I posted last night that two of my three flights were zeroed out for my trip back to Philadelphia and I hoped to spend the night at SFO with a $600 voucher in my pocket. Things did not go...
Time for Another Trip on United
Man, that 36 hours on the ground in Southern California went quickly. I’m off in a few hours to Philadelphia again via SFO and IAD. Loads look full for my redeye, so let’s see if I get a bump...
Smooth Sailing on United Today
I was scheduled to fly from PHL-ORD-SNA this evening, but becuase I have been under the weather the last few days and just wanted to get home ASAP, I showed up early at PHL this morning to try to...
Monkeying Around in British Gibraltar + Ferry to Tangier, Morocco + Overnight Train to Marrakech
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...
12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...
FAA Angry after Child Directs Planes from ATC Tower at JFK
Did any of our JFK-area readers catcher Junior on Channel 9 recently? Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport brought his young child to work and...
Bump Strategy: Take the Earlier Redeye
Sunday evening I travelled from BUR-SFO-IAD-PHL, including a redeye from SFO-IAD. United is currently running two redeyes from SFO-IAD Sunday evenings, a 767 departing at 2230 and a 757 departing at 2315. I am used to taking the 2230 flight,...
U.S. to Freeport, Bahamas from $66 a/i including 4-nights hotel
For those interested in a trip to the Bahamas, Expedia is offering $400 off your air+hotel itinerary by entering BAH400 at checkout. Travel now through early December, though March 19-April 10 is blacked out. For readers departing from FLL or...
My Lost and Found Ordeal with United Airlines
I flew up to Vancouver Saturday morning on United and haphazardly left my camera under my seat in 2D. While relaxing in the Maple Leaf Lounge about an hour after touching down in YVR, I suddenly had a sinking...
Thanks for Flying StarTeam
I tried out Continental’s new LAX-HNL-NAN 737-800 route last week and really enjoyed the service. Later this week I will blog about crew and meals on the flights. For now, I just thought I’d share that the purser on...
An Unexpected Extra Day + New Years in Lisbon
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...
A Day of Sightseeing in Lisbon
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...
Alaska Airlines to install Gogo W-Fi service on all aircraft
Good news for Alaska Airlines travellers: Alaska Airlines, a unit of Alaska Air Group Inc., said Wednesday it will join other airlines and offer Wi-Fi service on its flights. The carrier said it will offer Aircell’s Gogo service on...
Commentary on Southwest Airlines’ POS policy
Apparently, Kevin Smith (who the heck is he?) didn’t like being told he was too big to fly on Southwest. David Lazarus, a reporter from the LA Times posted this commentary on YouTube: BS or insighful?
United got me home from Chicago…but it took some arm twisting!
Hello from Honolulu. Turns out I made it home last night. It took some wrangling, but I got rebooked in First Class from Chicago to LAX and made it home about two hours later than planned. This was after...
Mayhem at Chicago O’Hare
My oversold 777 flight to SFO has been cancelled and it is not clear if I am going to get to LAX tonight. There’s hundreds of people in line at the Customer Service desk and a snowstorm is imminent....
BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal...
Stuck in Newark because Continental decided to overbook the pilot!
To be fair, I am on Continental Express, operated by ExpressJet. But unlike UA, who usually blames it "on the contract carrier," the CO staff have not tried to cast blame on others–at least not yet. I’m sitting in...
The Southwest Effect at PHL
Do you ever wonder why an 89-mile trip from BWI-PHL on US Airways can cost over $500 but a 2,000-mile PHL-PHX trip can be as cheap as $80? It’s all about competition. Southwest Airlines announced it will be starting service from PHL-BOS this...
LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...
