friendly skies
Although the last few Hyatt promotions have been a bit disappointing, I was pleased to open up my email earlier this afternoon, and discover an email from Gold Passport. Thanking me for my loyalty to Hyatt, they mentioned that my first recorded stay with Hyatt was in August of 2010 at the Kansas City Airport Hyatt Place, and since then, I had visited at least fifty Hyatt properties. As a thanks for my loyalty, the email went ...
For the past five years, the majority of my flying has been with United or a Star Alliance partner. Of course, over the past year, American has been getting much more of my business, but besides those two airlines, I don't have too much of a chance to experience the product of non-alliance carriers very often. I last flew jetBlue in 2008, from Denver to Boston, and then from New York to Denver, though both of the flights were delayed for several hours, which left somewhat of a bad taste in my ...
Just in from Air Canada, they plan to add a Premium Economy section to their international fleet, including the aircraft operating for their Rouge subsidiary, starting in July. Air Canada will also be taking delivery of five additional Boeing 777-300ERs (77Ws), which will feature 398 slimline seats in Economy, 24 seats in Premium Economy, and 36 seats in Executive First, which will be staggared in a 1 or 2 pair setup. Overall seats on the 77W will go from 349 to 458.
For Frontier Airlines employees, and to a lesser part their customers, today is a day they will never forget.
Though it has not yet been announced to the public, Frontier employees were notified today of a drastic reduction in the workforce, and the introduction of mass-outsourcing for all stations. Below are the changes that are coming to what used to be a great carrier, and one of my favorite airlines.
All stations, with the exception of ...
On a recent visit to New York City, I was left with a bit of a challege to determine where to stay. Hyatt has five properties scattered through the city, with another one opening later this year.
Although the Andaz properties were enticing (I'll have a report on the Andaz 5th Ave shortly), the 48 Lex won out. Featuring 116 rooms at corner of 48th and Lexington, the 48 Lex is billed as a boutique hotel, and is different than any Hyatt Regency or Grand Hyatt you'll stay at.
Upon ...
In August 2011, we learned from then UA Insider, Scott O'Leary, that the combined carrier would perform a nose-tail renovation on the Boeing 757-200s used for United's p.s. service from New York/JFK to LAX & SFO. United had big plans for the renovation, which included gutting the first and business class cabins in favor of the Continental business class seat. In the main cabin, all seats would feature USB and 110v power outlets, as well as complimentary in-set AVOD.
To ...
