HolidayTravel

Quick question. If my parents book a SAS Holidays trip and enter everyone’s details in the travelers section, and one of us has a EuroBonus number with Gold status (it’ll become active before the trip, but after booking), do the benefits apply to everyone on the booking? Trip is...

Booked an apartment in Val Thorens through Booking about 6 weeks ago. Nothing in the listing about a separate deposit. Payment was due 2 days before arrival. Three days before the trip, the host messages me on WhatsApp saying there’s a £1000 deposit that has to be transferred...

Honestly, this sounds like the exact moment a lot of people panic before a WHV. You’re not weird for feeling this way. $16 an hour in Canada for a seasonal hotel job is pretty standard, but yeah, it doesn’t feel great when you compare it to UK pay and then add flights,...

Quick heads up for anyone using Hostelworld chats, especially in big cities right now. I’ve seen this pop up over and over. Someone pretends to be a fellow traveler and keeps pushing a “massive groupchat” where supposedly everyone is going to the same event. They hype up some...

Visiting my in laws an hour outside Boston and found out they refuse to drive to the airport because they say it’s the worst one to deal with. Instead, they’re willing to drive us to a friend’s place near the city so we can Uber from there. Which is exactly as awkward as it...

This is nightmare fuel, especially the part where everything looked fine until bag drop. Boarding pass issued, seat assigned, app happy, and then suddenly “ticket invalid” on Christmas Day. That’s exactly the kind of failure that makes people lose trust in an airline completely....

Flew EWR to Zurich on Christmas Eve and somehow got upgraded all the way from Basic Economy to Polaris for free. When I checked in, it even let me pick a Premium Plus seat with no charge, which I thought was a glitch. Then two hours before departure, I got a notification that...

Had one of those rare genuinely nice moments in travel today. I was in Polaris and noticed a young couple mid 20s, super polite got upgraded to 2E and 3B. They didn’t ask anyone to move, were careful not to bother anyone, just quietly thrilled to be there. I offered to switch so...

This sounds absolutely brutal. Maintenance issue during taxi, panel left open, two hours on the tarmac, then back to the gate and canceled. From there it just snowballed into one failure after another. Rebooked to EWR instead of LGA even though seats existed. Dirty hotel room...

If you’re in Mexico City over the holidays and feeling a bit overwhelmed, this actually sounds like a nice way to experience the Historic Center without the chaos. Evening walk, Christmas hot chocolate, Cathedral, Zócalo lights, and a guide who actually knows the history and...

We were originally on a 6pm flight but wanted to switch to 8am to spend more time with family. The same fare class wasn’t available for a free same-day change, so I called hoping to get on standby. The Delta agent asked why we wanted to switch, and after I explained, he said...

Booked a perfect cabin in Gatlinburg through Capital One Travel months ago bunk beds, hot tub, game room, the works. It was supposed to be a surprise for my wife and kids. Fast forward to this week: I go to pull up the check-in info and find out the rental agency canceled the...

Our 12/21 MCO–PHL flight got canceled, and before I even saw the alert, Spirit had already rebooked us for the next day. Didn’t pay for seat selection, so I wasn’t expecting much but then the next day, my boarding pass updated and all three of us were seated together.

Had my LGA to Columbus flight canceled this morning because it was “disrupted.” That’s literally all the app said. Every other Spirit flight before Christmas was sold out, so I had to rebook with another airline for way more money. Anyone know what a “disruption” actually means...

Flew domestic out of LGA on 12/19 during the holiday madness. When I checked in, the app asked if I wanted to volunteer my seat for $300, $400, $500, or $600. I had a feeling the flight was heavily overbooked, but I ignored it and didn’t opt in. At the gate about 45 minutes...

Spirit cancelled my flight a few hours before it was supposed to leave today. No real explanation. When I called, they blamed it on “air traffic control or weather or something uncontrollable,” even though other flights at the airport are operating fine. There are no other...

No, I’m not a bot. And yeah, I know this isn’t the popular take here, but some of the changes actually work in my favor. I’m a single traveler, no kids, no checked bags, and I usually fly during busy holiday periods out of a high connection Southwest city. In the past, I’d pay...

Just saw some news about SAS cabin crew possibly striking during the Christmas period. Supposedly cabin crew will walk out Dec 22 to 24 and again on the 26th, and flights to hubs like Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo could be affected. What’s stressing me out is I’m flying from...

This sucks, but trying to think clearly and could use some outside brains. My girlfriend and I broke up last night. We had a one week Colombia trip booked for Christmas week through Expedia. Flights and hotel package. I paid for everything. Total was about $2,600 and she never...

Flying HNL to ORD in Premium Plus and I usually bring small gift bags for crews around the holidays. Nothing fancy… hi chews, lip balms, a couple Starbucks cards. Handed it over and heard the FA in the galley mutter “I don’t know why people do these gifts” and then kind of slam...

Trying to book US to Asia for Dec 17–Jan 4 and everything on Google Flights is showing like 3k round trip. Super late planning on my part, but wow. I’ve got around 100k AA miles between me and my wife. Wondering if using miles even helps when cash prices are this insane, or if...