Email Inbox: Using Starwood points for Air travel
One of my readers asked me a question via email about using Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) points for Air travel. As I have discussed in…
Emirates Skywards – a World Class Program
In my last article, I did a review of Emirates airlines, their aircraft, their meals, their Flight Attendants and Dubai airport. In this article, I…
Emirates Airlines: A breath of fresh air!
Here are a few highlights that felt I could write home about (or at least write on my blog about): Aircraft: The aircraft were brand spanking new. … I am not being politically incorrect here, but one could not but notice the young folks on the plane and with the youthful enthusiasm to go with it.
C’mon, just one more text…
I am very attached to my BlackBerry (CrackBerry, works fine for me too). I am one of the people who is admonished by the Flight…
Look Ma, I have a Million Miles
As I was updating the spreadsheet I use to track my miles over the weekend, I happened to glance down at the bottom row, where…
My Starbucks Rewards – why bother?
Agreed Starbucks is not an airline or a hotel chain. But they recently re-launched their Rewards program. So, it falls under the scope of my…
Rear View: United’s rear facing Business seats
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to fly in a United 767-300, International Configuration. It was a short domestic flight, but it was serviced…
Mobile Boarding Passes – EZPass for airports
As I was checking in for my flight yesterday morning, I decided to use United’s new mobile website. Their new mobile site allows access via…
Alaska Airlines: The Switzerland of Frequent Flier Programs
Alaska Airlines and its sister airline Horizon Air have been a standout in a world dominated by Airline Alliances. Alaska Airlines has ‘gone it alone’…
Long, Thin routes: Brought to you by the 787
As my fellow blogger here at BoardingArea.com, Things In the Sky, wrote in his blog post last week, Continental has introduced a very interesting new…
