How your points and miles are shaping where airlines fly

For decades, airlines have relied on cold, hard math before deciding to fly to a new city. How many seats will they sell? How many other airlines are they up against? Will it be profitable? Spreadsheets. Number-crunching. Projections. Yet, in an age where data seems to rule everything — from a football team’s playsheet to…

How United MileagePlus award pricing differs across accounts

United Airlines has given select cobranded credit card holders and United MileagePlus elite members discounts and additional availability on some award flights for a while now. However, as TPG’s Summer Hull was shocked to see while comparing award search results between her account and her husband’s, the differences between what individual MileagePlus members see when…

The 11 best places to see cherry blossoms in the US

Nothing quite captures the joyous arrival of spring like cherry blossom season. When you think of this fleeting floral spectacle, an ancient hanami (flower-watching) celebration in Japan may be the first image that comes to mind. However, there are plenty of destinations within the U.S. where you can view those puffs of flawless pink and…

Southwest Airlines to add Starlink Wi-Fi to its planes

It’s been less than three months since Southwest Airlines made its on-board Wi-Fi free to customers. Now, the airline is planning a major upgrade to its internet tech. The Dallas-based carrier on Wednesday announced plans to add Starlink satellite service to hundreds of its planes. By the end of this year, more than 300 Southwest…