IntroductionUnited Business Class Denver to Chicago & United First Class to TorontoHyatt Regency TorontoAir Canada Executive First Toronto to Tokyo, & Delta Business Tokyo to SeoulPark Hyatt Seoul & Tour of the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)Thai Business Class, Seoul to Hong KongGrand Hyatt Hong Kong & New Years in Hong KongCathay Pacific First Class, Hong Kong to HanedaGrand Hyatt Tokyo & Touring TokyoPark Hyatt TokyoSwiss First Class, Tokyo to Zurich, Swiss ...My travels took me to Bermuda last weekend, thanks to a very low Delta Air Lines fare from Newark. Despite holding Delta Platinum status for a year (I have no status anymore with Delta), it was also my first time flying through Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport—back then I connected in Salt Lake City or Minneapolis only. Even though I was in economy class, the weekend made me realize that a lot is missing on United/Continental.
First, I had all ...
In October, I traveled to New Orleans (out of Munich) for a few days to attend the wedding of a family member.
I had an unused return ticket stored, and flew BusinessElite from Munich to Atlanta. I then connected on an award ticket (I know, right?) from Atlanta to MSY. Shocking enough, this was my first experience with an award ticket after the upgrade program started, and at five days out from each respective segment, I was upgraded. This trips were on a Thursday ...
I'm writing this post on my MacBook Air from the tarmac in Oakland. We're plopped in one of Delta's finest CRJ200 regional jets. That's sarcasm, if you couldn't tell.
If your first reaction is, "Delta flies from Oakland to Los Angeles??" you're in good company. I had no idea until I booked it. We're flying down to LA for the long weekend, and my go-to flights are out of SFO, but the Delta OAK-LAX flight was only $60... plus, we're going to be ...
We are nearing the end of 2011, so I wanted to summarize my travel year primarily with regard to miles and points. I'm still working on sections of my trip report from Australia and New Zealand, but I wanted to get this out first since new years is coming soon.
Airlines
up close and personal with a United 777 in SFO
I've been a United 1K since ...
I had to see it to believe it. I landed at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson last week and as we approached the gate a Porsche SUV was at the adjacent aircraft. A Delta agent quickly escorted a man in a business suit down the jet bridge stairway into the Porsche. It happened so quickly the only thing I could confirm was that the man wasn’t Richard Anderson (Delta CEO). I figured this was the only reasonable explanation for a luxury car whisking away someone ...
