our longer Air France return).

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Everyone Saw The Headline: U.S.-Canada Airline Bookings Down 70%. It’s Wrong—Here’s What The Real Data Shows

by Gary Leff on March 28, 2025

Mar 28 2025

U.S. – Canada travel is down, and it’s likely economic activity is slowing more broadly. Headlines about a 70% decline though are just wrong. That would mean market abandonment at the sort of level we saw in late March 2020 and July 2020 without travel restrictions or a global pandemic.

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Still Planted In His Middle Seat, Passenger Pees Toward Airline’s Safety Card—And It’s All On Video

by Gary Leff on March 28, 2025

Mar 28 2025

A passenger was filmed seated in economy, seat belted into his middle seat, just urinating while aiming at the safety briefing card in the seat pocket in front of him. It appears that the window seat beside him is empty. The man can be seen looking around somewhat furtively.

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TSA Regulates Itself, Fails Repeatedly, Still Gets Funded—Time To Shut It Down

by Gary Leff on March 28, 2025

Mar 28 2025

Private staffed security isn’t ‘returning to pre-9/11’ it’s how things work at some major U.S. airports in the U.S. already. TSA sets screening standards, and employees of private companies carry out the screenings following those procedures. It’s also how things work in much of the world that’s considered safe today.

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Ten Years Later, Park Hyatt’s $2.3 Billion LA Dream Has Become A Graffiti-Covered Ghost Tower

by Gary Leff on March 28, 2025

Mar 28 2025

There’s a reasonable chance that if the project is ever sold the building could even be demolished and started over and the concept could change. There’s no reason to think at this point that if the property ever gets completed that it will be, in part, a Park Hyatt hotel.

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Hilton Used BBQ-Stained Sheets—Then Told The Guest ‘You Should’ve Asked for Full Housekeeping’ [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on March 28, 2025

Mar 28 2025

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.

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Gary LeffGary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.

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