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Category Archives: Travel

Travel

Travel + Leisure Names JSX Best Airline In US, But Should It Be?

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 13, 2025July 13, 2025 4 Comments
jsx best US domestic airline 2025

World’s Best Airlines survey from Travel + Leisure awards JSX best US domestic carrier, but it shouldn’t really be eligible.  JSX Wins The Hearts Of Travel + Leisure Readers Travel magazine, Travel + Leisure issued a survey for the...

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Travel

Some AI Great At Evaluating Award Charts, Value, Some Not

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 13, 2025July 13, 2025 2 Comments
Turkish Airlines A330

A recent experience with xAI’s Grok demonstrated that AI can be surprisingly good at evaluating award charts and redemption value.  Turkish Airlines’ Miles&Smiles Offered Million Mile Challenge In the last couple of weeks, Turkish Airlines announced a challenge to...

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Ride-free Theme Park, Puy Du Fou, Voted Best In The World

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 13, 2025July 13, 2025 9 Comments
Puy Du Fou Colosseum courtesy Puy Du Fou

The theme park most have never even heard of, Puy du Fou, was voted best theme park but doesn’t have a single ride.  The Anti-Theme Park If you’ve never heard of it, you’re in good company, I hadn’t until...

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Questions (And Answers) About Ritz-Carlton Yachts “Struggles”

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 6, 2025July 6, 2025 8 Comments
Ritz-carlton yacht collection ilma

Another blogger raised questions about Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s “struggles” and trouble with the brand, and market. Here is my response as a luxury travel agency owner specializing in this market. Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Financial “Struggles” Details were released this...

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Travel

Business Class Or Bust: Model Refuses To Fly Coach, Gets Dumped

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 4, 2025 18 Comments
Model Dumped Business Class Boyfriend

Who’s really in the wrong when a model refuses to fly coach? What does it say about our relationships when we disagree over which cabin to travel in on a longhaul flight? Model Dumped For Refusing To Fly Coach...

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Travel

All The Patriotic Quotes In Your U.S. Passport

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 4, 2025July 4, 2025 49 Comments
a blue passport on a black surface

When the US passport was redesigned in 2007, not only was a biometric chip added, but the pages were reimagined and quotes added. Images were added. Ostensibly to cut down on counterfeits, the dark images have made some stamps...

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Travel

Why Wearing Leggings On A Plane Could Be A Deadly Mistake

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 3, 2025July 3, 2025 26 Comments
Wearing Leggings Airplane

Leggings may be the go-to plane travel outfit for millions, but one aviation safety expert argues they could be a terrible choice in the event of an emergency. Leggings On A Plane? Think Twice, Says Aviation Safety Expert Many...

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Even Europeans Can Be Rude (Like My Seamate On Finnair…)

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 30, 2025 31 Comments
a striped pillow on a window

As a conscientious world traveler with an American passport, I take exception to the arrogant belief that Americans are rude travelers while enlightened Europeans are models of politeness and civility. My Finnair flight from Helsinki to New York demonstrates...

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Travel

My Body And Health Keeps Changing My Travel Plans

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 29, 2025June 29, 2025 24 Comments
kyle stewart family

For the second time in two weeks, my body has told me I need some time away, and it’s twice affected my travel plans.  Hospitalized, Stuck A couple of weeks ago I was in Florida and found a familiar...

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Sorry Sir, Your Wife’s Middle Seat Is Not My Problem…

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 25, 2025 22 Comments
Wife Seat Swap

It never ceases to amaze me how passengers so rudely inconvenience others over seating, even on very short flights. A United flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas provides a prime case study. Man Hassles Flight Attendant Over A...

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Tragic: Shocking Footage Of A Fatal Hot Air Balloon Accident

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 22, 2025June 22, 2025 11 Comments
hot air balloon crash brazil

Footage flooded social media of a tragic hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil.  Shocking Footage Tragic and shocking footage from southern Brazil flooded X and various social media platforms of a hot air balloon accident. WARNING: Some of...

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Travel

My 10 Favorite Airline Commercials

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 15, 2025June 15, 2025 59 Comments
Favorite Airline Commercials

As a self-professed airline nerd, I enjoy just about every airline commercial. However, some are better than others…indeed, some are much better. Here’s a countdown of my 10 favorite airline commercials of all time. #10 – Virgin Atlantic 25th...

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“Cockroach Lady” Melts Down at Milan Airport Over Carry-On Bag Size

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 13, 2025June 13, 2025 4 Comments
Cockroach Lady Milan Airport

With so much serious aviation news, let’s take a moment to offer a light-hearted reminder…as “the cockroach lady” reminds us…that kicking and screaming on the floor will not help get your oversized carry-on bag onto the airplane. “Cockroach Lady”...

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Travel

Should I Attend Trump’s Army Birthday Parade In Washington, DC?

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 9, 2025 108 Comments
Trump Army Parade

President Donald John Trump has ordered a military parade in Washington, DC this Saturday to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US Army. The parade also happens to fall on the President’s 79th birthday. Should I check out this...

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Starwood Hotels Is Back, And It May Be Better Than Ever

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 8, 2025June 8, 2025 16 Comments
1Hotel South Beach Miami

As of March 5, 2025, SH Hotels & Resorts has officially rebranded as Starwood Hotels, marking a significant return of the iconic brand under its original founder, Barry Sternlicht . The Return of a Hospitality Icon Barry Sternlicht, the...

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Flight Attendant Faces 25 Years, Allegedly Smuggled “Human Bone” Drug

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 1, 2025June 1, 2025 21 Comments
flight attendant smuggler via Sri Lanka police

A former flight attendant was caught allegedly smuggling a significant quantity of a new drug made of human bone and now faces up to 25 years behind bars in Thailand.  In a case that has captured international attention, 21-year-old...

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ANA Passenger Tried To “Murder All Onboard”, Diverts To Seattle

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 25, 2025 4 Comments
a plane on the runway

On May 24, 2025, All Nippon Airways Flight NH114, en route from Tokyo Haneda to Houston, experienced a midair emergency when a passenger attempted to open an emergency exit door. Approximately nine hours into the flight, the individual, reportedly...

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Travel

Passenger Claims She’s Allergic To Coffee Smell, Demands Airline Ban It

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 22, 2025 29 Comments
Flight Coffee Allergy

A woman presented a note to flight attendants warning that she was highly allergic to the smell of coffee, cashews, jet fuel, and fragrances. How should a passenger like this be handled? No Coffee For You: Woman Tells Flight...

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Travel

Global Airlines Defies Some Critics, Justifies Others

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 18, 2025May 18, 2025 5 Comments
global airlines

Most critics thought Global Airlines would never get off the ground, but this week it proved most of the critics wrong – but not all.  In August 2023, I wrote about Global Airlines’ ambitious plan to break into the...

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A Deeper Dive Into Duffy’s Air Traffic Control Overhaul Plan

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 11, 2025May 11, 2025 25 Comments
airport control tower atc duffy

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced an ambitious plan to modernize the United States’ air traffic control (ATC) system, let’s take a closer look. Duffy aiming to address decades of underinvestment and technological stagnation. The initiative, prompted by recent...

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