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Flagship Dining: American Expands A La Carte Lounge Dining To Business Class

Ben Schlappig — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:04:49 +0000

American Airlines has just announced that it will be completely changing the concept for its Flagship First Dining facilities, as the airline eliminates international first class. These will simply become Flagship Dining facilities, and thats totally awesome, as business class passengers will also have access. Well done, American!

Communtiy Review: Malé Velana Airport's New Terminal 1 (International Arrivals)

1990_ — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:19:02 +0000

:readerstories:

Wild: Delta Flight Attendant Commutes From Africa To New York For Work

Ben Schlappig — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:38:20 +0000

If you think you have a long commute to work, well, I have a Delta flight attendant Id like to introduce you to

United Airlines Teases New International Routes: Can You Guess Them Based On The Clues?

Ben Schlappig — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:46:43 +0000

If you ask me, or anyone who is even borderline objective, United Airlines has by far the most interesting route network of any US carrier (United flies to the most destinations and most countries of any US carrier), and the airline keeps expanding.

Why United Has Hundreds Of Useless Business Class Seats In Storage

Ben Schlappig — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:03:05 +0000

United Airlines is finding itself in an interesting situation. While premium airline demand is all the rage these days, the Chicago-based carrier has reportedly had hundreds of business class seats in storage for years, but no longer has a use for them. What exactly is going on here?

Are American AAdvantage Miles Slowly & Steadily Losing Value?

Ben Schlappig — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:18:40 +0000

For years, American AAdvantage miles have been the gold standard among mileage currencies at the big three US carriers.

Transfer Citi Points To Leading Hotels Of The World With 25% Bonus: Worth It?

Ben Schlappig — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:31:09 +0000

The Citi ThankYou program, which is one ofthe major transferable points currencies, has just introduced its latest transfer bonus, for a 25% bonus when moving points to Leading Hotels of the World (LHW). This is the second time this year that weve seen such an offer, and for some people, this could prove to be worthwhile.

Daily Discussion — Monday, August 24, 2026

Ben Schlappig — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:20 +0000

Good morning, and welcome to today's community discussion thread! Today's posts will appear here throughout the day, but this thread is for going off-topic. Did you love/hate something about today's coverage? Are you tracking other news I missed? Or, do you just have a general question about rewards travel? This is the place for your wandering thoughts.

Today's posts on OMAAT:

Daily threads stay open for a week, so it's never too late to jump into a recent conversation.

TSA Touchless ID with Kids

Peter_ — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:17:10 +0000

Was traveling through LGA a few days ago and kids were not allowed to join me in the Touchless ID lane - guy barked "new policy as of a week ago". Anyone have any updated information on that?

FWIW I don't see anything about it on the TSA website.

Have not checked all the airlines but-

Delta's website says kids have to opt-in and lets kids opt-in.

American's website says the opposite (after not saying anything about it for awhile) and will not let children opt-in to Touchless ID (says you have to be 18 to opt-in):

Traveling with children

Children 17 years and younger on the same reservation can join you in the TSA PreCheck® Touchless ID lane. They won’t use Touchless ID and will have their boarding pass scanned.

Review: Air India First Class Boeing 777 (DEL-FRA)

Ben Schlappig — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:21:05 +0000

For the next flight ofmy Four Seasons Yacht via Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia adventure, I flew Air Indias Boeing 777-300ER first class on the 9hr25min flight from Delhi (DEL) to Frankfurt (FRA).