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:
- Royal Air Maroc To Offer Free Starlink Wi-Fi Starting Early 2027, A First For Africa
- Alaska Atmos Rewards’ Global Getaways Award Sale: Save Up To 50%
- KLM Rolling Out Free Starlink Wi-Fi In 2027, But Only On Long Haul Flights
- Air France Adding Flights To Nashville & San Diego In Summer 2027
- Chase IHG One Rewards Credit Card Eligibility Rules Explained
- Largest-Ever Amex Centurion Lounge Opening At Newark Airport (EWR) In 2027
- Amex Massively Expanding Centurion Lounges In Houston, London, And Philadelphia
- American Airlines Will Install Starlink Wi-Fi Fleetwide, An Easy Win Against Delta
- American Airlines’ A321XLR: A First Impression
- Controversial Etihad Chief Commercial Officer Arik De Abruptly Departs
- Citi Double Cash Card Review: Great No Annual Fee Cash Back Card
Daily threads stay open for a week, so it's never too late to jump into a recent conversation.
Getting ready to fly on yet another of those 35-year-old DL 763s, which made me think: that must hurt with where jet prices are? I'm surprised Delta and United haven't sped up their retirement!
Why do the fat orange Nazi and his minions hate Americans? Can anyone name one good thing he's done to help anyone who's not a billionaire?
Anywho, here's the latest on how they're screwing over US travelers. Rejoice, RWNJs!!!!!
How the Trump Administration Is Eroding Airline Passengers’ Rights (Gift Article)
@travelinwilly Yeah... I saw that too. *deep sigh* People have already 'had enough' but apparently passengers don't have their own lobby. We're way past due for actual, meaningful air passenger rights legislation in this country, including duty of care, rebooking with competitors, compensation for delays and cancellations under their control (akin to EU261). We have a good start with better denied involuntary boarding procedures. However, I suspect, it will only get worse, not better, while this administration is in power, unfortunately. (Unrelated, but I hear there might be elections, soon...)
An interesting article on Air Canada surveillance pricing of elite members by Corey Doctorow. Executive summary, don't login to your account when buying a ticket!
https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/07/gouged/
Starlink coming to the entire AA mainline fleet!
Yay... Mr. Porter (that cute raccoon mascot) sure does seems happy... Skytrax's Best Regional Airline in North America 3rd year in a row...
Bad news for Saudia, RUH, and Delta’s plans to fly there… it seems, Houthis struck an aircraft.
https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/4XaUkpx0L0