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Airlines like to reinvent themselves from time to time — new uniforms, refreshed cabin interiors, updated frequent flyer programs. In 2021, JetBlue decided to try something a little different: it …

If you’re old enough, you remember the halcyon days when checking a bag didn’t cost you anything (neither did choosing your seat, but I digress). But in 2008, American Airlines …

Southwest made a whole lot of loyal passengers livid when the airline announced a slew of changes that would take place in 2025 and 2026. Two free checked bags were …

Over the years, airlines have figured out more and more ways to nickel and dime their passengers. So nowadays for every little thing that’s considered more desirable, there’s potentially a …

We’ve heard about several airlines that have closed up shop recently. Silver Airways. PLAY. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi. And, of course, Spirit Airlines is currently on life support. There’s another …

No one wants to be stuck in a plane for any longer than they have to, but sometimes emergencies happen. Weather can prevent you from landing for a while. We …

There was a time when an airline grounding its entire fleet was virtually unheard of; it was generally reserved for once-in-a-decade freak events like a power outage in an airline’s …

Every travel-related entity out there has written about the upcoming Southwest changes ad nauseam. And to be perfectly honest, we here at Your Mileage May Vary are no exception to …

They’re at it again, y’all. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If there’s a new policy that an airline can make sound good for passengers, they’ll make …

It seems like May is the month all the airlines have picked to make changes that affect their passengers. OK, if not literally all, there certainly have been a bunch …