In attempt to make passengers more comfortable, American Airlines is retrofitting one lavatory door on its Boeing 737 MAX. Currently, the lavatories on AA’s Boeing 737 MAX have “slab doors” just outside the rear galley. Those doors open into the aisles and...
My Nightmare About Airline Meals
If you don’t care about my dream, feel free to skip this post. But since it was about the most vivid dream I’ve had for as long as I can remember, I’m going to share it with you. You’ve...
Five New Countries I Hope To Visit In 2019
I should just copy and paste my 2018 list, for I did not visit a single new country last year. Quite frankly, I am borrowing from it: my list of countries I wish to visit has not changed. But...
Dear United, Please Don’t Ruin Your Great Mobile App!
Dear United, It’s me, one of your most loyal customers. In fact, some accuse me of being a United “fanboy” (and I can see why my love affair article played into that…). I understand that you are redesigning the...
United CEO Issues Stern Challenge To Employees
In a year-end letter to employees, United CEO Oscar Munoz stressed the importance of building upon the successes of 2018 while implying, ever so sternly, that employees have the choice to make 2019 a winning or losing year. Munoz...
United Airlines Bans All Emotional Support Animals On Longhaul Flights + Puppies And Kittens On Shorter Flights
United Airlines is drastically tightening up its emotional support animal policy, banning such animals on all flights over eight hours. Puppies and Kittens will also no longer be accepted as emotional support pets. Effective immediately, United will only accept...
Do You Sign Your Credit Card?
I was reminded again last night that signing the back of your credit card remains a way of life in Europe. It was a dry Christmas in Southern Germany, but we finally were hit with snow and I took my...
10 Flights I Look Forward To In 2019
As we enter 2019, there are a number of airline premium cabin airline products I look forward to trying this year. Here’s the top-10 I will target, in order of priority: 10. American Airlines 777 First Class I have...
Is Qatar Airways Plotting To Take Over Oneworld?
Let’s play a game of imagination. Imagine a situation in which one airline decides to invest in several others. So the airline does. A little bit here, a little bit there. Now imagine that these other airlines are part...
Poisoned By An Airport Water Fountain?
Six unrelated people, six very-related symptoms. What caused these passengers to start vomiting on a Frontier flight? On New Year’s Day, Frontier Flight 397 took off from Cleveland to to Tampa with 226 passengers onboard. Inflight, six passengers, all...
An Update On My Air France First Class “Complaint”
Last week I wrote about the one thing that annoyed me about my Air France first class flight. It was another passenger in the cabin, who staked out two seats for herself, sending her companion to the seat directly...
How I Earned Two Hyatt Night Credits On The First Day Of 2019
I spent the last two days of the year at the Hyatt Regency in Mainz, checking out on January 1st. In the World of Hyatt program, that’s called a head start on the new year! You might think that...
DoubleTree Fires Two Employees Who Kicked Out Black Man
DoubleTree has fired the two employees at the center of a controversy over race and profiling. Jermaine Massey was a guest at the DoubleTree hotel in Portland, Oregon. On December 22nd, he returned late from a concert and took...
Cathay Pacific Will HONOR Cheap Business/First Class Fares!
Cathay Pacific will honor deeply-discounted business and first class fares briefly available on New Year’s Eve. On Twitter, the carrier stated: Happy 2019 all, and to those who bought our good – VERY good surprise ‘special’ on New Year’s...
A New Year, Not A New Start: Travel Reflections On 2019
Happy New Year! As 2019 begins, I’m thinking about time. I ushered in the New Year in Mainz, Germany. Believe it or not, it was the first time I have ever celebrated New Year’s in Germany. As we watched...
Thank You United For Bringing Back My Favorite Treat!
United is bringing back the stroopwafel on morning flights. It’s about time! Via Twitter, United indicated this much-loved treat will return to economy class this month. The stroopwafel was introduced as a free snack in 2015 on morning flights...
Lufthansa Should Ban Vandalism Parent
Did you see the video of a parent helping a child vandalize the seatbacks on a Lufthansa flight? As far as I am concerned, that calls for a ban. The appalling incident happened onboard a Lufthansa narrowbody flight in...
Will Cathay Pacific Honor First Class Fare Deal?
Happy New Year! I went to bed just after midnight last night in Germany and woke up with a flood of texts, tweets, and emails about cheap Cathay Pacific business and first class fares out of Vietnam. It was...
Looking Back On 2018: A Very Odd Year Of Travel
2018 did not end the way I imagined it…not even remotely. That’s both good and bad. On the travel front, things did not exactly go as planned. Of the 10 products I set out to try this year, I...
My Top 10 Flights In 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, it is time for my annual “Top 10” series. Here, I’ll look back on my 10 favorite flights from 2018. As a reminder, this is not a top-1o all-time list nor does it...
