Hong Kong: No quarantine required for entry starting September 26, but no dine-in for the first 3 days
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced at today’s "Steering and Coordination Group on Pandemic Response" press conference on September 23 that Hong Kong will change its curre...
Alaska Airlines 20-Minute Baggage Guarantee: Delayed Bags Can Get You a $25 Voucher or 2,500 Miles
Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines both offer a 20-minute checked baggage guarantee. If your bag has not arrived at the baggage carousel within 20 minutes of gate arrival, you may...
Entry Policy: Taiwan Reopens Visa-Free Entry for Citizens of 66 Countries
On September 5, Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center announced that starting September 12, visa-free entry will resume for travelers from the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Austral...
How I Filed an AMEX Trip Delay Insurance Claim
As countries around the world have recently relaxed their COVID restrictions, people are traveling more and more again. However, the aviation industry still has not returned to nor...
Entry Policy Update: Japan Allows Semi-Independent Travel, South Korea Drops Pre-Departure COVID Test Requirement
As we mentioned earlier, the Japanese government had been considering easing travel restrictions. Today (August 31), the Fumio Kishida government announced that starting September...
Entry Policy Updates: Singapore Drops Quarantine for Unvaccinated Arrivals, Japan Waives Testing for Some Travelers, China Eases Entry for Certain Foreign Nationals
As governments around the world continue to relax domestic COVID-19 control measures, entry quarantine rules are also gradually being eased. Singapore and Japan announced looser en...
Breaking: U.S. Department of Transportation Suspends 26 China-U.S. Flights Operated by Chinese Carriers in September
According to a notice issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the United States will impose reciprocal suspensions on 26 flights operated by Chinese carriers in September,...
Hertz Points Devaluation: Points Required for Free Rental Awards Increase by 27%
At the beginning of the month, Hertz quietly changed its points chart for redeeming Free Rental awards. The base redemption rate increased from 750 points for one day to 950 points...
Best Hotel and Airline Loyalty Programs of 2022 (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the best hotel and airline frequent traveler programs for 2022, and the results are fairly surprising. The publication has bee...
Hong Kong: Inbound quarantine changed to 3 days hotel + 4 days home medical surveillance, with red and amber health codes
Today (August 8), at a 10:30 am press conference, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced that for travelers arriving in Hong Kong from overseas and Taiwan, the quarantine rul...
Good News: China’s CAAC Eases Flight Suspension Rules Starting August 7
Recently, China relaxed its PCR testing requirements for returning to China, but that was followed by a large number of flight suspensions, which actually made it harder to get bac...