Top 12 Travel Stories of the Week July 13 – July 20 Greetings! Here’s our dedicated page to the top 12 travel news stories from this past week. It’s updated every Sunday and is geared towards our… Johnny Jet , July 20, 2025
Caught on Camera: Delta Plane’s Engine Catches Fire After Takeoff From LAX A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta was forced to make an emergency landing back at LAX on Friday afternoon after one of the aircraft’s engines caught… Johnny Jet , July 19, 2025
Man Misses His Boarding Time and Runs Past Gate Agent at Denver Airport – Only to Have Frontier Lift the Ramp in His Face I don’t think there’s ever been a time I’ve gone through an airport and not seen someone running. The times I didn’t, it was because I was the one running…. Johnny Jet , July 18, 2025
Breeze Airways Swoops In With New West Coast Routes and $39 Fares After Avelo’s Exit Just one day after Avelo Airlines revealed plans to shut down its entire West Coast network, Breeze Airways announced it is stepping into the gap and doing it with sale… Johnny Jet , July 18, 2025
American Airlines Passenger From Hell Delays Flight With Outrageous Behavior If you thought the American Airlines passenger who claimed she saw ghosts and kept dropping F-bombs on a flight from Dallas was bad… just wait until you see this guy…. Johnny Jet , July 18, 2025
Turkish Airlines Flight Diverts to Chicago After Passenger Dies Over Greenland A Turkish Airlines Airbus A350 (flight TK79) from Istanbul (IST) to San Francisco (SFO) diverted to Chicago O’Hare (ORD) on July 13 following a tragic in-flight medical emergency. According to… Johnny Jet , July 17, 2025
Fly From LAX to Lisbon for $580 Roundtrip as TAP Air Portugal Launches Year-Round Service I was at LAX on May 16 to attend the gate party for TAP Air Portugal’s inaugural flight from Los Angeles to Lisbon. It marked the airline’s tenth U.S. route… Johnny Jet , July 17, 2025
Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines Offering BOGO Tickets to Hawaii: Deal Ends Tonight One of our favorite family destinations is Hawaii (I’ve been at least two dozen times) and my favorite airline to fly to get there is Hawaiian Airlines. And if I… Johnny Jet , July 16, 2025
How to Reach an Airline’s Reservations Agent Without Waiting Do you remember Microsoft’s CrowdStrike global IT outage and Delta’s complete meltdown? What a mess. This summer’s travel season has been pretty smooth so far but road warriors know that… Johnny Jet , July 13, 2025
Roaches On Red-Eye: American Airlines Passenger Describes ‘Absolute Horror’ at Finding Two Cockroaches on Flight A disturbing in-flight discovery left one passenger sleepless on a recent American Airlines red-eye: cockroaches (two of them!) were spotted crawling near their seat in first class. The flight, which… Natalie DiScala , July 10, 2025
Breaking News: DHS Confirms TSA Has Ended Its ‘Shoes Off’ Policy Two days ago, I was the first to write about a credible rumor that “all travelers, regardless of PreCheck status, will now be allowed to keep their shoes on during… Johnny Jet , July 8, 2025
Frontier Flight Attendants Now Requesting Tips: Is This the Future of Air Travel? There’s no doubt that tipping is getting out of hand in the United States and beyond. I was in Greece a couple of weeks ago and went to a restaurant… Johnny Jet , July 8, 2025
TWA Hotel Review: Step Inside This Iconic Hotel at JFK Airport Our thanks to the TWA Hotel for providing us with a media rate for our stay. This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We… Johnny Jet , July 7, 2025
We Now Know What Former President Joe Biden Wrote in Birthday Card on American Airlines Flight (And It Will Bring You to Tears) Last week I wrote a story titled American Airlines Passenger Bumped From First Class—Turns Out It Was for President Biden. It turned out to be one of my most popular… Johnny Jet , July 7, 2025
A Christian Conservative Claims United Airlines Somalian Employees Stole an $8,000 Camera From Checked Luggage Lauren Witzke, who describes herself as a Christian Nationalist on X (formerly Twitter), shared a precarious tweet for a variety of reasons. @LaurenWitzkeDE writes: “Hey @united Please check your messages… Johnny Jet , July 4, 2025