Northwest Arkansas surprised me in a very positive way: it is home to many excellent coffee shops. Best Coffee In Northwest Arkansas My first coffee was at a café called Calmo, in Rogers. CALMO Coffee 3704 West Walnut Street,...
Concorde 2.0? Boom Supersonic XB-1 Jet Breaks Sound Barrier During California Test Flight
Boom Supersonic moved one step closer to re-introducing supersonic passenger service after another successful test flight on Monday of its XB-1 prototype jet. But this test was special, marking the first time a civilian aircraft has broken the sound...
Review: Hyatt House Bentonville – Rogers, Arkansas
I was warned about this property, chose to ignore the warning, and understood why I was warned to avoid the Hyatt House Bentonville – Rogers. But you know something? It wasn’t bad at all and there was one redeeming...
Spirit Airlines Bans “Lewd” Body Art And See-Through Clothing
Spirit Airlines has updated its contract of carriage and included in the update are stricter and more clearly defined rules concerning acceptable dress and appearance onboard. I commend Spirit for this dress code update. Spirit Airlines Updates Dress Code...
Today Only: United Airlines Offering Bonus Miles To 25 Destinations (Promo Code)
United Airlines has an antidote for your winter blues: book travel. Backed by medical research, the Chicago-based airline argues the health benefits of booking travel and is offering bonus miles to 25 destinations this summer if you book today....
Photo Essay: Auschwitz Concentration Camp
As the world somberly commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Birkenau, I find it timely to re-share my photo essay from my 2021 visit to Auschwitz. May history never repeat itself… The point of my...
Bizarre: Rideshare Driver And Passenger Get Into Violent Fight Over Taylor Swift
A rideshare driver and a rider got into a physical fight that escalated after a request by the rider to put on Taylor Swift music. Rideshare Driver Pulls Knife, Attacks Man After Disagreement Over Religion, Taylor Swift Here’s what...
Review: Fordson Hotel (Hyatt Unbound Collection)
The Fordson Hotel in Oklahoma City is another great hotel in the Hyatt Unbound Collection. My family enjoyed a very nice one-night stay. Fordson Hotel Review Oklahoma City – Hyatt Unbound Collection At $142/night, the hotel was cheap and...
United Airlines Non-Rev Decries Flight Attendant For Wearing “Terrorist” Keffiyeh
A United Airlines passenger was very unhappy about a flight attendant wearing a Keffiyeh, which she called terrorist attire in a scathing post on Facebook. But that passenger now faces trouble of her own after it has emerged that...
United Airlines Flight Attendants Face Harsher Punishment For Calling In Sick Too Late Before Duty
An arbitration board has sided with United Airlines and will allow the carrier to punish flight attendants who call in sick less than eight hours before their duty time with multiple forms of discipline. While that policy comes with...
The Staggering Cost Of Trump Deportation Flights
The Trump administration is rounding up and expelling undocumented migrants and using Department of Defense aircraft to fly them out of the United States…at a staggering cost. Trump Deportation Flights Come At A High Price From the very start:...
Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Given “Final Offer” With Warning
Flight attendants at Alaska Airlines have been presented with a revised contract offer that comes with a warning from the union negotiating on their behalf: ratify this or forget about any pay raise for years to come. New Tentative...
Lunch On Azerbaijan Airlines
My Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. Today, I thought we’d...
Flight Attendants Tape Disruptive Passenger’s Mouth Shut After She Launches “Racist And Vulgar” Tirade
A disruptive passenger who purportedly launched a “racist and vulgar” tirade on a flight from California to Fiji was shut up by flight attendants by placing tape over her mouth after demanding to know where her husband had disappeared...
United Airlines Builds A Moat…
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby believes United has built a “competitive moat” around its rivals. The imagery of a ring of water around the carrier may not be precise, but Kirby is quite right to point out that structural...
Kruise Klux Klan: Cruise Ship Staff Dress Up As “Upside Down Snow Cones”
Cruise ship staff donned white hoods and marched around a cruise ship in solidarity…in a shocking display of…ignorance? One Australian cruise company is trying to pass off homemade KKK costumes as innocent “upside down snow cones” but I’m not...
Aisle Lice: Those Pesky Flyers Who Jump Up After Plane Lands
There’s a new term called “aisle lice” that describes those folks who jump up after the plane lands and rush down the aisle in an attempt to get off the plane a little quicker. I hope the moniker sticks....
1 Million Miles Just Posted To My SAS EuroBonus Account!
1 million miles have just been posted to my SAS EuroBouns account, a fitting conclusion to my round-the-world journey to fly 15 SkyTeam carriers. Mission Accomplished: 1 Million Miles Posted To My SAS Account Earlier today, I received an...
With DEI Under Attack, United Airlines CEO Says United Will “Continue To Hire Based On Merit”
As President Trump seeks to quickly dismantle Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs from the federal government, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is walking a fine line emphasizing merit-based hiring while maintaining the carrier’s progressive DEI policies. United Airlines...
Review: Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa
My family ended 2024 and began 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. It’s an aging property, but has aged gracefully and we greatly enjoyed our stay. World of Hyatt Globalist...
