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Riding in Coach: Why I prefer United 767 over 777

March 23, 2015 by unroadwarrior 7 Comments

I fly a lot of international flights in coach. My employer only buys me coach tickets. I upgrade a lot of my long haul flights using upgrade instruments (GPUs for United). But GPUs are limited, so I use them only on really long haul flights (10+ hours) or on overnight flights for shorter ones. For…

Planespotting: National Car Rental lot, Chicago O’Hare

August 4, 2014 by unroadwarrior 1 Comment

I fly in and out of Chicago O’Hare airport a lot. One of my favorite things to do is to look at planes landing from the National Car Rental lot. The lot is right at the end of the runway and the planes come in real low. This time I got a real treat. There…

Air China coming to Washington Dulles (IAD)

May 14, 2014 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

Air China is starting service to Washington Dulles (IAD) from Beijing (PEK) from next month – June 2014. It will operate 3 times a week on a 777-300ER aircraft. United already flies non-stop to Beijing from Dulles, so this adds more flights on this busy route. Air China is the first Chinese carrier to start…

Pictures: BA’s big birds

April 13, 2014 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

One of the advantages of passing thru Heathrow airport (LHR) in London is the chance to see some of British Airways big planes. Somehow I love the livery. I my opinion, the planes look bigger, but I am sure that just me… Here are some pictures I look on my last trip thru Heathrow. A…

Planespotting at Tokyo Narita Airport

October 3, 2013 by unroadwarrior 8 Comments

Tokyo Narita (NRT) is a beautiful airport. This was my first time at Narita – I was passing thru on the recent 5 country 26,000 mile trip to South East Asia I took. I had a few hours at Narita that I spent mostly in the ANA lounge. The lounge has a great view or…

IAD-ORD-HKG-CGK-SIN-BKK-MNL-BKK-KUL-BKK-NRT-IAD: 2 Weeks and 25,692 miles later…

October 1, 2013 by unroadwarrior 5 Comments

No, this was not a crazy mileage-run, nor did I lose a bet. I just did this crazy business trip to South-East Asia, covering 5 countries in 2 weeks. It did add over 33k RDM to my mileage balance and almost 28k EQM towards Elite status! The flights were all Star Alliance (yay!), except for…

United Boards 777 at Frankfurt midfield, in the snow

February 22, 2013 by unroadwarrior 13 Comments

United airlines seemed to have run out of funds to pay for gates at Frankfurt. We were at a gate (Z22) where we checked-in, got our boarding passes security stamped, etc. But there was no plane at the end of the jetway. I looked, it was a regular sized jetway with double gates – the…

Big Birds – Wide Body Aircraft!

January 22, 2013 by unroadwarrior 2 Comments

I love taking pictures of and flying in wide body aircraft. Sure beats an ERJ anyday! From a travel perspective, it’s all about comfort. The bigger planes are mode spacious, have higher ceilings, larger bins and in upper class, flat seats. Some narrow body aircraft do too, but they are few and far apart. As…