Flight tips

Compulsory PCR tests, face masks, vaccination certificates — at the height of the pandemic, travel meant navigating reams of red tape and checking a long list of requirements before you’d even set foot on a plane. Now the rules have been relaxed, travellers are largely responsible for making their own decisions should they test positive. From the legal requirements to the moral debate, here’s what you need to know.

If you have not booked flights for the upcoming months, now is an excellent time to snag Southwest Airlines flights.

Delta Air Lines and American Express have just launched new welcome bonuses on their range of cobranded credit cards.

Two years ago, I took a daytrip from Boston to Los Angeles to hit AAdvantage Platinum Pro frequent flyer status on American Airlines. The status I earned on that trip went along with two other airline elite status levels I also held at the time: Delta Air Lines Platinum Medallion and United Airlines Premier Gold (I hit the higher Premier Platinum tier the following year).

It's become an iconic image of travel in the United States – a red convertible with the top down, cruising such classic California thoroughfares as the Pacific Coast Highway or across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Much like pilots, flight attendants find themselves in a career that can take them across multiple time zones each week—sometimes multiple times a day. Couple that with long hours and irregular sleep patterns, and you’ll wonder: How do these travel professionals appear to handle jet lag, while passengers feel fatigue and insomnia almost instantly?

As the temperatures dip in the transition to fall from summer, airfare prices are also cooling down with deals available within the United States and around the world.  Travel booking site Hopper recently shared its “Fall Shoulder Season Report,” providing insight into discounts as we head into fall. Domestic flights to New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Orlando all average under $200. Each city is seeing prices at least 24 percent lower than the same ticket over the summer. 

With its mild, pleasant climate, charming English Channel island Jersey, just off the coast of Normandy, is an excellent weekend break destination as it’s a very short flight from London. The landscape is varied, from rugged coastlines to pristine beaches and the history is fascinating, with castles, including Elizabeth Castle, where King Charles II hid during the English Civil War and bunkers from German-occupied Jersey in World War II. As a tax haven, it’s probably better served than similar islands of its size, with some lovely hotels, shops and good restaurants, including one with a Michelin star.

Periods are taxing at the best of times, but never more so than when traveling. From lugging around sanitary products and topping up on pain medication to all the aches and pains that come with it, menstruation is not easy to navigate. Below, we’ve curated the ultimate guide to traveling on your period so you can head off on your next adventure with (somewhat) more ease than before.

Orlando International Airport is making it easier for families to waive off loved ones from the gate, or explore its newest terminal, with a new visitor pass allowing people without a ticket to pass through security.

Wheels Up is again turning to Delta Air Lines for C-suite leadership. After appointing the Atlanta-based airline’s CFO Dan Janki as Chairman last month, the New York-based private jet flight provider is tapping Delta Board Member George Mattson as CEO.

On September 1, Carol and Tom Cutkomp stepped aboard Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas ship in Seward, Alaska, and began unpacking their belongings, eager to kick off their vacation after three long days of travel.

Despite years of investing in bigger and better Sky Club airport lounges, Delta Air Lines still hasn't solved the nagging overcrowding issue.

In January, Bilt Rewards added live award flight availability powered by Point.me to the Bilt app. This integration lets Bilt Rewards members easily search for award flights they could book with their Bilt Rewards points through the 12 Bilt Rewards airline transfer partners.

A Swiss plane arrived in Bilbao, Spain on Saturday without a single piece of checked luggage on board.

Perhaps the worst part of international travel is not international at all, but rather the moment when you finally arrive home in the US after a jam-packed vacation and long-haul flight — only to be met by a sometimes long wait at customs and what feels like an interrogation just to get back into the country you actually live.

The way passengers earn status for Delta Air Lines is about to change.

Come January 1, 2024, it’s going to get a lot harder to obtain Delta elite status and access the airline’s proprietary Sky Club lounges. In a major overhaul to its SkyMiles program, Delta will be moving to a single metric, Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs), as the basis for earning status. (Spoiler: major spending will be the sole method for achieving elite status.) Around the same time, the airline will begin to limit entry to Sky Club lounges, turning away Delta SkyMiles Platinum cardholders as well as those flying on Basic Economy fares; later, new restrictions will take effect for AmEx Platinum and Delta SkyMiles Reserve cardholders. Here’s all you need to know about the upcoming changes as Delta doomsday approaches.

The Capital One Venture X Business is the business version of the fan-favorite Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Like its personal counterpart, the Venture X Business offers luxury perks for a reasonable annual fee and a simple earning structure of at least 2 miles per dollar on all purchases. This is a great option for small-business owners who value simplicity. Card rating*: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½

If you're looking to earn status with Delta, listen up: There are big changes coming to the SkyMiles program — and they're not necessarily pretty.

Delta Air Lines is making changes to its onboard food and beverage offerings, just in time for autumn.