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Its been pretty quiet on RegionalFirst of late, and the main reason for that is I was swamped with work. For the last 10 days or so, I've been busy not working, since my wife and I were enjoying a vacation in Hawaii.
Now I'm back on the mainland celebrating Thanksgiving with family.
I have more posts coming soon, but for now, here are some teaser photos from Hawaii. A full report will be coming!
We had a great stay, splitting our time in Maui ...
This photo is another from a past trip that has brought back a flood of memories of my experiences.
This is a special place that has a unique history and a mix of cultures. This particular landmark is over 400 years old. It shares a name with a famous metropolis where the same language is spoken, but is more than 11,000 miles away.Where was this photo taken, and what is the story behind this unique ...
Although I am a sucker for Rhapsody in Blue, I'm more than a little bored with the safety videos on my usual airline, United. That said, on a recent flight, the flight attendant prefaced playing the video with the suggestion passengers raise their hands when Jeff Smisek uses superlatives like "spectacular", and "quantum". I enjoyed the joke, and it actually made me pay more attention than I normally do. Try it on your next United flight.
I recently posted Air New ...
After I made arrangements for my flight from Tokyo to Bangkok in Thai First Class, I needed a hotel in Bangkok since I was arriving after the last flight of the day to Chiang Rai. This wasn't an ideal situation, but I got to have a nice in flight experience from Tokyo, which made it worthwhile. I could have stayed closer to the airport, but there were a few hotel promotions going on at the time, which I took advantage of.
I had ...
Air New Zealand continues to flex their creativity with their unique safety videos. I had the opportunity to see the horrific Richard Simmons video on my flight on Air New Zealand between Christchurch and Melbourne.
Their newest video is Hobbit themed, with Peter Jackson's next cinematic take on JRR Tolkien's works. There was some filming going on when I was visiting New Zealand last year, and as the release date of these movies approaches, clearly Air New Zealand Air ...
There are various options to fly between Tokyo and Bangkok. Not all of them have First Class, so I was somewhat limited since I wanted to maximize my award redemption. When I saw the Thai flight on the 777-300ER configured with "suites with doors", I knew that's the option I wanted to take. Its not the newest product anymore, but its still a pretty nice way to fly. Jet Airways bought these planes, configured them, but then has leased them out to various carriers. ...
