2012 has been a great year for me. I have concluced the first half of my senior year at KU, and as hard as it is for me to believe, I will be graduating in May with a degree in ...
Posts from December 2012
2012 : Year in Review
The Grand Hyatt Sinagpore: Twenty-Four Hours in Singapore
Traffic was non-existent as our cab spe...
Reader Help Needed: What Should I See in Singapore?
Thanks to the glitch that occurred when Singapore Airlines upgraded their computers over the summer, I am off to Singapore next week. I am booked on on what is currently the lon...
Delta Unveils NYC-LaGuardia Terminal Connector
Transferring between Delta's C and D terminals at New York LaGuardia used to be inconvenient for passengers. Similar to United's shuttle service between Terminal 3 & Termina...
Cathay Pacific First Class - Hong Kong to Tokyo/Haneda
When it came time to purchase a ticket for my trip from Hong Kong to Tokyo, the two Star Alliance carriers that fly non-stop to Tokyo (ANA & United) had no award availabilit...
Review: Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
My Thai flight from Seoul landed about fifteen minutes early, although the long walk to passport control and the subsequent wait took about thirty minutes. Hong Kong was quite b...
Canberra's Qantas Club & The Beginning of a 13,000 Mile Journey - OzFest 2012
American Takes Delivery of their First Boeing 777-300ER!
Yesterday I posted American's newest video, "Putting American Airlines Back on Top". There was a lot of speculation about the release of that video, and the delivery of the firs...
The New American Airlines
As I was taking a quick break from studying for my final exams, I stumbled upon this video that talks about the new American Airlines.
..."You Flew to London to Fly to Canberra?!" - OzFest 2012
Body Scanners Have Arrived in the Land Down Under
The moment that I have been dreading for quite some time has arrived, as Brisbane International Airport received t...
Behind the Scenes at the Southwest Airlines Emergency Slide Shop
It's not too often that we talk about Southwest Airlines on UPGRD, though their recent series of behind the scenes videos are certainly worth checking out.
In this episo...
United Returns Meal Priority for 1Ks in Premium Cabins
Four years ago, United redesigned their on-board manifests to allow flight attendants a better opportunity to identify full-fare customers and elite fliers in the premi...

