ICYMI: Minneapolis-to-Dublin flights are officially back as Aer Lingus returns after a four-year absence. Delta joins the fray next week.

It's part of a nationwide trend: More routes to Ireland are driving down flight prices nationwide, via Gunnar Olson ✈️ thriftytraveler.com/deals/flights/…

The most unexpectedly wholesome content I’ve ever seen.

It’s not a (re)inaugural until you cut a ribbon with novelty oversize scissors and have a cake with a pub and a plane on it.

For the first time in more than four years, Aer Lingus’s nonstop from MSP Airport to Dublin takes off in an hour.

Today's FAA legislation is BIG: 1,069 pages. We read through it all & found some smaller surprises, like:
-Concerns about air quality at Dulles??
-Congress wants more mobile IDs at TSA checkpoints
-'Know Your Rights' posters coming to an airport near you
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Some big consumer policies for flyers have been stripped from final FAA bill:
No requirement airlines warn of mileage devaluations
No change to including taxes in flight prices
Punts ban on family seat fees to rulemaking

And no Cruz proposal to give Congress private TSA escorts

Today kicks off a huge summer for MN travelers & MSP Airport:

Aer Lingus resumes nonstops to Dublin tonight.

Delta will join them with summer service to Dublin on May 9.

And Lufthansa begins flights to Frankfurt June 4.

All that competition is a win for flyers who love deals.

The Minnesota Timberwolves sweep the Phoenix Suns to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

The last time they won a playoff series, “Lean Back” by Fat Joe was on the radio and The Notebook was about premiere in theaters. #wolvesback

I would rather Van Gogh both my ears than hear the “What a pro wants” commercial one more time.

Do the things your 15-year-old self would want you to do.

Airlines have been patting themselves on the back for years after doing away with change and cancellation fees.

It's a mirage. They're still collecting those fees by a different name.

Fantastic take from Gunnar Olson ✈️ thriftytraveler.com/news/airlines/…

This is 1000% a bit and I love it.

… what if we kissed inside the kissing jetbridges at MSP Airport?

(MSP has linked a pair of jetbridges to create a secure pathway for another gate for international arrivals)

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom on Boeing: “I can’t tell you if they’re making progress because it’s about actions, not words.”

“We’re going to protect ourselves.”

Two years after practically breaking the internet, Delta and Amex are back with an extra-special Delta Reserve Card ... made of metal from old (Northwest) Boeing 747s!

It's available now to both new applicants and current cardholders! thriftytraveler.com/news/credit-ca…

You might not like it but this is what peak male performance looks like.

There’s a new train line running from the Cancún airport down the Riviera Maya - & eventually the entire Yucatán.

But from buying tickets to finding the station, the Maya Train … isn’t quite ready for prime time yet.

Great look from Jackson Newman thriftytraveler.com/reviews/travel…