The Great Loyalty Quiet Quit
We are all celebrating the wrong things.
The numbers look great, don't they? 83% of program owners love their loyalty programs. Up year-over-year. A staggering...
Rosewood St. Barth Is A Quiet Counterweight To The Island’s Party Scene
The 66-key Rosewood Le Guanahani occupies a specific, serene niche in St. Barths. Opened originally as Le Guanahani in 1986, the property shuttered for...
Staring Down the Barrel in Kayseri
Predator on duty. That’s what happened to OMAAT reader Ivan inside a Turkish Airlines lounge.
It was July 4, 2016. He was traveling out of...
Stop throwing Delta miles away
Delta killed their fixed award charts ten years ago. That was a bad day for everyone who liked planning.
Now, booking business class to anywhere...
Tech Travel Shuffles
Airbnb sniped a creative exec from OpenAI.
They’re banking on fresh eyes to steer the brand narrative, presumably away from the regulatory scrapes that...
Ka La’i Waikiki Review: Hilton’s First LXR Hotel Is Apartment Living on Steroids
Waikiki is loud. Bright. Packed with history and endless beaches.
You’ve heard of it. Probably been there. The question isn't "go here?" it is "sleep...
Travel News Brief
The Haaland Effect Isn’t Real for Norway
Haaland mania. It is loud. It is everywhere.
Norway wants nothing to do with it, essentially. Or at least,...
Etihad Makes Its A380 Living Room Prohibitively Expensive
They put a bathroom in the sky. And a living room. And a bed. It is called The Residence. It is arguably the wildest...
Who Still Crosses
U.S. tariffs and heated rhetoric didn't actually scare everyone away. Not quite.
A new federal report confirms as much. Sixteen million Canadians still made the...
Stop chasing tabs: Use Skyscanner without killing your points
Loyalty programs matter. They pay for trips. They unlock bags that don’t count against the limit and seats that let me sleep. I love...
Is the $895 American Express Platinum Worth the Hype?
You open the bill. You see $895.
It stings.
But you keep the card. Why? Because on paper, it pays for itself three times over.
The Amex...
Saudi Cash Flows Shift: PIF Steps Back, Private Players Step In
The big money is moving.
Or rather, it’s changing hands.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is dialing back its direct exposure to massive tourism projects....
Copa Brings Starlink Onboard. But You’ll Likely Pay.
Copa Airlines owns Latin America. Not in the corporate conquest sense, but in the functional sense. With Panama (PTY) as the pivot point and...
Why Your AI Travel Assistant Is Lying To You
You want to book a trip.
So you ask your AI.
It promises the moon.
Prices, branded results, direct booking buttons right in the chat.
Sounds like magic.
Until...
Chase Miami Lounge Gets Cuban Coffee And A Rum Bar
Chase is finally building that Miami airport lounge.
It’s happening in Concourse E, near gate E7, occupying 13,792 square feet. That’s a lot of floor...
The 2026 World Cup Is Here, and It Is Big
Updated with fresh details on Mexican transport and festivals.
Forget "intimate" gatherings. With three countries, sixteen cities, a record-breaking forty-eight teams, and one hundred four...
Who Owns Your Passport Expiry?
I was supposed to be flying home from Nevis. My 11-year son and I planned five days there. Just us. A dad-son solo trip....
Airport Lounges Go Weird
I’ve done the serious lists. The “Best of the Best.” The corporate-approved rankings of first-class sanctuaries. You can find those elsewhere. This time I...
World Cup money flows uphill
Host cities. USA, Mexico, Canada. They got the fans.
They got the noise.
Local spots saw a surge of international faces. Hotels raked in better revenue...
The Travel Industry Is Getting Weirder. In Good Ways?
Cruise lines used to treat islands like shopping malls. MSC Cruises isn't playing that game anymore.
They're reimagining the private island experience through conservation.
Differentiation guests...
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