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photo courtesy; Boeing/United
If you've been dying to fly on United's first 787, but don't have the time or money to fly it internationally, your wishes may have been answered. Today, United sent out the schedule that details which domestic routes the 787 will fly on before beginning international service at the end of 2012.
City Pair N/W Departure E/S Departure Start Date End Date Frequency
This past Saturday, I flew off to Chicago to attend a dinner with my favorite United Captain-- Denny Flanagan.
I first met Captain Denny during a FlyerTalk "DO" in March of 2011, where he was able to arrange a behind-the-scenes tour of United's operations in San Francisco, and then flew twenty of us (FlyerTalkers) aboard a 767 to Chicago. He did the same thing a year prior, and had the ATC callsign of the flight changed to "FlyerTalk 1".
For those of ...
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American Airlines First/Business Class - Denver to Barbados
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American Business Class - Barbados to Denver
Despite living in Denver, I decided to spent the night at an airport hotel. My flight to Chicago was scheduled to depart at 6:00am, so I planned to arrive at DIA by 4:45 in the hope that the Nude-O-Scopes had not yet been turned on, and I would be able to use the reliable metal detector. Unfortunately, that was not the case, and I got a ...
After chatting with the welcoming committee at the gate, and exchanging some interesting ;-) stories about the TSA, I met up with a local FlyerTalk member at the Hyatt Place. Originally, we had planned to go out somewhere nearby, but with the late arrival, we went straight to the Hyatt Place for drinks.
The room was the same as you find at all Hyatt Place properties, so I'll just add a couple of photos.
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Earlier in the week, I mentioned that I would be flying the inaugural non-stop SFO-RDU & RDU-SFO flights on United. I've never flown on an inaugural flight, so the thought of being able to fly between two of my favorite cities, without stopping in Chicago/Dallas/Dulles/Houston/Newark, was pretty exciting to me! Of course, the fact that I would earn 2,400 Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) each-way was something else to be happy about ;-)
My day started off in Denver, unfortunately ...
Although I am moving back to Kansas on Friday, for my senior year!, I am excited that I was able to fit the inaugural SFO>RDU>SFO flights into my schedule. This is the first time that United has added service to Raleigh-Durham, since eliminating the Raleigh-Denver non-stop 737-500 service in early 2008.
Delta offers a non-stop flight to Los Angeles, although it is only offered three times per week, and run seasonally. I am hoping that with United's strong network to Asia from ...
