What happens when you jump the fence At LAX? Obviously, you are arrested. It is trespassing. But what else? Prison? Do Not Fly list? Airport ban? Earlier this week, a man jumped the outer permitter fence at Los Angeles International...
A Superb Airline With A Superb Aircraft Is Coming To LAX
Finnair is returning to Los Angeles. This is not Finnair’s first attempt to serve Los Angeles, but it has been many years. This time, the carrier will operate an A350-900 aircraft on the route, which is one of my...
Delta Denies Me Sky Club Access On International Business Class Ticket
Maybe I’m missing the obvious, but I don’t think Delta should have denied me access to the Sky Club in Terminal 2 at LAX earlier this week. I was flying Aeromexico Business Class from Los Angeles to Mexico City...
I Experienced A TSA Lockdown At LAX
Yesterday I experienced my first-ever TSA lockdown. I was in Terminal 2 at Los Angeles International Airport and had just climbed the stairs from the lobby level to the security checkpoint. As I was winding my way through the...
A Real Review Of New Priority Pass Restaurant At LAX
Last time I tried to eat at Barney’s Beanery, the new Priority Restaurant in Terminal 2 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the cook had gone home early. That should been a sign onto me to stay away… I...
United Affirms Commitment to LAX Hub
Earlier today I wrote about United ending its nonstop service between Los Angeles and Singapore. Does this move signal the Los Angeles hub is in danger? Los Angeles is such a tough market. American and Delta also maintain hubs...
United Doubles Singapore Service from SFO, Cuts LAX-SIN Flight
United Airlines is ending nonstop service between Los Angeles and Singapore just a year after it begin, but adding a second daily nonstop between San Francisco and Singapore. I’m going to come right out and play armchair CEO here....
Why I’m Excited About the New LAX American Express Lounge
American Express officially announced today it will open a lounge at LAX in 2019. We’ve known about this lounge for several months thanks to various leaks from LAX board meetings, but the official announcement comes with exciting details. First,...
My Disappointing Review of New Priority Pass LAX Restaurant
Earlier today I wrote about Barney’s Beanery, the new Priority Pass restaurant in Terminal 2 at LAX. Last night, I had a chance to try it after landing from New York. I’ll sum up my experience in one word:...
New Priority Pass Restaurant at LAX + How to Access
The latest addition to the Priority Pass restaurant portfolio is at Los Angeles International Airport. Cardmembers now have access to Barney’s Beanery in LAX’s Terminal 2. Members will be entitled to $28 credit, per-person. Credit can be used toward any food and...
Pictures: Delta’s $1.86BN Investment at LAX
Delta is investing nearly $2BN to modernize Terminals 2 and 3 at LAX. Yesterday, the project moved one step closer to completion. I’ve written about Delta’s investment at LAX before, but yesterday Delta CEO Ed Bastian, Los Angeles Mayor Eric...
Wow! United Private Suite at LAX Offers VIP Ground Services
United Airlines and The Private Suite have announced a new relationship that will allow select United business class customers access to a private VIP Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Customers who purchase access will enjoy private and...
JetBlue Considers Los Angeles Expansion
JetBlue is looking beyond Long Beach and Los Angeles, hinting that it will expand services at another Los Angeles-area airport. Currently, JetBlue offers transcontinental service from Los Angeles to five cities and has a larger network out of Long...
Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: April 15, 2018
Greetings from Los Angeles. It is good to be home after two nearly weeks in Europe. I had a fabulous trip (hope you have been enjoy the Italy road trip report), but there is no place like home…especially after...
Will “People Mover” Fundamentally Change LAX?
The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved a people mover at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Will this project fundamentally transform LAX? Is it worth the nearly $5BN price tag? At the outset, let me say that I’m...
Pilot Stranded Miles Away from Airport by Angry Lyft Driver
It happens often, but it is not always captured on video. An airline pilot was ditched in a grocery store parking lot seven miles from Los Angeles International Airport. Why? His Lyft driver had no desire to travel to...
Lufthansa First Class Never Disappoints
Lufthansa First Class never disappoints. Never. Yesterday I flew from Los Angeles to Munich, a route now served by the A380. There wasn’t really anything new and different (though Wi-Fi is now free). And that’s the point. I’ve never...
How I Almost Missed My Flight (Again…)
Yesterday afternoon, I almost missed my flight to Munich despite arriving at the airport two hours before departure. It’s a long story, perhaps too much information, but bear with me. Yesterday I was driving to lunch with my business...
The Perfect Post-Trip Meal
It became almost cliché among the “mileage run generation” (may that era rest in peace), but even several years later there is nothing like an In-N-Out burger at LAX after a trip. When I arrived back home last Thursday,...
AA’s Interesting New Route to Buenos Aires
American Airlines will add service from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires beginning in December on its Boeing 787-9 aircraft. As an Angeleno, I’m satisfecho by the news. The closest airport offering nonstop service to Buenos Aires is Dallas (1,235 miles) with...
