After my week in Cairo I took advantage of the free Istanbul tour from Turkish Airlines by laying over for more than 7 hours. Unfortunately that meant my flight left Cairo at 3:30am. After being dropped off at the airport at midnight, I made my way to one of the four small EgyptAir lounges. 

EgyptAir Lounge at Cairo

While the lounge itself is new and nicely appointed, they are small, and the food is awful. Well at least at 1 in the morning it was. Dry sandwiches and a pasta ...

 

Oh Air France, you really do know how to impress a girl. I'm seated in the back of economy class, but that's okay - on Air France they refer to it as voyageur class which makes it all sound very James Bond, exotic, luxurious and thrilling at the same time.  I'm onboard my second long-haul flight in 24 hours and so, so, so thankful for the complimentary glass of champagne that just hit my tray table. I'm not on my preferred airline; I have no status here, but ...

The plan was to fly from Boston to San Francisco this afternoon on United, but I opted to standby for a morning transcon so I could have dinner with family this evening. The flight was zeroed out and although I did not sweat clearing the standby list, I knew I wouldn't receive an upgrade to first class.

While chatting with the purser on my redeye to Boston last night (I got exactly 0 minutes of sleep and am still on Japan/South Korean time and very jet-lagged) I mentioned that I would ...

 

Allow me to introduce you to the onboard breakfast triangle. A few months ago I found myself on a streak of pre-dawn flights connecting me through Houston. I don't mind the ungodly hours. I try not to become emotionally attached to any one time zone. As far as I'm concerned it's always 5:00PM somewhere. Happy hour? Darling, in my universe that's every hour. But let's get back to discussing the foodstuff of the moment: domestic first class breakfast fare.

I'm not a fan ...

In this week's flight attendant podcast we are joined by Shawn Kathleen from the Rants of a Sassy Stew blog to discuss the news and her career. We discuss:

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In this week's frequent flyer travel podcast we catch up on the current mileage redemption, elite status, and airline industry news. We discuss:

Free Star Alliance Silver Status (offer now dead) - what did that get you?Matthew's newest mileage runDelta SkyClub video during earthquake United E-Certs now valid on Continental flights2011 Hyatt Promotion Transfer miles and status between United and Continental Continental eliminates free snacks ...