Florida-based Silver Airways says it will keep flying after bankruptcy filing

Silver Airways, a regional airline that serves Florida and the Caribbean, continues flying after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Monday. The Hollywood, Florida-based airline plans to secure new capital and restructure its debt through bankruptcy, Silver said in a statement. It aims to emerge from bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2025 as…

Amazing first-class seats you can book with points and miles

If you’re preparing for the ultimate points and miles redemption in 2025, a few airlines still offer genuine domestic and international first-class experiences. The best part is you can use your points and miles to book these luxurious first-class seats. While availability can be scarce, if you’re flexible with your dates, you may be able…

Free Disney Dining plans returning to Walt Disney World in 2025

For the first time since before the pandemic, free Disney Dining plans are returning to Disney World for guests with eligible vacation packages. Disney did extend free Disney Dining plan offers to Disney+ subscribers and Disney Visa cardholders in 2024, but this is the first time they have been available to all guests since 2019….

To requalify or not: Here are my 2025 airline and hotel elite status plans

You may have just finished earning elite status during the 2024 qualification year. Or, if you’re chasing status with a program that doesn’t use a calendar year as its qualification period, such as American Airlines AAdvantage, you may still have months to earn your desired elite status. As the year comes to a close, it’s…

Some of the lesser-known airline partners and how to use them to your advantage

The best feature of the three major airline alliances — Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld — is that you can earn points or miles on any carrier within a given alliance by flying on any other. Likewise, you can use points or miles from any carrier in that alliance for award travel on a flight…