A new fintech startup wants to make every credit-card swipe feel like a Vegas pull. It promises dopamine hits and the chance to win 100% cash back — but the catch is simple: you could also lose it all.
An Uber driver told a passenger he was “too fat for my car,” then threatened to pull a gun — all caught on video. The clip’s been viewed over 27 million times and raises serious questions about size discrimination and driver rights.
A flight attendant accidentally popped the slide on Delta flight 3248 from Pittsburgh to Salt Lake City on Saturday. You can see the Airbus A220 at Pittsburgh’s gate D2, and the flight wound up delayed four hours, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:11 p.m.
Freed Hamas members exchanged in the latest ceasefire deal are living in luxury at Marriott’s Renaissance Cairo Mirage City—still open to paying guests on Marriott.com.
Most people think paying thousands in annual fees is crazy. I show exactly how my $2,680 in premium cards more than pays for itself—year after year.
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.
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 »
