# Airline Bailouts Are Back — JAL/ANA Fees, Aeroplan Devaluation & Hotel Price Tracking

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Podcast: [MTM Travel - The Fun Side of Points & Travel!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mtm-travel-the-fun-side-of-points-travel-251388)
Published: 2026-04-28T19:49:12+00:00
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Travel Freely helps you organize your credit cards, annual fees, 5/24 status and travel rewards strategy. Sign-Up Now https://milestomemories.boardingarea.com/go/travel-freely-eop/ Episode Description Travel is getting more expensive from every direction. Shawn and Mark talk through JAL and ANA's higher fuel surcharges, Aeroplan's upcoming award chart changes, Spirit's possible government-backed rescue and American Airlines' new portable charger rules. They also discuss Google's new individual hotel price tracking tool and why it may be useful even when you are booking with points. Plus, Mark recaps his father-son Vegas trip with Connor, including Hoover Dam, Boulder City, a forgotten laptop scare and the redeye flight Connor never wants to repeat. Episode Guide 0:00 Welcome to MTM Travel 0:21 Mark's father-son Vegas trip and getting beyond the Strip 3:27 JAL and ANA fuel surcharges are going way up 8:43 Aeroplan award chart changes coming in June 11:28 Spirit bailout talk and the low-cost carrier problem 14:56 American Airlines' new portable charger rules 18:11 Google Hotels adds individual hotel price tracking 20:22 Mark's flights, forgotten laptop scare and redeye strategy Links JAL/ANA fuel surcharge increases — https://milestomemories.com/jal-and-ana-to-double-fuel-surcharges/ Aeroplan award chart changes — https://onemileatatime.com/news/aeroplan-updating-award-chart-devaluation/ Spirit Airlines rescue talks — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/spirit-airlines-rescue-trump-administration.html American Airlines power bank rules — https://milestomemories.com/american-airlines-rules-for-portable-chargers/ Google individual hotel price tracking — https://milestomemories.com/google-launches-individual-hotel-price-tracking/

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