How do you pass the time on your flight? Reading? Watching a movie? Perhaps airing out your stinky shoe using the overhead vent? Passenger Shaming, one of my favorite Instagram accounts, brings us another installment of passengers malfeasance. An...
Breakfast On EasyJet
Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. More than...
United Adds 29 Special Super Bowl Flights
Super Bowl LIV is now one week away and will features a matchup in Miami between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. United Airlines is adding several special segments to transport fans to and from the big...
FAA Whistleblower Alleges Southwest Airlines Favoritism
A whistleblower from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has alleged that regulators cut corners and neglected safety concerns in an effort to aid Southwest Airlines. The Office of Special Counsel, which investigates whistleblower complaints from federal agencies, “Found a substantial...
Employee Influencers On United Airlines
United is turning to savvy employees to bolster its image across social media platforms, enlisting flight attendants and baggage handlers to post pictures and commentary. The Chicago Tribune unpacks what has become a growing trend for companies seeking a...
Boeing Returns To Drawing Board On New Aircraft Design
Boeing has been developing a new mid-size aircraft for years but announced yesterday it is starting from scratch. For several years, Boeing has been working on a New Midmarket Airplane (NMA) that is intended to replace the 767 and...
Will Lufthansa Replace First Class With “Premium” Business Class?
Lufthansa is (finally) introducing a new business class product onboard its incoming Boeing 777X jets. But first class remains an open question and Lufthansa appears to be considering eliminating it altogether in favor of a “premium” business class product....
American Airlines Pilots Call For Ouster Of CEO Doug Parker
A group of American Airlines pilots have thrown down the gauntlet: it time, they say, for CEO Doug Parker to step aside. 15,000 American Airlines pilots are represented by the Allied Pilots Association (APA). Each pilot domicile has its...
United Tests Extra Amenities On One Of Its Longest Hawaiian Flights
Flying from Chicago to Hawaii on United is longer than flying to several European destinations in the opposite direction. Yet service has remained no different than any other standard domestic flight. That changes in a new trial starting next...
United Will Trial Improved Amenities, Meals On Japan Flights
United is making some positive changes to onboard service on Japan flights. Two changes are route-specific trials while one is a permanent, systemwide change. Pajamas Will Be Proactively Offered To All Business Class Passengers On ORD – NRT Route...
Let There Be Light: Two Changes You’ll See On United Next Month
United Airlines is making two small but notable changes to its in-flight procedures, tightening one requirement while loosening another. Effective February 01, 2020: Personal electronic devices may remain plugged in for taxi, take-off and landing devices must still be...
Introduction: A Week In Israel
Despite a lot of rain, my family and I had a good week in Israel. A great week actually. But I’m not sure how to write about it… My Israel trip report will not be about flights, though I...
United Airlines Challenges Emirates In Athens
United is challenging Emirates directly with a vastly superior business class seat between Newark and Athens, the only route the two carriers compete directly on. United has long complained that Emirates is unfairly targeting its customers by launching a...
Two Passengers Ejected From Delta Flight For Mobile Phone Joke
A couple of general travel tips. First, put your phones in airplane mode when asked by a flight attendant. Second, don’t scare people by naming your phone or wi-fi network something sinister. Nerves are easily rattled onboard a plane…as...
Save $10 On FTU Washington, DC Tickets (And Hear Me Orate)
Frequent Traveler University is returning to Washington, DC this March. For a limited time, you can save $10 on the price of your admission ticket. FTU is a full day of expert-led sessions on trending travel topics and manufactured...
United Airlines Cuts Two Legacy Non-Hub Routes
Although it has been years since United Airlines designated Cleveland as a hub, it has maintained some legacy routes from what was once a thriving base. Two routes are on the chopping block as United reassesses demand from a...
Is Deadly Turkish Airlines 737-800 Crash Linked To 737 MAX Crashes?
A lengthy New York Times story suggests Boeing squelched evidence and pressured investigators after the deadly crash of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 in 2009 in Amsterdam. But is there a link between the crash of that aircraft and...
Emotional Support Bunny Flies Business Class On United…
United Hare Lines, umm, Airlines welcomed aboard a cute little bunny onboard a flight from San Francisco to Osaka in business class. Of course it was an “emotional support” animal. The incident occurred over a year ago, but has...
Wow: Delta Gifts HUGE Bonus To Employees
Delta is splitting $1.6 billion in 2019 profit with its 90,000 employees, amounting to about two months of extra pay. Talk about a great year! The bonus amounts to about 16.6% of employee base pay, approximately two month’s salary....
How Has First Class Changed Over The Last Decade?
I just finished a “vintage” trip report looking back on a first class trip I took about a decade ago on several airlines. What has changed over the last decade in terms of international first class travel? First, first...
