United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby attended a “candlelight dinner” with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on Sunday evening after United Airlines donated $1 million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund. United Airlines CEO Attends Candlelight Dinner With President, Is...
Is A La Carte Dining Coming To United Airlines Polaris Business Class?

United Airlines has promised more meal service upgrades in 2025. Could one change be the introduction of true a la carte dining in Polaris Business Class? Competitively, it would be a game-changing move, but it also would require staffing...
Route 66 Road Trip Day Six: The Amazing Crystal Bridges Museum In Bentonville, Arkansas

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is an American treasure that made me fall in love with Bentonville, Arkansas. Veering off Route 66 to visit this museum was well worth it. Route 66 Road Trip Day Six: An...
“We Don’t Throw Away Your Personal Garbage!” American Airlines Flight Attendant Refuses To Pick Up Pilot’s Pizza Box, Then Kicks It Down Aisle

Two bratty children A pilot and a flight attendant got into a kerfuffle on an American Airlines flight over an empty pizza box, with the flight attendant refusing to take it, the pilot leaving it in the aisle, then...
Why I Love My Capital One Venture X Card

As travel continues in my new era of free agency, I find myself using my Capital One Venture X credit card more and more. If you have not added this card to your wallet, do not delay in doing...
How Does TikTok Ban In United States Impact Travel?

On the eve of a TikTok ban in the United States, I’m wondering how I’m going to be able to survive. After all, I have so many followers: US TikTok Ban And Its Impact On Travel Kyle will talk...
Route 66 Road Trip Day Five: Scavenging At The Goodwill Outlet

While I thought we might visit the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the Oklahoma City National Memorial (commemorating victims of the 1995 Murrah Building bombing), my wife had another plan: the Goodwill Outlet. It was quite a cultural...
I’m Cancelling My Trip To Washington, DC For Trump’s Inauguration…

With the swearing-in ceremony moved indoors, I am cancelling my trip to Washington, DC for the second inauguration of Donald Trump. There’s no need to fly to Washington, DC just to watch it on a screen… With Swearing-In Moved...
A Clever Incentive To Turn Down Hotel Housekeeping

Hotels are in the business of making money and one way hotels try to save money is by limiting housekeeping expenses. One Hyatt hotel in New Mexico is at least making an honest effort to do that through an...
Cool: New “Control Tower Mode” On United Airlines

United Airlines has added a nifty new “Control Tower” mode to its inboard IFE screens, allowing passengers to track the planes around them in real-time. United Airlines Control Tower Mode On IFE Screens JonNYC shares about a new component...
United Airlines Now Offers Dynamic Polaris Meal Service Preorders On All International Flights

January 2025 UPDATE: United Airlines has expanded dynamic meal preorders to all long-haul international Polaris flights. A memo to flight attendants reads: This expansion included adding dynamic preorder to 226 unique segments and 70 catering locations to help advance...
Route 66 Road Trip Day Four: Historic Tucumcari Enroute To Oklahoma City

Day four of our Route 66 road trip included a drive through historic Tucumcari and dinner at a 1950s-style diner. Route 66 Road Trip Day Four: Long Drive, Historical Neon Lights Of Tucumcari We just could not pull ourselves...
7 First Class Products I Hope To Fly In 2025

2025 will be a year of transition in many ways and changes already in effect will limit the amount of travel I do this year, at least in the manner in which I have freely traveled over the last...
Airport Lounges Will Soon Be Far More Difficult To Access

We know new rules limiting Delta Sky Club access will soon come into effect, but I predict now that we will see much more in the months ahead across airline, credit card, and other airport lounges. Tightening Airport Lounges...
Route 66 Road Trip Day Three: Tranquil Rest In New Mexico

Everyone slept in except me. Thankfully, we had been assigned a nice suite at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya and I was able to go into the living room and get a jump start on my work before anyone else...
United 1K Claims He Was Booted Out Of First Class For Global Services VIP…

A United Premier 1K flyer complains that United took away his first class upgrade so a Global Services flyer could take his seat, but it seems that the real problem was that he failed to properly check in for...
Review: Delta Sky Club New York B31 (JFK)

Delta’s well-worn B31 Sky Club in New York JFK’s Terminal 4 is packed in the evening and a bit beyond its prime, but it does the job and offers a respectable spread of food and drinks for Delta and...
No Mercy: Alaska Airlines Fires Flight Attendant For Twerking In Uniform On TikTok

An Alaska Airlines flight attendant claims she lost her job for posting a video on TikTok of her twerking in uniform. Does the punishment fit the crime? Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Fired For Twerking. In Uniform. Onboard 737. Then...
Route 66 Road Trip Day Two: A Beautiful Journey To New Mexico Via Petrified Forest National Park

Our drive from Arizona to New Mexico was fairly uneventful but our stop at Petrified Forest National Park was a wonderful break and a highlight of the entire road trip. In what would quickly become a trend, we did...
Black Cop Accused Of “Trafficking” His White Wife On Their American Airlines HONEYMOON Flight

A retired black cop has sued American Airlines, alleging that he was falsely accused of human trafficking his white and younger wife on their honeymoon flight to Florida thanks to a dereliction of duty by flight attendants onboard. Retired...