Happy Sunday!

It's looking like a great day to fly, just like it was last Monday when I flew Los Angeles to New York in JetBlue's new Mint. I'm happy to report that their new seats really are ... mint. Here's my trip report.

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✈️ Today's Travel Outlook

As of 7am PST, there have been 66 canceled flights to, from or within the United States and 1,105 delayed. Here's a link to the up-to-date stats and a live look at the FAA's National Airspace System Status. Here's what to do during weather delays and flight cancellations.

🧳 Monday

If You Aren’t Packing Wet Bags When You Travel, You Should Be – Here’s Why
Sometimes someone recommends something to you and it makes you wonder why it took you so long to figure it out for yourself. This happened to my wife recently and now, we never travel without them and never head to the beach of pool without them, either. But they come in handy for an endless number of other reasons too, which you can read more about in detail here.

🚨 Tuesday

A Travel Door Alarm Can Give You an Added Sense of Security When You Travel (and at Home)
If you’d like an extra layer of protection when you travel, a travel door alarm can help you sleep better at night. This compact and portable hotel door alarm, can be used at home on your front door or on a vacation rental, on a bedroom door, apartment door or dorm room. Small and inexpensive, it's a great addition to your travel bag. Check it out here.

✈️ Wednesday

This is Why You Need to Pay Attention When You Travel
If you read my recent Los Angeles to Toronto trip report in Air Canada’s Premium Economy (and why you might not want to fly them this summer), then you may already know this tip. Note: This has nothing to do with flying this route or going to Canada. This is a universal travel tip, which you can read here.

✈️ Thursday

Warning: Don’t Fly Frontier Airlines Unless You Know Their Dirty Little Secret
Frontier Airlines can’t stay out of the news and I don’t think that’s a good thing. P.T. Barnum once said, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity,” but I think stories like this one can only hurt a brand. And their dirty little secret is outrageous. Here's what you need to know.

🏠 Friday

Airbnb Just Introduced 50+ New Changes – Here Are the 5 That I’m Most Excited About
I met with Airbnb’s team in New York and CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky told a small group of reporters about 50+ upgrades they're making, based on user feedback. Brian admitted that he spends way too much time on Twitter reading customer complaints; he showed multiple examples of tweets where the company was getting called out and showed how they’re listening. In my post, I've included all 53 additions Airbnb is introducing and highlighted the five I’m most excited about. Here's what they are.

🌎 12 Things to Know in Travel Today

1 WHO: Covid no longer a global health emergency
2 Demand has dropped for private jet travel, and that's not a bad thing
3 Frontier Airlines accidentally flies passenger to foreign country without a passport
4 Roller coaster riders stranded after new ride breaks down in fan, media preview
5 Train travel tops flying in Europe
6 ITA streamlines train-plane travel to Rome Fiumicino airport
7 Pittsburgh International Airport new terminal construction
8 FAA lays out a blueprint for accommodating air taxis
9 This zoo is seeking 5 people to dress up as birds and chase seagulls away
10 ChatGPT can pick stocks better than your fund manager
11 This new hotel is lovely, but you can't stay there
12 Yesterday's TSA checkpoint numbers

⚡ Travel Product of the Week

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✈️ Miles and Points

📺 Travel Video of the Week