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This week:
- Kuala Lumpur’s MH ‘Golden Lounge,’ which BA travelers will soon be using on the way from London to Melbourne
- Flying London to Sydney? It costs 40% more to fly through Singapore
- TSA chaos in New York
- New Qantas lounge rules for Jetstar passengers
- The odds seem low for a new lounge to go with AA’s DFW Terminal C expansion
March 22, 2026
Speaking of that new London to Melbourne BA flight, check out the Malaysia Airlines ‘Golden Lounge,’ which Sapphire and Emerald passengers will use when connecting through Kuala Lumpur.
Highlights of the satellite lounge:
- Noodle station
- Shower suites
- Nap rooms
- Family playroom
- Luggage storage
- Sports bar
There’s also a dedicated section for Emerald passengers that MH calls an “intimate space offers quiet luxury, personalised service, and thoughtful touches” with “an elevated dining experience with a bespoke menu.”
March 22, 2026
Flying London to Sydney? It costs 40% more to fly through Singapore
Matthew Lynn, writing for The Telegraph:
Browsing Expedia on Friday morning, the cheapest return flights from London to Sydney for May were on Etihad, Emirates and Qatar.
If I wanted to stop in Singapore instead of one of the Gulf airports, it would cost me about 40pc more to fly with Qantas. There is no great surprise about that. The Gulf carriers all have great service and modern fleets with the latest planes, but even so, all things considered, if I were planning to make that trip, I don’t think I would want to risk getting stuck at Doha or Dubai airport for a week or two watching the drones fly overhead.
Sure, it may not be as risky as some of the more alarming reports suggest. Even so, I would not want to take the chance, and neither, I suspect, would many other people.
Lynn’s piece argues that this is an opportunity for BA, who just announced a new route from London to Melbourne, stopping in Kuala Lumpur. Rather than gouging customers, he says the British flag carrier should keep prices steady and use the war to regain lost market share. Good read.
March 22, 2026
Tara Terranova and Ellen Yan, reporting for the New York Times:
The national shortage of Transportation Security Administration workers made for a miserable Sunday at New York City airports, where confusion, exasperation and impatience reigned as travelers waited in line for hours.
The T.S.A. crisis, tied to a partial government shutdown that has meant thousands of employees have been working without pay, hit especially hard at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, where passengers were waiting at least three hours to go through security.
Brutal tales from individual passengers in the piece, including this four hour horror story:
Stephanie Kisgen, 44, an interior designer from Richmond Hill, Ga., and her husband, Patrick Kisgen, arrived at the airport four hours early for their 6:30 p.m. flight and weren’t sure if they would make it.
This is the result of a dispute over policies and funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes the TSA. Democrats have offered a bill that would simply fund the TSA, but do not support legislation that would fund all of DHS.
The US is the only developed country in the world where this regularly happens.
March 20, 2026
New Qantas lounge rules for Jetstar passengers
From July 1, Qantas will not allow passengers on international Jetstar flights into lounges unless they’re booked on a Business Max fare or have Platinum One status.
Sounds reasonable to me. Shared ownership aside, Jetstar is a budget airline. The previous rules were unusually generous compared to other oneworld airlines.
March 17, 2026
The odds seem low for a new lounge to go with AA’s DFW Terminal C expansion
American talked a little more today about their nine new gates at DFW, scheduled to open this June. Vice President of DFW Hub Operations, Rich Ashlin, is promising some nice things: larger waiting areas, charging stations, and a new baggage system.
No talk of a lounge, though, which I’d wondered about when writing about American’s lounge roadmap earlier this year.
The existing Admirals Club at C has its charms – it’s spacious, centrally located, and hasn’t shown its age as much as others from its design era – but it’s certainly outdated, and it’s about to get more crowded.
Felt like a good spot to trial another Provisions.