Full Fares – Earning bonus Elite miles on United Partners
As I discussed in my last blog post, if you book a full-fare or flexible-fare economy ticket that is booked as a Y or a…
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Smiling with Vanilla and Peaches – The New Airlines of Asia
Asia is the next frontier, when it comes to massive airline expansion. All the major cities in the Western world have been connected to each…
2013 – A (Personal) Travel Year in Review
2013 was an interesting year. Both for me personally from a travel perspective and also for the travel industry. Several firsts and several changes –…
Alliance Wars: The post US Airways – American Airlines world – Part I
There are three alliances in the world of Air Travel: Star Alliance OneWorld and SkyTeam Of these three, Star Alliance has been a very dominant…
Star Alliance Upgrades
One of the most frustrating things about flying on an airline that is not one you have status or miles is the inability to upgrade…
Planespotting at Tokyo Narita Airport
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…
IAD-ORD-HKG-CGK-SIN-BKK-MNL-BKK-KUL-BKK-NRT-IAD: 2 Weeks and 25,692 miles later…
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…
All the Boeing 787 flights – current and future
Airlineroute.net has compiled an excellent post, that they update regularly, listing every current and announced Boeing 787 route there is! Currently there are 14 airlines…
Big Birds – Wide Body Aircraft!
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…
And the Best Airline in the World is…
Skytrak announced its annual rankings for 2012. They rank all the airlines in the world by polling 18m airline cutovers around the world. And for…
