I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I’m off on a quick adventure, which should involve some fun airline reviews, a cruise review, and more. Stay tuned, and I’ll continue publishing my Japan trip report, from the journey I wrapped up a couple of weeks ago.

On the points & travel front, it sure was a busy week. This week we saw a horrible flydubai pilot terror plot, KLM took delivery of its first Airbus A350, Bilt announced it would devalue its World of Hyatt points transfer ratio, Alaska Airlines and Atmos Rewards made endless announcements, Delta CEO Ed Bastian got in trouble over some alleged comments about Elon Musk, and more.

With that out of the way, here’s a recap of this week on the blog:

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