Note what is not in the title—p.s.—the "premium service" designation given to the Los Angeles/San Francisco-New York Kennedy routes in 2005 by United in an effort to distinguish itself from American Airlines (and later Delta Air Lines and Virgin America) on this lucrative but highly-competitive route. The name is but relic, a rusting placard affixed to the mid-aircraft galley.

I'll miss it. I have many happy memories of p.s. over the last several years and as United makes ...

When I arrived in SFO, without even thinking it has become so rote, I headed right for the domestic United Club. Suddenly, I stopped in my tracks and looked down at my boarding pass. It did say "first class" and traditionally first class p.s. passengers were entitled access to United's International First lounges (now called "Global First Lounge") before their departing flight. So I walked over to the lounge, a respectable hike through Terminal 3, down the corridor to the International ...

OzFest 2012 (Canberra) - Introduction Lufthansa First Class, Denver to Frankfurt Lufthansa's First Class Terminal and LH901, Frankfurt to London Hilton Paddington Station London to Sydney, the Long Way, in United Business Sydney's Qantas Club & The Q400 to Canberra The Park Hyatt Canberra Touring Canberra Canberra's Qantas Club & The Beginning of a 13,000 Mile Journey

The biggest advantage to staying at a hotel located in Paddington Station was the lack of a commute. ...

Introduction United Airlines Economy Plus LAX-Singapore The Grand Hyatt Singapore United Airlines Economy Plus Singapore-Denver

The Friday before we left for Singapore, I flew from Kansas City, through Chicago, to San Francisco. My original plan was to fly a quick mileage run from SFO>Newark on Friday night, return Saturday, and then fly down to LAX to then spend the night before the flights to Singapore at the LAX Hilton. I had applied a regional upgrade to the SFO>EWR ...

For the seventh consecutive year, United has hosted their Family Day open house event at the SFO Maintenance base. Though the event is geared towards United employees and their family, a small group of customers are invited to the event, as well as those who are lucky enough to grab their tickets through FlyerTalk or MilePoint.

As is normally the case with an early flight, I elected to the spend the previous night at the Hilton MCI. I was given the same kind of room that I got on my ...

Tomorrow morning, I'll be flying out to San Francisco to attend the United Family Day at their Maintenance base in San Francisco. If you aren't familiar with the event, check out Matthew's report from the 2010 Family Day. United has done this for the last few years to show off some of their behind the scenes work to their employees. They've also offered invitations to a small group of FlyerTalk members, as well as some of their Global Services and 1K customers. Below are a couple of photos ...