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You may often notice when looking at certain airline brand names a flying a symbol with the word “SKYTEAM†wrapped around. This logo means that the airline is part of the SkyTeam alliance, a group of 20 airlines that work in cooperation to provide passengers greater options when traveling the world. See current Credit Card…
Encore Las Vegas, is the newest tower, which consists of over 2,000 rooms, located next to Wynn Las Vegas.  On a trip to Las Vegas earlier this summer, I decided to stay at Encore, as I’ve never stayed here before and was able to find a decent price for this hotel. This property is part of the Fine…
Martini Review of the Week: Hope everyone had a nice Labor Day weekend! Here’s a recap of last week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. United Airlines announced they’ll be launching new nonstop year-round service between San Francisco and Amsterdam; summer seasonal service between Newark and Naples, Italy beginning May 22, 2019; and summer seasonal service between…
It’s nice to see Priority Pass expanding the lounges in their program, which means more lounges for The Platinum Card® from American Express (or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express) cardholders like myself to benefit from. Priority Pass has consistently been adding restaurants which is pretty sweet! Most recently, they added these 2 More New Restaurants.Up next, they…
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It’s nice to see Priority Pass expanding the lounges in their program, which means more lounges for The Platinum Card® from American Express (or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express) cardholders like myself to benefit from. Priority Pass has consistently been adding restaurants which is pretty sweet! Most recently, they added STEPHANIE’S Boston MA Logan International (Terminal B). Priority…
As View from the Wing has stated in the past, TSA has yet to catch a terrorist, which raises the question if TSA security procedures are becoming overly intrusive for the wrong reasons. On this note, one muslim woman, who is a U.S. citizen who was traveling for a speaking engagement, was subjected to an intrusive…
With JetBlue’s recent announcement to raise their checked baggage fee $5 to a new rate of $30, the move is viewed by most travelers as another way to make profit off customers who use ancillary services. The airlines are increasing looking for ways to increase revenue as cost like fuel and labor rise which begs…
Priority Pass announced starting October 1, 2018, they’ll be raising the fees to their lounges from $27 to $32, which represents a $5 increase per visit. Those will Priority Pass memberships that offer complimentary guest access won’t be affected, however if you’re one who pays to bring in guests you will notice an increase. Many…
While not often, international business class cabins can end up in an oversold situation. Most airlines have a policy of not selling more seats than available and a primary reason for such a situation arises due to an equipment swap. Â The economy cabin ends up in oversold scenarios more frequently because airlines intentionally oversell…
Delta Air Lines is discontinuing their New York (JFK) to Havana, Cuba service effective September 1, 2018, due to poor performance, which is also causing JetBlue to discontinue their Saturday service from New York (JFK) Havana, Cuba as well. As the Department of Transportation has a limit of 20 daily flights between the United States and…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. American Airlines announced that they will be launching several new routes to Europe which include ​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​nine new routes and some schedule adjustments​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​ to their 2018 winter and 2019 summer…
Priority Pass sends out a monthly email announcing their new lounges. It’s nice to see Priority Pass expanding the lounges in their program, which means more lounges for The Platinum Card® from American Express or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express cardholders like myself to benefit from. Here is a full list of the lounges that they…
It’s nice to see Priority Pass expanding the lounges in their program, which means more lounges for The Platinum Card® from American Express (or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express) cardholders like myself to benefit from. They just added a new Minute Suites in Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson Airport in concourse T. There is already a Minute Suites…
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Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. ISee current Credit Card Offers here to earn more miles. News Earn 130,000 Bonus Delta SkyMiles with Limited Time Offers Southwest Airlines Cracking Down on Emotional…
When it comes to having to gate check bags, most of the US airlines are very aggressive when it comes to this, as they’ll usually run out of overhead bin space. However if you find yourself on a payload optimized flight, as Delta calls it, then chances are you won’t have to check your carry-on…
Yesterday we posted about some unadvertised low award mile tickets available mostly out of NYC. Here’s another unpublished award sale on Delta this time to Europe. You can score roundtrip flights to many cities in Europe stating at only 22,000 miles out of NYC! This is a super awesome deal! Search flexible dates on Delta.com and…
This is just crazy. A lady is seen tied up on her flight (without her shirt on) from Moscow to Antalya, Turkey. Apparently, she drank too much and became “out of control” once on board the flight. She can be seen in many photos tied up with her legs and arms restrained. No report as…
It’s nice to see Priority Pass expanding the lounges in their program, which means more lounges for The Platinum Card® from American Express (or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express) cardholders like myself to benefit from. Priority Pass has consistently been adding restaurants which is pretty sweet! Most recently, they added JERRY REMY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL, Boston MA…