live and let's fly
American Airlines has a new "Your Choice" program that is nicely sugar-coated to make you think that you are saving money.
The initial "Your Choice" offering is a "Boarding and Flexibility Package" that:
Places you in Group 1 of General Boarding, which allows you to be one of the first groups to board the plane for your flight. (Group 1 boards immediately following PriorityAAccess(SM) customers) Provides a $75 Flight Change Discount, ...Check out this house.
[Architect David Hertz] built a green house for his client, Francie Rehwald, using scrap parts from more than 230 feet long, 193 feet wide, and 60 feet tall, Boeing 747 jumbo jet. In order to make the house, the plane was cut into piece and larger parts were brought to the hills of Malibu by helicopter and crane. Plane’s wings were used to make the home’s roof, fuselage will comprise the guest house, and the cockpit windows ...
A VDB is the holy grail for any self-respecting mileage runner. Usually, I will go out of my way to seek them and plan my trips around cities and routes that have tend to be more overbooked than others.
I'm taking a little vacation in Montreal this week and was scheduled to fly from ONT-SFO-IAD-YUL, leaving this evening. This morning I got a call from UA's Easy Update informing me that my 7:29p ONT-SFO flight had been cancelled.
I was in Central California at the time and ...
Last week, I shared an e-mail I received from United about a new Mileage Plus website coming soon.
Much to my surprise, when I logged on to UA this afternoon I saw this:
I am amazed that this happened so quickly.
For now, only United, US Airways, and Continental awards can be booked online, but United promises:
Additional Star Alliance carriers will be ...
I am starting to plan a trip to Thailand/China/North Korea/Japan for August and my goal was to snag a First Class seat on LH's new A380.
Looks like I'll have to look into other options.
"The [FRA-NRT] flight is almost fully booked through September with very strong bookings in first class," LH Chief Pilot and COO Juergen Raps told ATW Daily News onboard the flight from Berlin Schoenefeld to BRU.
I'm not going to give up yet, but it appears my ...
After starting A380 service between Los Angeles and Australia last year, Qantas will soon be doubling A380 flights on its Los Angeles-Melbourne route.
Right now, QF uses an A380 to fly from Los Angles to Melbourne three times a week. By spring next year, it will fly six times per week utilizing the 450-seat A380. The A380 is also used on flights between Los Angeles and Sydney.
I can't see how the Australian market can bear more capacity and maintain profitable price levels for tickets. I am still predicting that either Virgin Australia or Delta (more likely) will pull out. Delta Economy fares to Australia have been $699 r/t for weeks. That's great for consumers, but not for DL's bottom line.
