It seems like the news outlets are bursting this week with griping.

Caution: before you continue reading, I must warn you, this post will be full of debbie-downerism. I advise anyone who can't tolerate far-fetched, irrational boo-hooing to abstain from full exposure to such sources.

Let's start with the most dishonorable mention of the day: business journal portfolio.com awarded United Airlines a repeat title of "Worst. Airline. Ever. Again," roughly four years after ...

I had a flight on Monday using same-day confirmed (awesome Diamond perk), but flying standby because the flight I wanted was oversold.  As soon as I arrived at the SkyClub they confirmed my seat, which was ironic because five minutes earlier the gate agent said it was impossible.  Needless to say I got on my flight to DTW and was upgraded on my second leg to PHX.  On my flight to DTW I got stuck in a middle seat, but they put me to an exit row to avoid complete misery.  I ...

Sunday afternoon when flying from SFO to LAX on a CRJ 900, I was sitting in the 4th row of 1st class when I noticed something different about the first row of economy on the plane. The head rest read "economy comfort." Delta has already rolled out Economy Comfort on transcontinental service from SFO and LAX to JFK and on most long haul international flights. However this was the first time I saw the light sliver "economy comfort" head rests on a regional jet.  ...

This morning I woke up early and checked into my flight on delta.com to find myself number 9 of 20 on the upgrade list for the flight from JFK to LAX. There were zero seats available and I knew there was NO way I was going to clear an upgrade on any flight today from JFK-LAX for each on was showing zero seats on expertflyer.com. I then started pondering my options and realized that both the 7am and 9 am flights via SFO had 9 seats open in first class. I decided to chance ...

Last night, yours truly, had an amazing time at the Freddie Awards! I was invited by Brian--The Points Guy--to join him and his table at this truly fabulous event! Sitting in a room full of other travel enthusiasts, drinking thanks to the open bar, enjoying dinner and mile high related jokes from the celebrity host--Robert Wuhl--Hotels and Airlines were recognized from all over the world for what they've done over the last months. The Results, categorized by ...

Despite the fact that American Airlines was the first airline to fly between JFK and LAX and have been flying the route for over 50 years, 4/24/2012 was the first time I ever stepped onto American Airline’s Flagship service between the two airports and the first time I ever flew Business class on AA. After a few hiccups using my system wide upgrade that a good friend provided me, my upgrade was confirmed before arriving at the airport and my ...