live and let's fly
Scott McCartney has a decent Middle Seat column today in the WSJ on how to maximize your chances to redeem frequent flyer miles.
A couple sections particularly caught my eye:
On the airline side, road warriors suggest checking alliance Web sites—StarAlliance.com, oneWorld.com and SkyTeam.com—that show flights on partner airlines that may not be displayed on your own airline's booking site. Those partner airlines may have award seats available, but you'll need to ...
United announced today they will be returning to ANC this summer from three of their hubs: SFO, DEN, and ORD.
Weekly Saturday service from Chicago will resume on May 22. From June 9 - August 30, UA will offer daily service from Denver, Chicago, and San Francisco. An additional roundtrip flight will operate between Chicago and Anchorage on Saturdays.
UA 431 ORD-ANC: 9:45am - 1:17pm 757
UA 498 ANC-ORD: 8:22pm - 5:20am 757
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A few months ago I purchased a US Airways Power-Nap Sack (overnight kit) on a redeye flight from LAS-PHL. It cost $7 and included:
an inflatable neck pillow earplugs eye shade fleece blanket $10 off SkyMall coupon for purchases over $50photo courtesy USAirways.com
The only reason I bought it was for the neck pillow and I did find the pillow useful in aiding my slumber on the flight ...
Do you ever sit down on an airplane and hear your own voice coming from the flight deck?
Yesterday evening I got on my BUR-SFO flight, settled in, and started reading a magazine when suddenly I thought I heard myself talking. We all have distinct voices and my tone, as Hunter likes to kid me about, is unique.
The First Officer welcomed us aboard and provided some flight information. His voice was almost identical to mine. I just thought that was a little weird because I've ...
Note the original $1243 a/i price for this fare, which booked tickets into First Class on Qantas codeshares. I am usually really good at monitoring the Mileage Run Deals forum on flyertalk and have taken advantage of quite a few "sale" fares the last three years. I missed this one, unfortunately.
While United honored a "full-fare" Business Class ticket from LAX-AKL via SYD a couple years ago for $1800 r/t (normal price ~8-10X that) AA quickly announced ...
The last time I was on a US Airways dinner flight, I was offered this dismal meal.
Last night, I flew on US Airways in First Class from Washington Dulles to Phoenix and was impressed with the dinner service. Although I was not addressed by name or served hot nuts, the salmon was tasty, the salad was good, and the pie was fresh and light.
It is not often I have the chance to compliment US Airways, so I felt last night's meal was worthy of special mention. Service wasn't bad either on the IAD-PHX flight and PHX-BUR flights.
