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
Travel Reporter Blasts Hotel for $500 Smoking Fee He Says Is a Scam Zach Griff, a well-known travel reporter from The Points Guy, recently stayed at The Pell Hotel in Middletown, Rhode Island, a JdV by Hyatt property, with his wife and their… Johnny Jet , July 14, 2025
Portable Charger and eSIM Tips for Europe: How to Stay Connected While Traveling This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet , July 14, 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
Sage Advice If You’re Traveling to Europe This Summer Eric Stoen is a friend and a well-traveled writer who has been to over 100 countries and all seven continents. Took to social media last year to share some sage… Johnny Jet , July 12, 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
The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals Travelers Won’t Want to Miss This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Natalie DiScala , July 10, 2025
Don’t Fall For It: The Restaurant Tipping Scam That Makes You Tip Extra Without Knowing Tipping has become a real point of contention for many people in the United States. In my humble opinion, tipping is frankly out of control and I’ve written numerous posts… Johnny Jet , July 9, 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
Apple AirTags Hit Record-Low Price: Here’s Why They Are the Travel Essential You Can’t Skip This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet , July 8, 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
Rumor: Starting Tomorrow TSA Will Allow All Travelers to Keep Shoes On During Airport Screening Less than two months after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created after President Bush signed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act into law,… Johnny Jet , July 6, 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
