COVID-19

In what can only be seen as a promising sign, Japan let the COVID state of emergency protocols expire in all prefectures at the end of September. Tokyo and neighboring…

I’ve been watching the soap opera between the White House, FDA, and CDC about who should get a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. For those of us at…

On Monday, the CDC made updates to its COVID-19 travel recommendation list. Most notably, the Caribbean nations of Saint Kitts and Nevis, as well as Belize, were added to the…

Flashback to September 2020. I was sitting in this same chair, looking at a similar computer, and canceling our flights to Japan. It’s September 2021 and once again I had…

One requirement put into place during COVID-19 that will persist for a while is the need to show proof of a negative COVID test before international travel. While some countries…

Delta Airlines made several concessions during the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic that were detrimental to the bottom line. They continued to block middle seats long after other airlines stopped…

International travel at the moment requires passengers to keep up to date on constantly changing COVID rules. Vaccination and testing requirements can be confusing and have been known to change…

United Airlines and I had a long relationship. When I lived in New Jersey, I mostly flew with Continental and then United out of Newark Airport. The first frequent flyer…

In 2020, it was a seismic shift to airfares when almost all domestic airlines announced that they were eliminating change fees. At the end of August 2020, Delta Airlines officially…

When we traveled to Iceland, I decided to order a COVID self-test that we could do while there instead of finding somewhere to get a test during our trip. I…