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:
- New Singapore KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes: Save 30% On These Awards
- Transfer Chase Points To Marriott Bonvoy With 70% Bonus: Worth It?
- Chase Freedom Flex Categories: How To Earn 5x Points For Q4 2026
- Flagship Dining: American Expands A La Carte Lounge Dining To Business Class
- Buy IHG One Rewards Points With 100% Bonus, 0.5 Cents Each: Worth It?
- Huge Air France Lounge Coming To New York JFK’s New Terminal One In 2027
- Wyndham Rewards’ New Four-Tier Award Chart Is Live, Top Hotels Cost 50% More Points
- Flying Through Istanbul In A Wheelchair: A Firsthand Account Of Chaos
- Flydubai Upgrading All Boeing 737 Business Class Seats To Flat Beds
- Citi AAdvantage Executive Card Review: Is The Admirals Club Perk Worth It?
- Starlux Airlines Might Have The World’s Strangest First Class Lounge…
- Buy Saudia AlFursan Miles With 96% Bonus: Unlock Cheap(ish) First Class Awards
- The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2026 List Published: The Winners, And My Take On The Rankings
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More Alaska 789 problems today.
Unless you’re referring to something specific, all I can find is this Reddit comment on N781HA
N780HA (the one previously stuck in Rome) did return to SEA last night (September 14).
Seems like Alaska is still dealing with stuff but if these aircraft are at their base, likely undergoing maintenance, and should be back up and running, soon enough.
@1990_ They are running into significant MX issues with thier 789 fleet. 781 is the latest mechanical issue on this small fleet.
@samar Great find! (They just posted that 3 hours ago.) Not sure how they're making 'wider seats' but should be interesting. (Now, if only they'd bring back more 70K/way in long-haul J using AA/As points...)
On the Membership & Status page ( https://onemileatatime.com/omaat-community-rewards/) there's still info about the August competition. Shouldn't that be updated to September?
Not that I would get anywhere near a prize, just love nitpicking. 😉
@gerwanese Yeah, Ben, @jeremy or @howie, probably should edit that (because it does still say 'August'); but, as far as the "Winners are chosen from the leaderboards," I can attest, that doesn't mean anything... so far. Just 'feel-good pat-yourself-on-the-back,' for now. Bah! Jeremy had started a running discussion on site updates, too: https://onemileatatime.com/community/improvement-requests/site-issues/
@gerwanese love a nitpick. This has been updated. Growing pains there. I've got an alert to update that on the first of the month now, and we'll have our first quarterly promo live Oct 1. Thanks.
I also made sure our list of projects currently being worked on was updated based on the 1990s note.
@jeremy That was fast! I see we've now gone from "$" to "OMAAT Points"... Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
@1990_ Ha! The first push was meant to get everyone familiar with the features. We're looking at gift card options for some quarterly seasonal events with maybe a community voting element, and maybe even some branded swag. Seeing what lands and what doesn't. 🙂
Anyone else see that Sepehran Airlines 4310 incident yesterday (September 14, 2026)? Intense vibrations, ceiling panels falling. Definitely turn down your volume before that one.