Two bits of news regarding American Airlines today, probably unrelated, but who knows? First, AA is looking at a huge fine for MD-80 safety violations. American Airlines could face a fine in the ballpark of $10 million for safety...
Feeling Stupid for Selling my United Airlines Stock
Remember my post two months ago where I meandered about whether to sell my United Airlines stock? The stock had risen three-fold since I had invested in July and although I had an inkling that the stock would continue...
American Airlines to Charge for Blankets on North American Flights
American Airlines will begin charging $8 for a pillow/blanket package on domestic flights more than two hours as well as flights to Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Central America starting in May. First Class passengers will still get the...
Free Custom Luggage Tags from KLM
A nice offer from KLM. Throw away those boring luggage tags and give your baggage a new look by designing your own, unique tag. You can use a photo of your family, your favorite destination, or, to make it...
Wi-Fi Coming to All Southwest Airlines Flights
The LA Times reports that Southwest Airlines will begin to install wireless internet on all its aircraft, making Wi-Fi available on every Southwest flight by early 2012. SWA already offers Wi-Fi on four of their planes. Ding! You are now...
An Update on United Airlines’ New One-Way Award Program
Last week I promised I would provide more details on United’s new one-way award program. Simply put, I like the new program. Per my conversation with a reservations agent, stopovers will still be permitted on United roundtrips and Star...
East Coast Storm May Lead to VDBs on United…I Want In!
With final exams starting next week, I have a very busy weekend ahead. The weekend just got a bit busier, though. I had planned to stay home and concentrate all my efforts on preparing for another round of tests,...
Delta Plans to Further Cutback Operations at Cincinnati
Poor Ohio and Kentucky. The hits keep on coming. Delta Air Lines is expected to move more aircraft to the Pacific Northwest to handle service to Asia as it continues to shuffle the departure points for its international flying...
7 Hours to go from JFK to LAX on Delta Air Lines? The Wisdom of Schedule Padding
From the Wall Street Journal: Your airline seat may not have much padding, but the airline’s schedule sure does. Delta Air Lines Flight 715 from New York to Los Angeles now takes more than seven hours to fly across...
JFK/IAD/ORD to Panama City for $134+ r/t on TACA
Check out this thread on FT, and book fast if you are interested. TACA earns 100% RDMs on UA and they offering roundtrip fares for as low as $134 r/t (including taxes) from New York, Washington, and Chicago. This...
A Rundown of My Latest Mileage Run on United Airlines
I had the chance to join Lucky for some mileage running over the weekend and was able to snag a great fare to Seattle. The only catch: I had to get up to Newark or LaGuardia to start the...
Moscow to Dulles on United + A Bump on United Express
–Philadelphia to Moscow Domodedovo in United Business –Transit at DME + Austrian Airlines Lounge –Moscow to Dulles on United + A Bump on United Express Part III There was an additional security check at the United gate: another bag...
Transit at DME + Austrian Airlines Lounge
–Philadelphia to Moscow Domodedovo in United Business –Transit at DME + Austrian Airlines Lounge –Moscow to Dulles on United + A Bump on United Express Part II The runway was littered with Russian aircraft–Tupolevs and Ilyushins as far as...
Philadelphia to Moscow Domodedovo in United Business
Last weekend I did a United MR to Moscow from Philadelphia. While I could have flown to Geneva, Zürich, or Brussels for cheaper, Moscow was operated by a 767 with UA’s lie-flat Business Class seats and I was able...
One-Way Awards Coming to United Airlines Next Month?
Take this info with a grain of salt, but the answer is yes, according this thread on Flyertalk. According to a 1K agent (the ultimate authority…), United will begin to test one-way bookings online starting 01 February. If these awards...
United Airlines Reports Mixed 4Q Results
Both good news and bad news for United today. United Airlines is seeing a strong recovery in international passenger traffic, especially on transatlantic routes, executives of the Chicago airline said Wednesday. "Clearly, international strength is playing a disproportionate role"...
Air New Zealand to Offer "Sleeper Seats" to Economy Passengers
Air New Zealand is my preferred Star Alliance carrier if I must fly in Economy and now I have another reason to choose them: In the ongoing game of creative airline seating, Air New Zealand is introducing a welcome...
After Blogging About Bumps, I Get Bumped Off a United Express Flight
Yesterday I blogged about a LA Times story bemoaning the fact that more passengers are being bumped off of flights. Just an hour after posting, I got a bump of my own. My Sunday evening IAD-PHL flight was zeroed...
Los Angeles Times: More Airline Passengers Getting Bumped
Interesting article in the Los Angeles Times yesterday about bumps. But there is a growing trend that spells trouble for travelers: More passengers are getting bumped from flights. In the first nine months of 2009, the rate of ticketed...
Russian Visa Confusion Nearly Curtails My Mileage Run on United Airlines
I showed up at PHL early this morning to check in for my trip to Moscow because I had a future ticketing issue to take care of. It’s a good thing I did: I nearly missed my first flight....
