# Flight Reviews
A Christmas Morning Surprise from Delta Air Lines — Chestnut’s 2021 Year-End Holiday Grand Tour, Part 1
It had been more than five years since Chestnut last did a long-distance rail grand tour in the United States. On a whim this year, Chestnut decided to head to New Orleans for Chri...
AwardWallet Can No Longer Automatically Track American Airlines Miles
Received an email from AwardWallet saying that, starting now, it can no longer track the mileage balance and expiration date for added AA accounts, and all added AA accounts have a...
Including Sinopharm and Sinovac: U.S. to Reopen Borders in November; Vaccinated Travelers Can Enter, Existing Regional Travel Bans to Be Lifted
The White House today (October 25) officially issued an presidential proclamation, marking the formal rollout of the new policy. At the same time, the CDC also released technical i...
Recent AV award bookings: consider avoiding Shenzhen Airlines
WeChat reader tjfhx shared a DP: when booking a Shenzhen Airlines ticket (SZX-PEK) through Avianca LifeMiles, you may run into a situation where you cannot check in at the airport...
Alaska Airlines Officially Joins Oneworld
As of today, 3/31, Alaska Airlines has officially joined Oneworld, becoming American Airlines’ little sidekick. When this news first came out last February, we briefly covered it h...
Returning to China During COVID in January 2021 (Flight + Hotel Quarantine)
This post is divided into Seattle testing, applying for the green health code in Seattle, boarding in Seattle, clearing immigration/customs in Shanghai, and quarantine in Shanghai...
Delta Devalues SkyMiles Again
Delta SkyMiles has long been one of the least valuable programs in the SkyTeam alliance. On its own flights, Delta One business class between the US and China can cost as little as...
New Return Policy | Return Flights to China Require Antibody Testing Starting Nov. 6
Today, Chinese embassies and consulates in various regions each issued a notice announcing new testing rules for return flights to China. The requirements are stricter, so here are...
Domestic U.S. Flight and Hotel Experience During the Pandemic
Reminder again: during the pandemic, try to minimize going out as much as possible! Try to minimize going out as much as possible! Try to minimize going out as much as possible!...
“AS Joins Too” UA, DL, and AA Have All Eliminated Change Fees on Domestic U.S. Flights, but…
Recently, AS, UA, DL, and AA have all announced that they are eliminating change fees on domestic U.S. flights. It pretty clearly looks like they had already coordinated this move....
AeroMexico Applies for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Another major carrier has gone under—Mexico’s flagship airline, AeroMexico, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. on 2020-6-30. Official statement here: Original T...