View from the Wing With JetBlue struggling, corporate raider Carl Icahn took nearly a 10% stake in the carrier and won the right to appointment members to the airline’s board.…
View from the Wing Southwest Airlines is known for the games people play to secure the best seats, because the airline doesn’t assign seats – it’s first-board, first-served. That means…
View from the Wing An airline employee fell off a TransNusa Airbus A320 in Indonesia, and video of the incident is spreading widely. He stepped out the door of the…
View from the Wing Air France KLM’s Flying Blue program has made award space wide open across the Pond for nearly all of their transatlantic routes, starting this summer (when…
View from the Wing Airlines don’t want you to give birth on the plane, so they have special policies for pregnant women approaching their due date. It’s common, for instance,…
View from the Wing Two passengers on board a Zipair flight got into a fight over the air vents above their seats. The man in the window seat wanted to…
View from the Wing I flagged the opportunity in March. With Bilt Rewards adding Alaska Airlines as a transfer partner, they are also introducing the ability to earn miles paying…
View from the Wing Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel – a topic he has covered since 2002.…
View from the Wing The Sonesta Nashville Airport Hotel is under scrutiny after canceling a planned pro-Israel summit, because of threats by Palestinian activists. The event, organized by Christian ministry…
View from the Wing Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel – a topic he has covered since 2002.…
