live and let's fly
United Airlines offers one-time passes to its United Club for $50, available online or at the club check-in counter ($45 if purchased on the United mobile app). Is it worth it?
With clubs in 38 airports around the world (and multiple clubs in several hub airports) there is a good chance you will come across one of these lounges in your travel with United. If you have more than a couple hours on your hands, even the United lounges become a very attractive alternative to ...
Alitalia's MilleMiglia loyalty program has some gems on its award chart and is an oft-overlooked American Express transfer partner. Highlights include:
North America-Southern South America 75,000 miles roundtrip in business class North America-North Asia 90,000 miles roundtrip in business class North America-Tahiti 90,000 miles roundtrip in business class North America-Southeast Asia 95,000 miles roundtrip in business class North America-India 100,000 miles ...A JFK-LAX American Airlines flight made an unscheduled stop in Kansas City on Friday after a woman refused to stop...singing Whitney Houston songs.
AA quickly issued a statement stating, "The woman was being disruptive and was removed from the plane for interfering with the flight crew...There was a federal air marshal on the aircraft, who subdued the woman and put her in cuffs and removed her from the plane." Yet after being dragged off the aircraft singing "I will always love you," ...
I returned home from Europe yesterday and would be remiss if I did not mention what superb flights I had on United for both the outbound and inbound journey.
You'll have to wait on the trip reports—Afghanistan and the Caucuses are coming first—but my Chicago – Frankfurt flight last week and Paris – San Francisco flight yesterday were about as close to a perfect flight as you can get on United.
I'll name names here. My friend Leigh Ann, the United FA I ...
United Airlines is refreshing its Airbus fleet and UAInsider has provided a bit more insight into the pending changes.
New RECARO seats in United Economy and Economy Plus, which will result in an additional half-inch of headroom an almost a full inch of additional knee space on standard seats Power outlets in first class and Economy Plus, but not regular economy More spacious overhead bins Wi-Fi On-demand streaming video for Wi-Fi-enabled devicesHere's a bit more detail, ...
James Fallows offers a piece in The Atlantic today following up on the family who was removed from a United flight for complaining about the in-flight movie and also following up on my own expulsion from United flight a week later after a rogue FA lied about me taking pictures onboard.
In response to the ejected family, United has amended its in-flight movie policy, now showing only movies rated PG or G on overhead monitors. A victory for them to be sure, though I believe it is not ...
