For as long as airports have existed, gate areas have existed. A place where one can arrive before your flight, lounge around until your turn to board comes. Well, thanks to Delta, this experience may be going away. A few weeks ago I headed to JFK T2 for a quick trip to Las Vegas. Imagine my surprise when I clear security, turn left and see tables and bars as far as I can see in what used to be ...
Upgrades are one of the most popular perk amongst elite travelers so I'm going to touch on it first.
The biggest thing that lured me over was the upgrades. See, at this point my only experience was with United and upgrades at United weren't exactly easy. With Continental, one could buy a Prestige Pack and have six one-way upgrade coupons along with a slew of other useful goodies (including some miles). But as I found myself ...
So you live in the New York metro area and find yourself wondering who you should fly or what airline is best. If you've noticed, there appears to be an ongoing turf war between Continental, the incumbent, and Delta, the newcomer. Both spend enormous amounts of money on marketing and both have hubs in region, though at separate airports.
For those that don't know, I'm a big Continental flier. I've been a Platinum for over ten years and my ...
American Airlines today announced that it was entering into a new partnership with jetBlue and also growing its operation at JFK and LaGuardia.
The announcement is here
Some key points are
American adding 31 new destinations None of the routes involved between the two carriers overlap Launching of key business routes LGA-ATL/MSP/CLT Introduction of CRJ-700s on many routes that include thew new regional jet first class product Extensive ...
On my travels yesterday I discovered that the MTA has launched a new ten-trip Airtrain card. Previously, one had to pay $5 every time the Airtrain station was transited.
The new 10-trip card costs $25 thus providing a 50% discount per transit. This is great for people who travel to and from JFK regularly. The card I bought yesterday is good until July 2011 so there doesn't appear to be a "short" window for usability either.
Now if only the people at NJ Transit would do the same for EWR...
ETA: It appears this has been around for a while though not very commonly known. So, I stand corrected on it being new, but it is still a neat thing for those who don't know about it.
I found this gem of an article yesterday. Apparently the delays and customer service at Delta's JFK hub is so bad that a riot ensued and police were called.
I know I've been pretty vocal about how bad T2/T3 at JFK are and this just proves my point that Delta's JFK operation is remiscent of a third world country.
