For background, my wife is immigrating to the US from the Philippines. Originally I had planned to fly to Manila to accompany her back to the US. The Philippines has banned foreigners from the US so that plan is out. Since I miss flying we decided that I will meet her in NRT and accompany her to the US. I booked 2 one way tickets as it was much che... Read More

[QUOTE=IAH-OIL-TRASH;32978125]A 3rd-party operated lounge (or lounges) at ATL could contract out to handle AA and UA pax instead of each operating their own lounge in a DL hub. Or at FLL, one contract lounge for all carriers. I'd guess the domestic survivors for UA might be EWR, ORD, IAD, SFO, DEN, HNL, LAX, and (for convention traffic and a selfis... Read More

My first stay of this year -- 13 nights at a HWS in the Eastern half of the country -- was uneventful until the last night (and of course an early flight home). TLDR - raucous party in room next door for 6+ hours, no help from hotel; curious what else I could have done (950 lifetime Hilton nights and never had an experience so noisy): Starting... Read More

Flight schedule from DTW to PVR, with connection at DFW, was changed and resulted in a five and a half layover. Since I am over age 70 and didn't want the risk (Covid) associated with hanging around DFW that long, I requested a refund via customer service (email). It was denied because the schedule change didn't exceed 241 minutes. I was given the... Read More

I am 5 nights away from Spire. There aren't any IHG hotels in my nearby areas. I was thinking to book a hotel for 5 nights for purely the purpose of requalifying as Spire. However, the nearest hotel that I found was around 200 miles away from my current place. Given the travel restrictions, I may not be able to travel to the hotel. Will... Read More

I see reference online to Alaska flight 282 in March from Liberia, CR to SJO, CR. There's also a notation that the flight is subject to government approval. Is this accurate? Read More

Just spotted an announcement on LinkedIn of all places. BA has made a codeshare partnership with Loganair on the following routes from SOU SOU-NCL SOU-EDI SOU-GLA Not checked the impact on ability to earn TPs yet... (Now I have. Is indeed showing up on the calculator) Read More

operates on the new A330-900neo from Toronto Open schedule very short layovers in Lisbon - stopover possible sample [url=https://www.google.ca/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhoeagcIARIDWVlaEgoyMDIxLTAzLTMwcgcIARIDQ1BIGh5qBwgBEgNDUEgSCjIwMjEtMDQtMjdyBwgBEgNZWVpwAYIBCwj___________8BQAFIA5gBAQ&tfu=EgYIAhAAGAAaAA&curr=USD]https://www.google.... Read More

I often book tickets that include a Copa segment (connection in PTY). Many of these are often code shares with fares coordinated. Recently when checking fares there do not seem to be any codeshares nor coordinated fares making it often $300+ dollars more than usual. It appears to be mostly with Biz Class fares. Does anyone know if United stil... Read More

Has anyone been through Doha recently? There is apparently now a charge for access to the Al Mourjan Business Lounge for (at least) Silver BAEC cardholders on QR flights. Is anyone aware of whether this applies to Gold / Emerald holders as well, and does it also depend on the class of travellers. Due to travel next month. Read More

Hi Flyers, I am really looking for ideas to pay my mortgage. I used to buy a couple thousand VGC and deposit money order in Walmart each month. But now, walmart doesn't allow it anymore. I have to look for alternatives. I heard Walmart Billpay, can we just buy VGCs and pay the bill from Walmart App? I assume there are 4 swipes limit for each... Read More

I was surprised to read about this, but a local entrepreneur plans to start a seaplane airline called ‘Seaplane Hong Kong’ in HK this year initially doing local private charters, and sightseeing using 2X DHC Twin Otters (‘Twotters’). Then subsequently expand into the Pearl River Delta. Though I think it is somewhat ambitiou... Read More

I will need some advice as whether any recourse is possible(as per your experience and knowledge) and what should be the best course of action if any. Thank you in advance. Let me recount: Auntie is a French passport holder with a US green card. My Auntie had to visit Haiti for some business matters earlier this month. Travel was on America... Read More

Some sad news in Hawaii: one of the Governor's ASL interpreters died from COVID on Friday; she's believed to have caught it while flying from Honolulu to San Diego. She was an on-screen fixture through Ige's COVID press conferences, including all of the events surrounding the pre-travel testing program. She also rotated in providing service to M... Read More

Feel-good story of the day. https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/01/17/southwest-airlines-dispatcher-travels-over-3000-miles-to-help-deliver-puppy-for-christmas/ Read More

My Amex Bonvoy Brilliance credit will be expiring at the end of Feb and currently, I don't have any travel plans until May (still pending). I don't want to book a prepaid hotel stay and risk having to cancel and lose the money. Are there other ways to use the credit besides gift cards? Also, are there any DP on recent successful gift card purchases... Read More