In October, I traveled to New Orleans (out of Munich) for a few days to attend the wedding of a family member.
I had an unused return ticket stored, and flew BusinessElite from Munich to Atlanta. I then connected on an award ticket (I know, right?) from Atlanta to MSY. Shocking enough, this was my first experience with an award ticket after the upgrade program started, and at five days out from each respective segment, I was upgraded. This trips were on a Thursday ...
A great amount of time has been spent complaining about Delta’s policy for international upgrades – that is, upgrades on a product with BusinessElite, where BusinessElite service is provided. No real amount of change has been seen with this product. The relatively recent addition to standby when an upgrade seat is not available at booking changes nothing – when it comes to the price of a ticket that is eligible for an upgrade. What if a plan was ...
Update: See comments 1 and 2 below for a possible explanation of what happened here.
About six months ago, I posted about the use of DL SWUs on AF – allowing someone to buy a premium economy (Premium Voyageur) ticket on AF metal and upgrade into business. This was notable because the premium economy prices were much better than DL’s Y/B/M fares, and there was generally “OK” availability in the upgrade bucket. I was successful in getting my ...
Delta 2148 made an unscheduled stop in Albuquerque last night. As it would turn out, Matthew is not the only one that draws nut-jobs onto his flight. A nice young man named Stanley Sheffield decided to throw water at passengers and charge the cockpit while yelling "Get Behind Me Satan". Who knew that anybody actually listened to The White Stripes? Stanley, I might add, is from Largo, Florida, one of the more lovely parts of the state best known as "God's ...
Today we look at the actual in-flight experience. No gate agents, ground service, clubs, etc. - just the moment from foot in the door of the plane to foot out the door.
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We talk about this stuff a lot, but I thought I might share my evaluation of clubs for the airlines I frequently fly. Some common factors (like being crowded on Sundays) are not included. Comments, as always, are welcome.
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