live and let's fly
Two recent posts in the omnibus "Let's Eat" thread on Flyertalk, where travelers post what meals they were served on UA, suggest that United may be phasing out hot nuts.
A LAX-ORD and LAX-LIH flight last week featured a new bag of premium mix rather than the traditional warmed nuts in a ramekin. It sounds to me like a supply problem at LAX, but if United ever touches my...
Let's just say United would not be wise to remove the best part of the meal.
Once I get ...
An end of an era. Continental announced today that it will phase out complimentary meals in Economy on all North American flights under six hours.
Continental Airlines Inc., the last big U.S. airline to operate catering kitchens and to serve free meals to economy-class passengers on longer domestic flights, said Monday that it will begin charging for in-flight meals in coach class on many North American flights this fall.
Continental said it will continue to offer ...
We're just five days away from the start of United's new unlimited domestic upgrade program. I'm looking forward to it, though in the back of my mind there is a lingering concern that my perfect upgrade record since I became 1K in 2007 will come to an end.
Although it is rather tedious now to have to support domestic upgrades with e500s, miles + co-pay, or regional upgrades, I always get the upgrade when I want it--even if I request it at the last minute.
I decided yesterday ...
It seems a lot of bloggers on the Huffington Post fly on United.
Yesterday, tech journalist John Battelle was minding his own business, video chatting with his wife and children from 30-plus thousand feet in the air, when a flight attendant informed him that he must disconnect the video stream for security reasons. Battelle was informed that the camera posed a security risk since he could potentially communicate with a terrorist.
Does that mean the Airfone's are just ...
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles
Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada
Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal
Day 3: A Day of Sightseeing in Lisbon
Day 4: An Unexpected Extra Day + New Years in Lisbon
Day 5: 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville
Day 6: Monkeying Around in British Gibraltar + Ferry to ...
Catch Me If You Can is one of my all-time favorite movies. I never thought we'd see another Frank Abagnale, Jr. though.
A pilot has been arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for flying passenger planes for 13 years with a false licence.
The 41-year-old Swede was in the cockpit of a Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 about to take off for Ankara with 101 passengers on board when the Dutch police arrested him after a tip from the Swedish authorities.
The Turkish low-budget airline was informed in advance and had a second pilot lined up to take over the flight.
I must admit I am impressed--though this guy wasn't clever enough to forge Pan Am checks and play doctor and lawyer on the side. Full story here.
