Effective 01 October 2011, special meals will no longer be available on most United domestic, Canadian, Central American, and Caribbean flights. Special meals will still be available on transcontinental flights between LAX/SFO-JFK/EWR and Hawaiian flights.
Furthermore, the following special meal categories will be eliminated completely:
Diabetic (DBML) Low Calorie (LCML) Low Fat/Cholesterol (LFML) Low Sodium (LSML) Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian (VLML)These special meals will ...
I was pretty bummed last night upon discovering that a Continental agent inadvertently misspelled the names of 3/4 of the passengers on a complex award reservation, then being told that there was no solution to the problem. But the problem has been resolved thanks to a diligent Continental staff member.
Because I saw no harm in it, I did stop by a Continental ticketing counter in Frankfurt earlier today to see if a live person could correct the misspelled names on the tickets. The ...
I cannot think of anything more aggravating than spending hours upon hours constructing and booking an award reservation only to find the tickets were issued incorrectly and the prospects for correction are slim.
I have been working all week on a complex Continental Airlines award reservation for four people from the East Coast to a city in Asia. The requirements were strict: narrow date range, four passengers, business or first class, everyone on the same flight.
While it ...
Gauging upgrade space is not always easy. With the way U.S. carriers have monetized upgrading on international flights, I would think that airlines would make availability easy accessible and actively hawk upgrades when available. Instead, it often takes many steps or a phone call to the airline to find out if an upgrade is available on a specific flight or itinerary. Here's a handy guide to checking upgrade space yourself on Continental Airlines.
The process below will be changing ...
Ben reports that United systemwide upgrades (SWUs) can now be applied on Continental flights. For now, you have to call to request the upgrade, but within the coming days this should be available to request online.
I gave Continental a call to see if Continental SWUs could now be used on United flights and the answer was no--at least not yet.
Tomorrow, I will walk you through how to check upgrade award space on Continental Airlines so you can know exactly whether you can confirm and upgrade on the flight you want.
As a United flyer who already has six 2012 systemwide upgrades in the bank after requalifying for 1K status in May, I look forward to trying out Continental's lie-flat beds on the 777-200s. My next trip home from Germany just might be via Houston or Newark instead of Washington or Chicago...
Medium-rare steak on a plane. Is it physically possible? This is UPGRD.com's continuous, existential debate. What culinary possibilities lurk beyond the galley curtain? Beyond expectations? Even beyond a passenger's wildest dreams? For airborne beef is there more out there than a sad, toughened hue of grayish brown? The general consensus between frequent fliers and crew is that "rare steak on a plane" is a concept much like the Yeti, unicorns and Doctor Who's Tardis: its existence can only be ...
