An Alaska Airlines flight attendant moved people to tears after giving an elderly man a heartfelt note on his last trip before he passed. The touching sendoff was detailed in a Reddit post that the deceased’s granddaughter penned to the carrier. “Just wanted to say thank you — and to let you know how much…
United Airlines announced Friday that it will have expanded service to several warm-weather destinations in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean from Chicago, just as temperatures start their inevitable drop here. The airline said this fall will be its busiest flight schedule of the year from Chicago. In October, United is scheduled to fly…
We’re the best around, and nothing’s ever going to keep us down. New York City has been named the best city in the world for 2025 by Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index. This marks the second consecutive year that the Big Apple has topped the annual list, which features more than 50 major metropolises across…
It’s the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy that executives once described as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals. The airline announced the change in March, saying at the time that the the new policy would…
Remote work has become increasingly coveted as bosses order employees back to the office half a decade on from the Covid pandemic. But such opportunities still exist, particularly for those in hybrid workplaces, meaning it’s not impossible to snag a gig where you can clock in from anywhere in the world. For Americans frustrated with…
Their grandparents lined up for buffets, and their parents came for Celine Dion. But millennials and Gen-Z are coming to Las Vegas for something else entirely. Nearly half of the city’s visitors last year were millennials or Gen-Z, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s 2024 visitor profile report. Despite the perception that they are still “only…
Great New York restaurants aren’t easily forgotten. And when Swifty’s, the society cafe heir to Mortimer’s — which had delighted and infuriated the city’s bold face names in equal measure — closed its doors in 2016, people never really stopped talking about it. It turned out that Swifty’s was just ahead of the trend. It…
Dominican airline Arajet plans to launch direct flights from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Punta Cana, the airline announced Tuesday. Starting in November, the low-fare airline will launch the O’Hare route — its first from the Midwest — with flights three days per week. One-way flights to the resort town on the eastern tip of…
Hawaiian Airlines is days into implementing a new “no-show” policy that could potentially cause travelers to lose out on money. The airline put the policy in place last Thursday for people who have a confirmed reservation but do not board their ticketed flight. “We’ll cancel your flight reservation and all continuing and return flights,” Hawaiian Airlines said…
Delta is grounding Basic Economy. The airline is overhauling its ticket offerings in a bid to give customers “greater choice and more customization” — and it’s its most economical offering will be impacted. But frugal fliers fear not, Delta will still offer the cheapest tier of ticket under a new name. From Oct 1, Basic…
