Flying LAX to HNL In united 1st class
Flying from LAX to Honolulu in route to the Philippines was an interesting experience, but it allowed to me try out all of United’s more Premium products. I was flying on an Elite upgrade from LAX to HNL and am a Star Alliance Gold member, which allowed me to access not only Premier check in, but also the United Club at LAX.
First, arriving at LAX I parked my motorcycle and headed to the Premier check-in within Terminal 6. Since ...
This past Saturday, I flew off to Chicago to attend a dinner with my favorite United Captain-- Denny Flanagan.
I first met Captain Denny during a FlyerTalk "DO" in March of 2011, where he was able to arrange a behind-the-scenes tour of United's operations in San Francisco, and then flew twenty of us (FlyerTalkers) aboard a 767 to Chicago. He did the same thing a year prior, and had the ATC callsign of the flight changed to "FlyerTalk 1".
For those of ...
A few weeks ago, I had a great business trip to Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo. My flight to Buenos Aires was quite nice, even if my the Sheraton Sao Paulo left me disappointed. I had a TAM flight (report coming soon) from Buenos Aires to Sao Paulo, and before the flight, I was able to spend some time in the Buenos Aires United Club. Here is a quick photo tour!
First, we have the entryway. The check-in agents were quite friendly.
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I don't travel through Dulles often, mostly since I live so close to O'Hare. Since I was connecting to my Lufthansa flight and had a few hours, (and for the benefit of the blog), I figured I would visit the United Global First Lounge. It was a new lounge to me, and it was relatively close to the arrival gate for my flight from Chicago. This post is part of my trip report describing a recent trip that I'm referring to as "The Journey the Destination". Here is a ...
Great photo of "The Sky's the Limit" at ORD by w4nd3rl0st from Flickr
My trip began at O'Hare, as many of them do. I didn't like the United flight to start the trip, but I figured that the almost brand new 747-8i in Dulles would make this worthwhile. I could also visit the United First International Global First lounge before departure, which added a ...
After chatting with the welcoming committee at the gate, and exchanging some interesting ;-) stories about the TSA, I met up with a local FlyerTalk member at the Hyatt Place. Originally, we had planned to go out somewhere nearby, but with the late arrival, we went straight to the Hyatt Place for drinks.
The room was the same as you find at all Hyatt Place properties, so I'll just add a couple of photos.
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