Contrary to what you might expect, I'm a big fan of these airline memorabilia shows, and a great one is going on this weekend.  The 23rd Annual Atlanta Airline Collectibles Show and Sale will be happening at the Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum this weekend on Saturday (10/17) from 9 to 4.  The collectibles should be cool, and if you've never seen the museum, now is a great time to check it out - the Spirit of Delta by itself is worth the trip.  I took some pictures the last time I was there that you can see here.

I'll be out in the afternoon before my flight home to SFO.  Just look for the guy with the shaved head who's about to kick your ass.

Yesterday United announced it will be implementing a complimentary upgrade scheme starting in Q2 next year. The changes will bring UA's domestic upgrade program closer to those of Continental, US Airways, and Delta.

Details:

First, this was posted on FlyerTalk yesterday afternoon:

Hello all,

We want you to be among the first to know that Mileage Plus will be introducing Unlimited Domestic Upgrades in the second quarter of 2010. 

All ...

So I think I'm the first in our crowd to fly the 764D, which is the DL 767-400ER with flat bed seats.  I'm in London currently (which explains why I haven't been posting - sorry#, and I took DL 10 to get here.  So, my humble opinion:

I'll be the first to admit I've never flown on a true flat bed before.  Angled flat on NW and AF, sure, but never before have I had a real bed in the air.  It was awesome.  For the first time in my life, I got a full night's ...

At long last, our "live" recording. This episode is available as both an audio podcast an online as a video. As usual Ben and Hunter do not agree, what is your opinion? We discussed:

Our first class upgrades flying to San Diego Hunter's opinion on OneWorld's low ranking compared to Sky Team A reflection on our lessons learned in the first 39 podcasts Our new website and more

 

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