Travelers pay the 9/11 security fee every time they fly. Congress must stop diverting those dollars away from @TSA and the air travel system. Thank you @RepDaleStrong & @RepTimKennedy for introducing the SAFEGUARDS Act, ending diversion & investing in the security tech American airports need.

Travelers pay the 9/11 security fee every time they fly. Congress must stop diverting those dollars away from @TSA and the air travel system. Thank you @RepDaleStrong & @RepTimKennedy for introducing the SAFEGUARDS Act, ending diversion & investing in the security tech American airports need.

Your miles are worth less than they were a year ago. Six major airline loyalty programs noticably cut value since 2024. Some raised the cost of award redemptions. American Airlines stopped letting Basic Economy passengers earn miles at all. The miles you have buy less travel either way. ANA: US-Japan business class up 18-25%. Flying Blue: transatlantic awards up 14-25%. Qantas: up to 20%, some routes over 30%. Singapore KrisFlyer: all cabins 5-15%. American AAdvantage: Basic Economy now earns zero miles. British Airways: 8-14% across the board. To put that in perspective: A trip that used to cost 60,000 miles can now run you up to 78,000 - that could be an extra year of credit card spending just to get the same seat! The trend has been steady for years. Expect more of the same. What to do about it: don't hoard miles. If you have a balance and a trip in mind, book it. Sitting on points is volunteering for the next devaluation. When the points pay less, the cash price matters more. AirfareWatchdog watches the cash price full-time so you don't have to. Free to set up → airfarewatchdog.com/signup/?… #AirlineMiles #FrequentFlyer #LoyaltyPrograms #AwardTravel #AirfareWatchdog

Spirit Airlines, the ultra-low-cost flyer that shut down operations last weekend, was often the butt of jokes. But while it may have been the laughingstock of the skies, a raft of heartfelt tributes rolled in after Spirit announced its closure — even from former naysayers. There was plenty of concern for Spirit’s newly unemployed airline workers; nearly 17,000 people lost their jobs. There was also genuine mourning for an airline that filled an essential economic niche. With its infamously no-frills policies, Spirit offered a lifeline for travelers who otherwise couldn’t afford to fly. “I shared in the mourning,” writes Vanessa Ogle. “I grew up next to a Superfund site, and my mom and I both worked in fast food. I moved to New York as a teenager, and when I could afford to travel home on my Domino’s salary, it was courtesy of Spirit. It’s the airline I took in college to afford visits home to rural Michigan, and the airline I took when I visited my mom in the hospital just before she unexpectedly passed away.” Read Ogle on how Spirit’s closure is going to have very real consequences for many Americans who simply may not be able to fly without another low-cost alternative: nymag.visitlink.me/WCSbiL