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Prayers For Michael Goldsmith And All Those Affected By COVID-19

Michael Goldsmith, 34 year old father of 2, is in critical condition and fighting for his life against COVID-19. He's on a respirator, in...

Frontier Offering A Bonus $50 Credit To Cancel, Is It A Trap?

Frontier is offering a $50 bonus voucher per person on top of the regular voucher you can get for cancelling a flight for travel...

Amazon Halts Shipping To Israel And Suspends Non-Essential Shipments In Select Countries

Update: Amazon has confirmed to me that the Israel free shipping program has been temporarily paused. Amazon make a big splash when they started free...

[Update: Emirates Backtracks, Will Continue Select Flights] Emirates Will Temporarily Suspend All Passenger Flight Operations

Update: Emirates has backtracked and says they will continue to operate select flights to the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore,...

Hawaii Will Require A 2 Week Quarantine For All Incoming Travelers

While more states continue to add shelter-in-place and stay home rules, Hawaii will become the first US state with a mandatory 2 week quarantine for...

United Will Remove Most International Flights, But Will Continue Key Flights, Including Israel

Many readers have written to me that United will be cancelling all service to/from Tel Aviv. The US Embassy in Israel's site says the...

Air Canada: Due To Israeli Law, All Changed Or Cancelled Flights To Or From Israel Can Get A Refund

Many airlines have been trying to avoid issuing refunds for flights changed or cancelled due to coronavirus. While asking for a supervisor might help, other...

New York Orders All Non-Essential Workers To Stay Home

NY Governor Cuomo is ordering all non-essential workers to stay home, with limited exceptions: https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1241024005299109889   If all governors would do the same, perhaps we could beat...

Tax Day Moved To July 15th!

Update, 3/20: Tax day will be moved from April 15th to July 15th. Everyone will be able to wait until then to file and...

Californians Ordered To Stay Home On Lockdown; It’s Time To Make It Nationwide

Update: 2 polls have been added to the bottom of this post. The governor of California has ordered its 40 million residents to stay home...

Southwest Extends The Validity Of Travel Funds

While airlines across the globe are adding fee waivers for changes, Southwest has always had free changes. If you need to cancel a flight...

US State Department Issues Highest Level Warning To Avoid All International Travel Due To Coronavirus; Book Return Flights Home Now

The US State Department has just raised their warning for all travel abroad to level 4. They recommend that Americans avoid all travel abroad. Airlines...

Israel Will Enter Lockdown For At Least 7 Days Starting Tomorrow

Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that Israel will go into lockdown for at least 7 days, starting tomorrow. You can still leave the house for food,...

Australia And New Zealand Close Their Borders

Starting this Friday Australia and New Zealand will close their boarder to Non-Residents. Permanent residents, citizens, and their families will still be allowed entry. Qantas had...

Join Me And Thousands Around The Globe In Prayer And Fasting Until Midday Tomorrow

Tomorrow, March 19th, I'll be joining thousands around the globe in heeding the Agudah's call for a day of prayer and fasting until midday...

Qantas Will Suspend All International Flights Until June

Qantas announced that they will be suspending all international flights until at least June 1st. That comes after Australia's Prime Minister warned citizens to avoid...

Qantas Giving 12 Month Elite Status Extension!

Qantas announced that they will be extending the elite status of all members by 12 months. If your status expires expires between March-June 2020 you'll...

El Al Adds To Flight Cancellations, Will Fly 4 Or Fewer Flights Per Day

Update: El Al has cancelled flights to Johannesburg and Toronto as described below.  El Al now plans to fly either 0 or 1 flight...

NBA League Pass Is Now Free Through April 22nd

Sign up or login to an NBA account here. You will get NBA League Pass for free through April 22. Once you are logged into...

NFL Game Pass Is Now Free For The Next Two Months!

"To sign up for their complimentary access to NFL Game Pass, fans just need to create an account on the web at NFL.com/GamePass, or via...

AMEX Temporarily Closing All Centurion Lounges

AMEX announced that they will be be temporarily closing all Centurion Lounges worldwide starting on 3/21 due to COVID-19 and the worldwide travel slowdown. It's...

[Update: Sign The Petition!] If You And I Bail Out The Airlines, Hotels, And Boeing, What Should We Ask For In Return?

US Airlines are seeking more than $50 billion in bailouts and they'll likely get it: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239685852093169664   But that's not all. Boeing wants $60 billion and hotels want...

Con Edison Waiving Credit Card Payment Fees

Con Edison has announced they will be accepting credit card payments with no fees incurred when paying your bills. They also said they will not...

Israel Closes Borders: Foreign Nationals Are No Longer Able To Enter The Country. Book Your Flight Home Now!

Update: Effective immediately, Israel's borders are closed unless you are a citizen or year-round resident of the country. Visitors can no longer enter even if...

Porter Airlines Suspends All Flights Until June, Brussels Airlines Suspends All Flights Until April 20

-Canadian based Porter Airlines announced today that they will suspend all operations as of March 21. They hope to resume on June 1. -Brussels Airlines...

PSA: Stop Cancelling Your Non-Refundable Flights Early

Many readers have asked me if they can get a refund instead of a travel credit for flights that they cancelled due to coronavirus. There's...

US/Canada Border Will Be Closed Down

President Trump announced this morning that the Canadian border will be closed to non-essential traffic: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1240271178692005889   It's unclear exactly when this will start or how it...

TSA: You Can Now Travel With A Recently Expired Driver’s License

The TSA announced that you can now travel with a driver's license that expires as of 3/1/20 if you aren't able to renew it...

Europe Closes Borders For At Least 30 Days

This has been talked about for several days, but Europe has now officially decided to close their borders. Non-EU nationals will not being able to...

WestJet Will Suspend All US And International Flights For At Least 30 Days

After Canada announced that they are closing their borders, WestJet will suspend all international flights from March 23 through at least April 20. All international...

All US And Canada Nordstrom And Nordstrom Rack Stores Will Close For 2 Weeks Due To Coronavirus

Nordstrom has announced that they will close all of their US and Canada Nordstrom And Nordstrom Rack stores from 3/17 through 3/31. They say that...

United Will Temporarily Close All Polaris Business Class Lounges And Select United Clubs

Starting on 3/18, United will temporarily close all of their Polaris business class lounges due to plummeting demand caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. United's Polaris...

San Francisco Bay Area Will Require Everyone To Stay Home, Except For Essential Needs

Update: This has been expanded to the entire 6 county Bay Area. The order is in place until at least April 7th. The Mayor of...

Canada Will Close Their Borders To Foreign Nationals, Except US Citizens

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau just announced that they will be closing their borders to non-Canadians, with the exception of air crew, immediate family of...

CDC: Cancel Gatherings Over 50 People For The Next 8 Weeks

Update: CT, NJ, and NY have now officially banned gatherings of 50+ people. Expect more states to do the same. Originally posted on 3/15: The CDC...

Austrian And Royal Jordanian Suspend Operations, Norwegian Suspends Intercontinental Operations

Austrian Airlines will suspend all flight operations starting Wednesday evening. They say that they will initially cancel flights until 3/28, but I'd expect...

Ukraine Air Suspends International Flight Operations

Effective today through at least March 31, Ukraine Air is suspending all international flights due to a Ukraine ban on foreigners. They will be operating...

United Will Reduce Capacity By 50% In April, May, And Into Summer; Poll: Is It Time For Airlines To Suspend Operations?

United told their employees today to expect deep flight cuts, as demand falls off a cliff: https://twitter.com/krisvancleave/status/1239363677087830016   Starting tomorrow, they will reduce systemwide capacity by 50%...

Op-Ed: Stop The Spread – Social Distancing Explained

JJ’s Note: This article was written by my Father-In-Law, Dr. Robert Freedman, who is the Chief of Infectious Diseases at multiple hospitals in Miami,...

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