Flights

This is a funny calculation I did.  I looked at the year I traveled the most for work, and came up over a few thousand dollars short of Executive Platinum. With the new changes for 2017, those qualifying for Executive Platinum must fly 100,000 miles AND spend $12,000 on flights. …

Recently, author Annie F. Downs was tweeting, trying to figure out if an air marshal was on her flight. Sometimes I’ve wondered.  One time I found out for sure. From my memories: While boarding was going on, the gentleman in front of me in first class asked the flight attendant …

Let’s face it.  Having tablets across a bar and at individual seats looks cool. I even ooo-ed over the DCA Terminal A renderings.  (which is the first time I’ve ever ooo-ed over anything Terminal A related). But I’m not actually a fan of the tablets overall. I was just at …

Yes… you heard me right.  They have no sinks for their toilets. Normally, I complain about government regulation, but when I heard that the FAA had to tell Horizon to add sinks to their airplanes or stop letting their employees handle food items, I near spit out my wine. Horizon Airlines is a …

First of all, is first-class on short-haul flights pointless? Now that you’ve decided “no”, make sure you don’t accidentally miss out on an opportunity to book a short-haul first class flight for only a few thousand more miles than taking an award flight in economy. American’s new award chart added …

A columnist for the Economist wrote about a recent flight a client purchased for him.  It was a short-haul trip from London to Norway, and about 90 minutes in length.   The client opted to buy him a ticket in business class.  While the author enjoyed being in business class, he decided …

Two years ago, I flew out to do an event in Chicago in February.  I took an early flight because I wanted to meet up with some people I knew in the area prior to the event. This accidentally saved my work event. My coworkers weren’t able to fly out. …

I loved the way US Airways communicated about your upgrades. As soon as your window for upgrades opened, US Airways would send you an email. If upgrades weren’t released yet, it would tell you that upgrades are not yet available yet, but they would send you an email once they …

86-year old Mr. Van Dam worked for Airbus, but retired before the A380 was released.  The A380 is the world’s largest passenger plane, and Mr. Van Dam has been enamored with it from afar. Our intrepid plane spotter headed out to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in hopes of seeing the A380.  While …

Tiff wrote about Spirit Airlines’ seat pitches (as compared to other airlines).  Spoiler:  it didn’t fare very well.  The seat pitch in coach is 28″ as compared to other airlines. But their big comfy seats have seat pitches of 36″, which is comparable to nicer seats on other airlines too …