TSA Issues The Travel Warning Nobody Expected: Check Your Suitcase For A Cat Before You Zip It [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb:

• Life advice from the government. TSA has moved from “remove your laptop” to “remove your cat.” And that’s why I always say to pack light: one carry-on, one personal item, zero living creatures in checked bags, which should really be broadened to include pigs, poultry, goats, sheet and cattle – as well as horses really.

  In an effort to avoid unexpected airport meet & greets please verify your cat’s location is not inside your suitcase before zipping it. Thanks.

  — TSA (@TSA) June 4, 2026

• An Iberia Airbus A350 in Guayaquil clipped its left wingtip sharklet against an airport fire-service vehicle during a ceremonial water cannon salute before departing for Madrid.

  #ATENCIÓN | Un Airbus A350-941 de Iberia, matrícula EC-NXD, sufrió un incidente este 4 de junio en el Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo de Guayaquil mientras recibía un arco de agua de despedida previo a la salida del vuelo IB132 con destino a Madrid.
  Durante la… pic.twitter.com/r1nzUuBxJB

  — Aviación Guayaquil (@AviacionGYE) June 4, 2026

• This didn’t used to be a problem, before Southwest started charging extra for these seats.

  Thanks for the window seat @SouthwestAir ! pic.twitter.com/T2FtmBwZi1

  — Don Jalbert 🇺🇸 (@Don_Jalbert) June 3, 2026

• Alaska is running a coach award sale through end of Saturday, including on partners to Bangkok, Taipei, Tahiti, Mexico City, Helsinki and Paris.

• Lufthansa has backed off its cancellation fees of up to 1500 euros that applied even on awards, but is still imposing 800 euro fees on first class.

• Alaska Airlines wants Bank of America to offer points transfers because (1) they have BofA exclusivity, so they can’t do transfers with another bank but (2) transfers mean they’d be buying more points.

• Hotels are just using AI to cut costs, rather than drive revenue