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This 'hidden' travel hack saves money on flights — if travelers can pull it off

Airlines may not be fans of “skiplagging,” but travelers who use it to save money on flights surely are. The practice involves buying a connecting flight, with no intention of taking the second leg of the journey. Flyers do this when they find a connecting flight — that stops at their intended destination — that’s […]

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American Airlines chooses Citi as sole credit card partner, drops Barclays

American Airlines has inked a long-awaited credit card deal with Citigroup, dropping its other partner, Barclays. The airline said Wednesday that it expects payments it receives from its co-branded credit card and other partners to grow 10% a year. In the 12 months through Sept. 30, American brought in $5.6 billion from these deals. CNBC reported in September that the airline was

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Ed Sheeran announces concert in Bhutan — with tickets starting at $10

Ed Sheeran announced this week he’s taking his Mathematics Tour to Bhutan, India and the Middle East in early 2025. The tour, formally named the +–=÷x Tour, includes a notable stop in Bhutan’s capital of Thimphu on Jan. 24, 2025 — which will be the first major international concert to be held in the country, according

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JetBlue cuts more unprofitable routes, tweaks Europe flights

JetBlue Airways told staff Wednesday that it is axing more unprofitable flights, redeploying aircraft outfitted with its high-value business class and tweaking Europe service, the carrier’s latest moves to return to consistent profitability and cut costs. It will also stop using planes with Mint business class on Seattle flights in April. JetBlue said it will

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'Dynamic pricing' was a top contender for word of the year. Here's why it got consumers so worked up in 2024

Oxford University Press may have crowned “brain rot” the word of the year, but “dynamic pricing” was also a top contender. Originally coined by economists in the late 1920s, dynamic pricing refers to “the practice of varying the price for a product or service to reflect changing market conditions. In particular, the charging of a

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Airline executives set to defend seat fees before Senate panel

U.S. airline executives are set to defend their seating fees before a Senate panel Wednesday after the subcommittee accused the industry of charging “junk” fees to bring in billions in revenue. American, Delta, United, Spirit and Frontier brought in $12.4 billion in seating fees between 2018 and 2023, according to a report released Nov. 26 by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on

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I’ve travelled to 40 countries with my parents. We’re magnets for mishaps — and couldn’t be more grateful

A trip to Egypt — the first my brother and I took as adults with our parents — quickly went off the rails. After spending Christmas in the Sinai Peninsula, we drove our rental car back to Cairo. At the hotel, a well-dressed man, whom my father mistook for a hotel valet, offered to move

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JetBlue founder on competition in the airline industry

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email David Neeleman, JetBlue founder and Azul Brazilian Airlines chairman and former CEO, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss if low-cost airline carriers can flourish in today’s environment, if legacy carriers can have their market share taken, and JetBlue’s position in the airline landscape.

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