2025 Weekly Review: August 9th

by Anthony Losanno
2025 Calendar

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Greetings from Chicago. I was home this week, but will be back on the road to Cincinnati and New York next week. In travel news, we saw ANA say goodbye to R2-D2, a new way to earn with Air Canada, lots of new routes, passengers behaving badly, and more.

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Airlines

Alaska unveiled its new livery and ANA said that R2-D@ is going away. Plus, a bird strike, lots of new routes, Air Canada is overhauling Aeroplan, and more happened this week in airline news.

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Hotels

I review two hotels in Milan and Cincinnati, DoubleTree by Hilton celebrated National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, SLH offered status, and more this week in hotel news.

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Lounges

This was a light week for lounge news, but American announced some new dishes for its Flagship® Lounges.

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Travel News & Destinations

A drunken passenger took a joy ride while others tried to smuggle drugs and Denver security got a bit better this week with the opening of a new checkpoint.

Anthony’s Take: I hope that you enjoyed reading all the news, reviews, and travel-related items that caught my eye this week. Thanks for your continued support of The Bulkhead Seat.

(Image Credits: cherdchai chawienghong, ANA, American Airlines, and CNB.)

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