View from the Wing https://viewfromthewing.com/ Thought Leader in Travel Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:04:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 69176167 https://viewfromthewing.com/american-airlines-and-alaska-elites-now-get-hotel-status-and-discounts-at-taj-the-pierre-and-630-hotels/ American Airlines And Alaska Elites Now Get Hotel Status And Discounts At Taj, The Pierre And 630 Hotels https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957706643/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-And-Alaska-Elites-Now-Get-Hotel-Status-And-Discounts-At-Taj-The-Pierre-And-Hotels/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957706643/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-And-Alaska-Elites-Now-Get-Hotel-Status-And-Discounts-At-Taj-The-Pierre-And-Hotels/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:04:58 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250966
       
]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957706643/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-And-Alaska-Elites-Now-Get-Hotel-Status-And-Discounts-At-Taj-The-Pierre-And-Hotels/feed/ 0 250966oneworld elites are getting a new hotel benefit: discounts and status across Taj, The Pierre, St. James Court, Vivanta, Ginger and more than 600 other Indian Hotels Company properties. For American and Alaska elites, this turns airline status into hotel savings and Taj InnerCircle - NeuPass status — while top Taj members can now move the other way into oneworld airline status.

       
]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/delta-has-an-internal-plan-to-win-los-angeles-and-a-rare-opening-before-american-and-united-can-respond/ Delta Has An Internal Plan To Win Los Angeles — And A Rare Opening Before American And United Can Respond https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957704093/0/viewfromthewing~Delta-Has-An-Internal-Plan-To-Win-Los-Angeles-%e2%80%94-And-A-Rare-Opening-Before-American-And-United-Can-Respond/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957704093/0/viewfromthewing~Delta-Has-An-Internal-Plan-To-Win-Los-Angeles-%e2%80%94-And-A-Rare-Opening-Before-American-And-United-Can-Respond/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:44:34 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250952 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957704093/0/viewfromthewing~Delta-Has-An-Internal-Plan-To-Win-Los-Angeles-%e2%80%94-And-A-Rare-Opening-Before-American-And-United-Can-Respond/feed/ 7 250952Delta sees Los Angeles as a rare chance to break a long-running three-way fight with American and United, and internal plans point to a bigger push at LAX while its rivals are constrained. American has pulled back, United’s facilities are limited, smaller carriers have shrunk, and Delta wants to turn that opening into more premium customers, more loyalty, and more Amex spend in one of the country’s most valuable travel markets.

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/faa-wants-to-centrally-plan-airline-competition-starting-with-spirits-87-million-laguardia-slots/ FAA Wants To Centrally Plan Airline Competition — Starting With Spirit’s $87 Million LaGuardia Slots https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957701954/0/viewfromthewing~FAA-Wants-To-Centrally-Plan-Airline-Competition-%e2%80%94-Starting-With-Spirit%e2%80%99s-Million-LaGuardia-Slots/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957701954/0/viewfromthewing~FAA-Wants-To-Centrally-Plan-Airline-Competition-%e2%80%94-Starting-With-Spirit%e2%80%99s-Million-LaGuardia-Slots/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:34:47 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250943 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957701954/0/viewfromthewing~FAA-Wants-To-Centrally-Plan-Airline-Competition-%e2%80%94-Starting-With-Spirit%e2%80%99s-Million-LaGuardia-Slots/feed/ 12 250943The FAA says Spirit’s valuable LaGuardia slots should go to a low-cost airline or be retired entirely, not simply sold to whoever values them most. That is the same central-planning impulse airline regulators keep falling into: trying to engineer competition from Washington instead of using prices to allocate scarce airport capacity and letting airlines prove which business models actually work.

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/dont-sleep-on-the-chase-100000-point-ink-business-preferred-bonus/ Don’t Sleep On The Chase 100,000 Point Ink Business Preferred Bonus https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957701321/0/viewfromthewing~Dont-Sleep-On-The-Chase-Point-Ink-Business-Preferred-Bonus/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957701321/0/viewfromthewing~Dont-Sleep-On-The-Chase-Point-Ink-Business-Preferred-Bonus/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:04:16 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250785 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957701321/0/viewfromthewing~Dont-Sleep-On-The-Chase-Point-Ink-Business-Preferred-Bonus/feed/ 2 250785Chase has brought back a 100,000-point bonus on the Ink Business Preferred, giving small-business owners and those of you with a side hustle one of the strongest bank card offers available right now. The card’s $95 annual fee is low for a bonus this large, and the points can be transferred to valuable airline and hotel partners like Hyatt, United, Air France KLM, British Airways, and Singapore Airlines.

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/american-airlines-stock-fell-so-far-it-was-dropped-from-the-dow-transportation-average/ American Airlines Dropped From The Dow Transportation Average After Long-Term Decline https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957695750/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-Dropped-From-The-Dow-Transportation-Average-After-LongTerm-Decline/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957695750/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-Dropped-From-The-Dow-Transportation-Average-After-LongTerm-Decline/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:58:30 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250898 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957695750/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-Dropped-From-The-Dow-Transportation-Average-After-LongTerm-Decline/feed/ 13 250898American Airlines has now been dropped from the Dow Jones Transportation Average, two years after being kicked out of the S&P 500. Its stock price had fallen so far that it carried less than 0.5% weight in the price-weighted index — while Delta, United, Southwest, and even Alaska remain.

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/nih-researchers-charged-with-smuggling-113-virus-vials-on-flight-to-detroit-i-do-this-all-the-time/ NIH Researchers Charged With Smuggling 113 Virus Vials On Flight To Detroit — ‘I Do This All The Time’ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957688988/0/viewfromthewing~NIH-Researchers-Charged-With-Smuggling-Virus-Vials-On-Flight-To-Detroit-%e2%80%94-%e2%80%98I-Do-This-All-The-Time%e2%80%99/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957688988/0/viewfromthewing~NIH-Researchers-Charged-With-Smuggling-Virus-Vials-On-Flight-To-Detroit-%e2%80%94-%e2%80%98I-Do-This-All-The-Time%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:04:25 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250921 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957688988/0/viewfromthewing~NIH-Researchers-Charged-With-Smuggling-Virus-Vials-On-Flight-To-Detroit-%e2%80%94-%e2%80%98I-Do-This-All-The-Time%e2%80%99/feed/ 16 250921NIH researchers working with high-containment viruses were charged after arriving in Detroit on an Air France flight with 113 undeclared biological sample vials from Congo, including monkeypox. One allegedly told officers, “I do this all the time.”

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/frontier-passenger-tries-to-open-plane-door-charges-then-chokes-flight-attendant/ Frontier Passenger Tries To Open Plane Door, Charges, Then Chokes Flight Attendant https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957686480/0/viewfromthewing~Frontier-Passenger-Tries-To-Open-Plane-Door-Charges-Then-Chokes-Flight-Attendant/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957686480/0/viewfromthewing~Frontier-Passenger-Tries-To-Open-Plane-Door-Charges-Then-Chokes-Flight-Attendant/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:04:35 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250907 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957686480/0/viewfromthewing~Frontier-Passenger-Tries-To-Open-Plane-Door-Charges-Then-Chokes-Flight-Attendant/feed/ 4 250907A Frontier flight from San Juan to Chicago diverted to Miami after a passenger allegedly tried to open an exit door, moved toward the cockpit, choked an off-duty flight attendant, and broke through flex cuffs more than once. Passengers and crew finally held him with seatbelt extenders until landing.

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/german-hotel-told-israeli-travelers-no-jews-allowed-then-claimed-it-was-just-fighting-fake-bookings/ German Hotel Told Israeli Travelers “No Jews Allowed” — Then Claimed It Was Just Fighting Fake Bookings https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957684533/0/viewfromthewing~German-Hotel-Told-Israeli-Travelers-%e2%80%9cNo-Jews-Allowed%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-Then-Claimed-It-Was-Just-Fighting-Fake-Bookings/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957684533/0/viewfromthewing~German-Hotel-Told-Israeli-Travelers-%e2%80%9cNo-Jews-Allowed%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-Then-Claimed-It-Was-Just-Fighting-Fake-Bookings/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:04:45 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250914 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957684533/0/viewfromthewing~German-Hotel-Told-Israeli-Travelers-%e2%80%9cNo-Jews-Allowed%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-Then-Claimed-It-Was-Just-Fighting-Fake-Bookings/feed/ 19 250914Israeli travelers trying to book a hotel in Bavaria say they received a reply that should be unthinkable in Germany: “Sorry, there are no Jews allowed in our hotel.” The hotel later acknowledged an employee sent the message, apologized, and claimed it was responding to suspected fake bookings — as though “No Jews allowed” were a normal anti-fraud policy rather than exactly what it sounds like.

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/american-airlines-poised-to-buy-widebody-planes-again-after-retiring-40-of-its-long-haul-fleet/ American Airlines Poised To Buy Widebody Planes Again — After Retiring 40% Of Its Long Haul Fleet https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957682889/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-Poised-To-Buy-Widebody-Planes-Again-%e2%80%94-After-Retiring-Of-Its-Long-Haul-Fleet/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957682889/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-Poised-To-Buy-Widebody-Planes-Again-%e2%80%94-After-Retiring-Of-Its-Long-Haul-Fleet/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:04:22 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250897 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957682889/0/viewfromthewing~American-Airlines-Poised-To-Buy-Widebody-Planes-Again-%e2%80%94-After-Retiring-Of-Its-Long-Haul-Fleet/feed/ 17 250897American Airlines spent the pandemic shrinking into a more domestic, partner-dependent airline, retiring 40% of its long-haul fleet and avoiding new widebody orders for years. Now, as management tries to reposition American as a premium global carrier, a new widebody order appears back on the table — with Boeing 787s and Airbus A330neos looking more plausible than they have in years.

]]> https://viewfromthewing.com/southwest-cards-new-90000-point-bonus-gets-you-most-of-the-way-to-companion-pass/ Southwest Card’s New 90,000-Point Bonus Gets You Most Of The Way To Companion Pass https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957665735/0/viewfromthewing~Southwest-Card%e2%80%99s-New-Point-Bonus-Gets-You-Most-Of-The-Way-To-Companion-Pass/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957665735/0/viewfromthewing~Southwest-Card%e2%80%99s-New-Point-Bonus-Gets-You-Most-Of-The-Way-To-Companion-Pass/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:04:35 +0000 https://viewfromthewing.com/?p=250537 ]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/957665735/0/viewfromthewing~Southwest-Card%e2%80%99s-New-Point-Bonus-Gets-You-Most-Of-The-Way-To-Companion-Pass/feed/ 1 250537Southwest’s new 90,000-point Priority Card offer is valuable on its own, but the bigger play is Companion Pass. Between the bonus, required spending, and the 15,000 qualifying-point boost from holding a Southwest card, this offer gets you most of what you need for the best deal in travel.

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