Just to reiterate a warning I feared and is now a reality: United’s new variable award pricing means some awards are pricing at levels under one cent each. Don’t waste your miles on these awards. While Live and Let’s Fly stresses the...
United Passenger Rams Cockpit, Assaults Flight Attendant, Then Tackles Police Officers
A man has been charged with assault and resisting arrest after a raucous flight from Washington to Newark on United Airlines. Matthew Dingley, 28, was on UA4965, a late-evening flight from Washington Dulles (IAD) to Newark (EWR) on an...
Thanks For The Rough Day Of Travel, Lisbon…
For all the smooth sailing I’ve had lately on various flights, yesterday’s trip on TAP Air Portugal was rather taxing, and it really had nothing to do with TAP and everything to do with Lisbon. It’s January in Lisbon....
Review: Park Hyatt Saigon + Exploring Ho Chi Minh City
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011...
Booked: TAP Air Portugal A330neo (Finally)
It’s finally time to return home from my extended trip to Europe and Israel and this year, I am determined to try as many new products as I can. I’ve just booked a ticket him on TAP Air Portugal...
Vintage Review: Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Bangkok To Beijing
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011...
Creepy American Airlines Employee Stalked Female Passenger At Airport And Onboard, Offered Her Free Flights
An American Airlines employee is in big trouble after misappropriating personal passenger information in a manner which can only be described as super creepy. Imagine you are sitting in the gate area and all of a sudden receive the...
Want To Fly To The USA? A Pregnancy Test May Be Required
Midori Nishida, a Japanese citizen, had an unexpected extra hurdle when trying to board her flight from Hong Kong to Saipan, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean: she had to take a pregnancy test. Prior to boarding, Nishida...
A Feast On Turkish Airlines
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. Turkish Airlines...
Great Coffee In London
Looking for the best coffee in London? You have many choices, but I found a cool little place with a memorable name… After Christmas my family visited my sister-in-law in London. She lives in a gentrifying part of London...
Fifth Freedom Flashback: Bangkok To Ho Chi Minh City On Qatar Airways + Lufthansa
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011...
EL AL 777-200 From Newark Makes Emergency Landing In Halifax
An EL AL flight diverted to Halifax after the smell of smoke filled the rear of the Boeing 777-200. But this was more than just a delay…it was another logistics challenge as Sabbath quickly approached. LY26 departed Newark on...
Vintage Review: Turkish Airlines 777-300ER First Class Istanbul To Bangkok
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011...
Delta Unveils Impressive Tech Innovations, Including “Parallel Reality”
Delta is stepping up its tech game, especially on the mobile app. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Delta CEO Ed Bastian explained many of the innovations under development, including a new technology called...
Wow: Boeing Employees Mocked “Clowns” And “Monkeys” Who Designed 737 MAX
We regret the content of these communications, and apologize to the F.A.A., Congress, our airline customers, and to the flying public for them. -Boeing Uh, yeah. A series of damning internal messages places Boeing in the limelight once again,...
Delta “Anxious” To See Boeing 737 MAX Back In The Sky (But Doesn’t Fly Any)
Delta is “anxious” to see the Boeing 737 MAX back in the skies even though the airline doesn’t fly any. Why? It wants Boeing to return to innovation instead of crisis control. Speaking on the Yahoo Finance program On...
Hyatt’s Limited Global Footprint Finally Hits Me
For years I’ve argued that Hyatt’s limited global footprint has not mattered…that the hotel chain has enough hotels in enough places to suit my travel needs. But Israel has presented a new challenge. I’m not just blindly loyal to...
Vintage Review: Turkish Airlines 737-700 Business Class Munich To Istanbul + Aircraft Museum In Munich
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011...
More Questions Than Answers In UIA 737-800 Crash
What caused the Ukrainian International Airlines 737-800 to crash shortly after takeoff from Tehran? Why have Ukraine and Iran released contradictory initial reports? With tense relations between the United States and Iran, how will the crash be investigated? Will...
Airline Gate Agents Have A Tough Life…
An ode to gate agents, the unsung airline heroes. Flight attendants and pilots receive a lot of praise, and rightfully so. But gate agents are the unsung heroes of the frontline airline business. They receive the brunt of passenger...
