Air Travel

I’m scheduled to travel to Europe in a couple of weeks for my first international trip outside the US. However, I’m starting to get quite anxious because my return flights back home have already been cancelled four times. The reasons given have been related to operational...

I recently managed to book 4 business class seats on Qatar Airways from IAH to DOH using points on a saver fare (70k points + approximately $297 taxes per seat). The only downside is that the flight is on a Boeing 777-200 with a 2-2-2 business class configuration, so it is not...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced at a news conference Wednesday: Ten percent of air traffic at 40 busy airports would be cut Full list: Anchorage International Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Boston Logan International Baltimore/Washington International...

This hasn’t happened to me in a while, but on my recent United flight from Newark to San Francisco, I found someone sitting in my assigned aisle seat. When I asked what seat they were supposed to be in, they reluctantly moved to their assigned middle seat. It was not a major...

Emirates is right on the regulation part. EC261 wouldn’t apply since the flight originated outside the EU on a non EU carrier, even though the final destination was Europe. So there’s no legal compensation angle to push. That said, 50k Skywards miles per person is actually a...