Hi {{Name|Fellow Traveler}},

I hope you had a good week. Thank you for reading my work each week.

This week, I was busy updating content, writing a new Playbook, and organizing images and videos. And I also uploaded a few videos. Here’s one of them featuring Anna from Emirates, who explained what Emirates is doing with recycled airplane parts:

How was your week?

Here’s what I got today…

Ensure That You Get The Caribbean Playbook

My latest Guide, The Caribbean Playbook is ready for you. Take a look at https://www.passrider.com/playbook: “The Caribbean Island Non-Rev Planning Playbook.”

For those of you who already have your copy, thank you for your support.!

PS: I’ve set the introductory price very low as an introductory offer. My book proceeds go right back into keeping Passrider running and creating travel content to make your travels smoother and maximize your travel benefits. I appreciate your support.

Transatlantic Flights For 2026

The airlines are banking on profitability from Europe this summer. You can tell by the many flights and new destinations they’ve launched.

I painstakingly looked at the four U.S. airlines that fly across the Atlantic, plus the three airlines from Canada and Aeromexico from Mexico, and compiled a thorough guide that will help you figure it all out. Plus, I added the European airlines that serve the U.S. too. The information here is not available anywhere else in one place I don’t think.

Please have a look and let me know if I’ve missed anything. Head over to https://www.passrider.com/2026-transatlantic-routes-explosion-nonstop-flights-europe/.

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Hurricane Melissa Relief Continues

I’m working on a project for the people whose lives have been upturned in rural Jamaica. I should have some news soon. I hope you will help support the project.

Please continue to think of the people in Jamaica as they try to get back on their feet. This includes my own family members, who also had damage to their homes. They all survived, thankfully, but as you can imagine, it’s pretty hard on them and their neighbors.

I’m amazed at the number of organization that does the work of getting people back on their feet. Hats off to them.

This young man in Jamaica, Colaz Smith, has a YouTube channel, and he’s taking donations and then buying supplies for the affected people. These are the people in areas hard hit, but difficult to get to. Head over to https://colazsmithtvtours.com/helpjamaica to donate. You can see his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Colazsmithtv.

These organizations need your financial support. TIME magazine has a great article with some helpful links; please check it out: https://time.com/7329186/hurricane-melissa-caribbean-impact-victims-how-to-help-relief-organizations/.

Jamaica is coordinating its efforts at https://supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate.

This is a good starting point. Monetary donations are preferable, allowing recipients to use the funds as needed.

UNICEF and the International Red Cross also have resources set up.

Another organization is Samaritans Purse. You can donate at https://samaritanspurse.org/ y clicking on the Give button.

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If you got this far, hit reply, and I’ll include you in the beta test of the upcoming Flight Loads feature. I’m very close to beta testing it. Only open to airline staff and retirees.

That’s all I got for this year.