Consumer Reports — a magazine published by Consumers Union, a non-profit organization which strives to advocate products and services recommended for the consumer and “whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves” — listed Delta Air Lines as one of the worst of greater than 100 companies on their annual “Naughty or Nice” list. The reason they cite is as follows...

Join as a member of e-Rewards and you will receive 250 frequent flier loyalty program miles in your choice of one of several different frequent flier loyalty programs — such as the American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flier loyalty program, for example — if you complete a survey within three months of becoming a member. This promotion appears...

BigCrumbs is currently having a sale throughout its Internet web site through November 26, 2012 where you can earn a higher cash rebate on qualifying purchases through participating merchants — some of which are companies in the travel industry such as Alaska Airlines and InterContinental Hotels Group — with no fees and free standard shipping to sweeten the deal. BigCrumbs offers a free on-line loyalty program that pays the highest overall cash back available at popular retailers via the Internet — and its members can earn even more cash with referrals. However, you must first...

"Give me your tired. Your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” But don’t bring me a 425-pound, one-legged woman in a wheelchair, even if her home is in the Bronx.

You can earn between 15 percent and 40 percent off the Bed and Breakfast rates or the best available room rates at participating Hilton Worldwide hotel and resort properties during the Any Weekend, Anywhere Sale — and, as a bonus, earn double stay credit towards Hilton HHonors VIP elite status as well. You must book your room reservation between now and January 31, 2013 for stays through December 31, 2013 — except for hotel properties in the Asia Pacific region, whose reservations deadline is February 14, 2013. Compared to the Any Weekend, Anywhere Sale of last year...

OpenSkies — a subsidiary of British Airways which currently operates Boeing 757 aircraft service between Newark and Paris Orly — will become affiliated with the oneworld airline alliance as of 1 December 2012. Members of the frequent flier loyalty programs of airlines of the oneworld alliance should be able to earn and redeem frequent flier loyalty program miles for flights on OpenSkies aircraft — and FlyerTalk members respond that it is about time, as that was not previously possible. I was one of the lucky passengers to fly on the inaugural flight...

Michael O’Leary is at it again. The chief executive officer of Ryanair — a low-cost carrier based in Ireland — claims that seat belts on aircraft are “pointless”, “useless” and “unnecessary.” Does he have a point? Well...

Scott Guy — also known as FlyerTalk member Scott the flier, who last posted on FlyerTalk on November 6, 2008 but last logged onto FlyerTalk on August 20, 2012 — finally lost his battle with cancer in his home in Milpitas, California on Thursday, November 22, 2012 after courageously fighting it for years. FlyerTalk members Scott the flier, Baze and Newself — who himself has been deceased since June 17, 2011 — on the steps of St. Andrews golf course. Photograph by FlyerTalk member Baze. In a discussion in which FlyerTalk members pay tribute to Scott the flier, FlyerTalk member and friend Baze says the following about him...

The poster shown above for Ukraine International Airlines depicts Lady Liberty in bed with Christ the Redeemer — statues which represent New York and Rio de Janeiro respectively — apparently after just having had sexual intercourse in a hotel room akin to a tenement slum. What in the world does this have to do with commercial air travel? Well...