SN Brussels Airlines is offering a tremendous deal right now on economy tickets from Newark to Frankfurt via their Brussels hub. Many dates have already sold out, but try out different dates in October and November if you are...
Win a 10% Off eCert from United (and maybe a million miles)
United has created a couple of games that I have to admit are very addicting. The first is called “Legroom Legend” where the object is to “use fancy footwork to guide tossed items onto your tray table.” It starts easy,...
Richard Branson Celebrates 60th Birthday by Adding 60 Planes to Virgin America Fleet
The title sums up the post nicely, but I like the way Richard Branson thinks: "I am happy to celebrate my 60th birthday this week and I can’t think of a better present than getting 60 new planes." Branson...
No More High Schoolers Piloting Regional Jets? Congress Enacts New Restrictions
In response to the Continental Express (Colgan Air) crash outside of Buffalo last year that killed 50 people, Congress has passed a new bill aimed at bolstering the safety of airline passengers: The legislation requires all airline pilots to...
Accused of Being a Terrorist: SAL to IAD on TACA
This is the last of a six-part recount of my recent trip to Central America. Washington Dulles to San Salvador on TACA My Adventure in San Salvador Aborted Landing on TACA: SAL-PTY 24 Hours in Panama City Short-Haul Flying...
Continental tests self-boarding at IAH
Tired of the grouchy attitude or bad breath of your gate agent? Well now there’s a solution if you’re flying through Houston! Self-boarding is being tested select Continental gates at IAH. Lufthansa has already offered self-boarding for years, as do...
Short-Haul Flying on LACSA: PTY-SJO-SAL
This is the fifth of a six-part recount of my recent trip to Central America. Washington Dulles to San Salvador on TACA My Adventure in San Salvador Aborted Landing on TACA: SAL-PTY 24 Hours in Panama City Short-Haul Flying...
30% Off United Airlines Mileage Economy Awards (<700 miles only)
For a limited time, economy award trips under 700 miles in the U.S. and Canada are 30% off on United. These flights must be on United metal and be booked at least a week prior to departure. Only economy...
TSA Antics at Washington Dulles
I returned home from Buenos Aires today and had to endure a torturous 45-minute wait in the immigration line today at Dulles. After my poor experiences in Montreal, I vowed to apply for Global Entry: only $100 for five...
United Airlines Joins Facebook
A new friend has joined Facebook: United Airlines. image courtesy of United Airlines UA’s wall is already filling up with interesting material–from greenhorns seeking advice on how to redeem travel vouchers to discussion over the future of UA’s livery to Double...
Why united.com is called .bomb
.bomb is an affectionate term for United Airlines’ website given by its frequent flyers. Why .bomb? Because for years–probably as far back as United has had a website, numerous technological issues have persited that cause the website to bomb out by giving...
24 Hours in Panama City
This is the fourth of a six-part recount of my recent trip to Central America. Washington Dulles to San Salvador on TACA My Adventure in San Salvador Aborted Landing on TACA: SAL-PTY 24 Hours in Panama City Short-Haul Flying...
My Award Trip is Booked
An update on my award trip: it is booked. I called back UA and ticketed it without any hassle. I don’t know if there are any damaging notes on the reservation that will prevent me from making changes when space on...
Seoul to U.S. West Coast via Honolulu on Korean/Hawaiian in Business Class – $699 r/t
Hawaiian Airlines is either offering a remarkable deal right now or has a website glitch that is pricing ICN-LAX/SAN/PHX/SFO/LAS/SEA (etc) tickets at $699 r/t in Business Class. The first flight from ICN-HNL is on Korean Airlines and a layover...
Haircuts when traveling
I´ve got a rather unique travel tradition. Rather than cultivate a relationship with a hometown barber, most of my haircuts the last three years have come during my time on the road. Make no mistake, I´ve tried out a lot of...
United declares my award itinerary is invalid!
And I guess it is… On Monday I posted about my award trip to China scheduled for this December. Last night, I called United to book the ticket (the award was on hold for 72 hours) and was immediately put...
Off to Buenos Aires on United Airlines!
I may not be going to China this week, but I am taking a trip to Buenos Aires on United. I have a meeting in Boston on Thursday and found that a ticket on UA to BOS was more...
More on my award trip booking
I’ll just give you a quick recount of what I had booked and what I have booked now for my trip to China. As I mentioned in a previous post, my trip to China was supposed to be this...
StarNet blocking is back—at least on Lufthansa flights
After two hours of searching on the ANA tool tonight, I assembled a decent itinerary for my December trip to China. It wasn’t perfect, but it was workable. As I reported yesterday, no StarNet blocking on any Star Alliance...
Aggravating Phone Call to UA Reservations
I was planning to leave for China last night, but cancelled the trip due to a scheduling conflict with my day job and an aversion to sharing the Great Wall with 2,000 tourists or spending hours in line at...
