Boneheaded Travel Booking, JFK-Bound Flight Returns to Heathrow, and a Intriguing New Credit Card

My Most Boneheaded Booking Ever?!? – Miles to Memories

I’ve been here. One time I booked an Alaska itinerary exactly one month wrong. Thank goodness for elite status and fee-free miles redeposit!

Virgin Atlantic Flight LHR – JFK Had To Return To LHR, What Happened? – Travel Codex

Although the passengers were surely safe, Virgin has no room for tolerance from their pilot policies. They may have to rethink them due to the pilot crunch, though.

Star Alliance to launch a credit card, redeem across 26 airlines – Frequent Miler

This is intriguing. I hope it has a decent earning rate and 1:1 transfers to any program. That would be amazing.

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