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Do Cabin Crew Know If You Used Points For Your Flight?

There’s a funny moment that happens when many people redeem rewards points for their first luxury flying experience. It’s somewhat a feeling of imposter syndrome. Will anyone know that I just used points? The short answer: maybe, but most likely not. Each airline equips crew with different customer insights for different reasons and unless you…

Perfect Points: Two Cards, 5X Earning And Just One Annual Fee

Earning points at optimal rates doesn’t need to involve spreadsheets, 19 cards in the wallet, 10 more in the sock drawer and admin time that negates the value of earning rewards “for free”. My time certainly isn’t. One of the best ways to “win” the points game is to find card pairs which complement each…

How “A-Listers” And VIPs Board Flights

“Cabin crew, boarding complete”. I’m lucky to regularly find myself in the front of the plane and that occasionally means more than just a big wide seat, a bed and some nicer plates for my plane food, which no matter where you’re sitting is usually just that. Sometimes, first or business class means the added…

Business Travel Slump: How Leisure Travelers Benefit (And Airlines Can Too)

Business travel as we knew it, is down. Not all airline executives will admit it and some industry CEO’s will probably intellectualize it too much, but it’s true. That’s just a fact. What that means for airlines isn’t necessarily all bad news and what it means for leisure travelers is in many ways positive. The…

Global Airlines: The Airline Story Of 2024 And It’s Only January

I’m calling it right now, Global Airlines is the gift that will keep on giving this year. If you’ve been flipping channels, it’s starting to feel like that point in the documentary where those involved got ahead of their skis and have doubled down on the very bad ideas which eventually create the “gotcha” Netflix…

This Summer, Ditch Big Italian Cities For These Dreamy Towns

When it comes to summer travel, Italy is firmly circled on every map. Thanks, White Lotus for making that a thing for the next forever time. TV or not, Rome typically becomes a sea of tourists, Milanese locals flee the city in droves to make room for all the visitors and the water levels in…