The airlines in the US have developed into a special kind of company… one that consistently loses money on its core business but makes up for it on financial services. This is thanks to the way ...

But hey, how about that Heathrow mess? Yikes, that wasn’t good, but it was much better than it happened during low season.

I’ve long had an unhealthy fascination with airline schedule change policies. I think it’s because they tend to reflect the personality of the airline itself in funny ways. But ever since the ...

In a perfect world, the idea here is that when interchange fees drop, that’s money that gets returned to the consumer in the form of lower prices on goods. After all, the businesses will keep a higher ...

Just recently, Spirit began to transition to this plan. In June of 2024, off-peak days operated at 95 percent of the peak day departure numbers for the airline. But this June, the airline reduced ...

On Alaska, you need 20,000 elite qualifying miles (EQMs) in a year to get to the lowest level of elite status, MVP. Or I could do 40,000 and try for Gold on partner American instead. It is absolutely ...

Had you told 2021 me that Norse Atlantic would still be flying in 2025, I’d have been surprised. And if you told me that it might actually make money that year, I’d have started laughing. But sure ...