live and let's fly
United is stepping up to help relief efforts in Haiti.
Starting Wednesday [yesterday], United Airlines plans to begin relief flights that will ship water and other badly needed supplies to earthquake-ravaged Haiti and return, red-tape permitting, filled with far more precious cargo: orphans.
The Chicago-based carrier plans to operate about 30 flights to Port-au-Prince over the next month to support global disaster-relief agencies such as the U.S. Agency for ...
United has really improved their BOB offerings over the last year. Adding tasty salads and sandwiches, vegetarian options, enhanced snack boxes, and premium alcohol has made UA the leading domestic legacy carrier when it comes to onboard dining in Economy, with the possible exception of Continental, which still offers complimentary meals on many flights.
My new favorite UA BOB product is mySmoothie, offered on most flights over two hours. The Swedish smoothies are tasty and healthy--often a hard combination to find. I have tried a variety of flavors and recommend the raspberry smoothie if you have a choice. For $3, you can't go wrong.
Kudos to UA for offering healthy food and beverage options, particularly the highly-addictive smoothies!
I received the e-mail below from British Midland yesterday:
Dear Mr. Matthew,
As a valued Diamond Club member we want you to be one of the first to know about some changes we're making.
From 27 January all our UK and Ireland flights to and from London Heathrow will be operated on single cabin Economy only aircraft.
At the same time, we're introducing new Flexible Economy fares intended to give you full value for money without ...
I stopped by the United counters at PHL this afternoon to book a couple tickets and happened to pick up on a conversation to my right as the agent assisting me was trying to figure out how to book a ticket (it had been a few years, she claimed).
A man walks up to the Economy check-in entrance and a UA employee directing passengers to open kiosks asks him where he is traveling to.
PASSENGER: Los Angeles.
UA AGENT: We don't fly to Los Angeles from Philly. You must be on ...
I have not blogged too much about the trip I recently returned from, but I was fortunate enough to spend some time exploring Vancouver, Lisbon, Marrakech, Madrid, and Copenhagen. A full trip report (nine flights) is coming--and I brought my good camera on this trip. Here's a teaser picture from Morocco:
Against my better judgment (and the advice of Lucky), I booked a MR on United from Philadelphia to Moscow next weekend—out Saturday via Dulles, two hours on the ground in Moscow, and right back to Philadelphia.
I am sitting on quite a few vouchers from various sources, had no plans for the weekend, and most importantly, have two systemwide upgrades that expire at the end of the month. I looked into flying to Geneva—$130 less—but there was no confirmable upgrade space ...
