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Airlines Are Buying Jets To Fly Until 2060 — But New Technology Will Steal Their Best Customers And Make Those Bets Money-Losers

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (634+ words) by Gary Leff on September 5, 2026 A confident – and wrong – prediction is making the rounds: “Suborbital space launch will eliminate all intercontinental flights in the next ten years.” I know these people. DC people need to understand a few things: There…...

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Emirates Business Class With No Fuel Surcharges, Dubai For 57,200 Points—Rove Adds Copa Transfers With 40% Bonus

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (160+ words) by Gary Leff on September 1, 2026 Rove, which just added dining, instant gift card rewards and a new mobile app to their travel booking and shopping rewards portfolio, keeps adding points transfer partners. And they have some truly unique ones that…...

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American Quietly Adds Connections To Fiji Airways Awards When Business Class Costs 405,000 Miles One Way

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (418+ words) by Gary Leff on August 30, 2026 American Airlines has quietly made its eye-wateringly expensive extra Fiji Airways award inventory more useful. An internal memo reviewed by View From The Wing says Fiji Airways “Enhanced Awards” can now include eligible American Airlines…...

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Fly To Europe For 3,000 Points, Business Class To Africa For 75,000—The Best Frequent Flyer Sweet Spots That Still Work

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (501+ words) by Gary Leff on August 30, 2026 Most frequent flyer “sweet spot” lists are padded with awards that disappeared two devaluations ago, require unicorn availability or carry cash surcharges approaching the price of a ticket. Frequent Miler’s latest podcast was more useful:…...

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Southwest Passenger Posts Her $1,000-Plus Voucher Online—Strangers Book Flights, Leave Her $6.07

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (157+ words) by Gary Leff on August 25, 2026 I didn’t realize anybody actually read Threads, but enough did because several people used the voucher. First, one person booked a ticket. Then somebody else did. And someone else, until there was just $6.07 left. Posting…...

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'Doctor Who' Star Bought 3 American Airlines Business Class Tickets—Then Raged When He Didn't Get Pajamas

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1142+ words) by Gary Leff on August 24, 2026 John Barrowman bought three expensive American Airlines business class tickets from Los Angeles to London and was furious that only passengers in the first two rows received pajamas. Except those first two rows weren’t business…...

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American Airlines Is Serving Great Food, Needs To Get Cabin Cleaning And Maintenance Together

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (261+ words) by Gary Leff on August 23, 2026 A play in four acts: — ⚔️Rick. The Noble One (@safe_rick) August 21, 2026 — stat rock star (@statrockstar) August 20, 2026 — Fred Steffan 🇺🇸 (@fsteffanjr) August 20, 2026 — Chris (@magaskol) August 20, 2026 American Airlines recognizes it has a problem with broken seats, bad screens, and…...

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The ‘Let's Buy Spirit Airlines’ Campaign Failed—Now It Wants Fans To Fund A New ‘Costco Of Airlines’

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (694+ words) by Gary Leff on August 23, 2026 The viral effort to “buy Spirit Airlines” never actually had any money. And it wasn’t clear what the group would be buying, how it would operate an airline losing massive amounts of money any differently,…...

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American Airlines Insiders Say The Old Strategy Never Died — They’re Half Right, But Not For The Reason They Think

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (492+ words) by Gary Leff on August 15, 2026 Aviation watchdog JonNYC shares a theory of what’s wrong with American Airlines strategy. It’s not his theory, but it’s an interesting one to contend with. I just think it misses quite a lot. "Literally. The…...