During my status run to Hong Kong, I took stock of all of the traveling I have been doing for both leisure and business. In a moment of clarity at the end of my trip, the toll travel can...
Fifth Freedom Dinner On bmi From Baku To Bishkek
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. I certainly...
Five Things You Cannot Miss When Visiting Jordan
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an amazing nation with great food and incredible people. Here are five things that you should not miss during your visit. 1. Petra Petra almost goes without saying, but it is even more...
American Express Cracks Down At SFO Centurion Lounge
I’ve been in the American Express Centurion Lounge in San Francisco twice in the last week. Both times I had to wait for a seat. It’s an all-too-common problem for American Express. Addressing this issue, American Express is now limiting...
Review: Royal Jordanian ERJ-195 Business Class Amman To Kuwait
A two hour flight in the middle of the night on a regional jet. My expectations were high… I’m being facetious, of course, but my RJ flight from Amman to Kuwait absolutely shocked me…in a good way. Royal Jordanian...
United Airlines Executives Discuss Future Of LAX Hub
Chris Sloan of The Points Guy recently sat down with two United Airlines leaders. Comments on the Los Angeles hub caught my attention. Sloan interviewed Greg Hart, United’s chief operations officer, and Andrew Nocella, United’s chief commercial officer. During the...
Air France Returns To Dallas (Great Deal Using Miles)
Air France will return to Dallas for the first time since 2001. The French carrier will offer 3x to 5x weekly seasonal summer service, deploying a retrofitted A330 on the route with the latest in-cabin product. The A330 will...
United Threatens To Abandon Newark Hub
United Airlines has threatened to abandon its Newark hub if New Jersey lawmakers follow through on a proposed tax increase at Liberty International Airport that would only affect United. Currently, New Jersey only taxes the fuel on a plane...
A Coup At Garuda Indonesia
Garuda Indonesia’s reform-minded leader has been sacked, falling victim to an internal uprising against his cost-cutting efforts. State-owned Garuda is a money-loser and now ex-CEO Pahala Mansury had begun the painful process of rolling back some of the excesses at...
New Apple iPhone eSim Technology Perfect For Travelers
At yesterday’s Keynote, Apple unveiled a trio of new iPhones with many enhancements and added features over previous models. But one thing in particular caught my eye. The new iPhone XR, XS, and SX Max devices will feature dual...
The Sleeping United Pilot Story Was Fake News
Earlier this week I defended a United Airlines pilot who took a nap during an overnight flight from New York to Scotland. As it turn out, the whole story may be a hoax. According to an eyewitness onboard, the...
Review: Grand Hyatt Amman (Suite)
I love the Kingdom of Jordan very much and was happy to use the Grand Hyatt Amman as a springboard for activities all over the country. Grand Hyatt Amman Check-In We arrived in the middle of the night on...
Stunning New Turkish Airlines Uniforms + Business Class Suite
Turkish Airlines has unveiled classy new uniforms plus hinted at a new business class suite. The new uniforms will debut later this year and “hark back to a golden age of couture fashion from the 1950’s.” Inspired by many...
Why Aeromexico Pilots Are Striking
Aeromexico pilots will strike on October 1st over a collective punishment recently imposed on them in light of a crash in July. Mexico’s civil aviation agency blamed weather, not pilot error or mechanical failures, in a preliminary report about the...
I Just Flew With The Trumps On United…In Economy Class
I knew something was up when a Secret Service officer appeared at the gate of my United flight from Newark to San Francisco prior to boarding. “They’re just going to walk right on. No stopping,” the agent specified. You...
Review: Petra Lounge Amman (AMM)
An alternative Priority Pass option to the larger Royal Jordanian Crown Lounge, the Petra Lounge offers comfort and food, but I’d stick to the RJ lounge. You’ll find this 24/7 lounge near Gate 208 in the north pier of...
Giving Up An Upgrade To Eat Dinner With My Family
Would you ever give up a confirmed upgrade on a six-hour flight just to get home a few hours earlier? That’s what I did yesterday. I was flying from Newark to Burbank via San Francisco on United and had...
Remembering United Flight 93 at Newark Airport
Today marks the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 09/11/01, a tragic day that catapulted the world into a new era of uncertainty. Four planes were hijacked and used as weapons of mass destruction, but one of them…United...
My Hong Kong Airlines Trip Just Got Sweeter!
Last month I took advantage of a great business class fare on Hong Kong Airlines for an upcoming trip to Asia. But now the trip just got even sweeter. What can beat a $688 round-trip business class tickets to...
Gross: Airbnb Guests Find Hidden Camera In Alarm Clock Pointed Toward Bed
When a British couple found what appeared to be a hidden camera inside a bedside alarm clock in their Airbnb room, they did not know what to think. Was it paranoia? Was this really a camera? But all the...
