I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far, and happy holidays to those who are celebrating! I'm at home with family this week, not doing anything too exciting beyond that. It was a busy week of travel and airline news, and I'm also trying to get caught up on trip reports.
On the points & travel front, this week United revealed its Q1 2025 financial results, American announced it would update its boarding process, the Maldives banned Israeli passport holders, China banned Boeing aircraft deliveries, two British Airways flights dealt with strange drug busts, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog:
