Life – Techwen

Why it’s getting even harder to get into airport lounges now

Why it’s getting even harder to get into airport lounges now

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airplane tickets are getting cheaper, but it’s getting more expensive to bring your family to an airport lounge. Capital One is the latest company to limit access to booming airport lounges to combat overcrowding. Starting Feb. 1, Venture X and Venture X Business cardholders will no longer be able … Read more

Average 401(k) balances fall due to market volatility, Fidelity says

Average 401(k) balances fall due to market volatility, Fidelity says

A few months of market swings have taken a toll on retirement savers. The average 401(k) balance fell 3% in the first quarter of 2025 to $127,100, according to a new report by Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest provider of 401(k) plans. The average individual retirement account balance also sank 4% from the previous quarter … Read more

United Airlines, American Airlines are increasing business-class seats

United Airlines, American Airlines are increasing business-class seats

American Airlines new business-class suite. American Airlines DALLAS — Armed with dollops of caviar and handfuls of Bang & Olufsen headphones, U.S. airlines are duking it out for international business-class dominance. There are even differences between seats in the same cabin. Next week, American Airlines plans to start flying its upgraded business-class “suites” that feature … Read more

Boeing to resume airplane deliveries to China, CEO says

Boeing to resume airplane deliveries to China, CEO says

Boeing Co. 737 Max fuselages at the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on April 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing‘s airplane deliveries to China will resume next month after handovers were paused amid a trade war with the Trump administration, CEO Kelly Ortberg said Thursday, as he brushed off the impact … Read more

United Airlines to return to JFK in new partnership with JetBlue

United Airlines to return to JFK in new partnership with JetBlue

United Airlines has a new friend in Queens. The airline plans to return to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport again, this time through a new partnership with JetBlue Airways. The partnership, called Blue Sky, will allow the airlines to sell seats on each other’s sites and let JetBlue customers earn frequent flyer miles on United and … Read more

Southwest Airlines starts charging many flyers to check bags this week

Southwest Airlines starts charging many flyers to check bags this week

Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Set your alarm. Southwest Airlines customers have only one day to go before the company starts charging to check bags for the first time in more than half a century. Starting … Read more

United Airlines reaches labor deal with flight attendants, union says

United Airlines reaches labor deal with flight attendants, union says

United Airline flight attendants picketed outside Terminal B at Logan Airport Thursday morning seeking a new contract. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images United Airlines reached an “industry-leading” tentative labor deal for its 28,000 flight attendants, their union said Friday. The deal includes “40% of total economic improvements” in the first year and … Read more

Boeing, DOJ reach deal to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

Boeing, DOJ reach deal to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

Ethiopian Federal policemen stand at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2019. Tiksa Negeri | Reuters The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that it has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the aircraft maker to avoid … Read more

American Airlines CFO says some travelers are avoiding Newark airport

American Airlines CFO says some travelers are avoiding Newark airport

The FAA Air Traffic Control tower at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on May 7, 2025. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images American Airlines chief financial officer said Thursday that some travelers are avoiding Newark Liberty International Airport for other options in the area after a spate of recent disruptions, but … Read more

Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ after retailer warned it will raise prices

Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ after retailer warned it will raise prices

People shop at a Walmart in Rosemead, California, on April 11, 2025.  Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump blasted Walmart on Saturday after the country’s largest retailer warned this week that it will have to raise prices because of tariffs. “Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason … Read more