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aka, interrupting their operations to have a little fun. The Austin MegaDO is a really fun event.  It’s a good chance to run around bar hopping with other fellow avgeeks, plus participate in travel-nerdy activities. Like helping out at the airport. We got to make the boarding announcements.     …

Conor Knighton of the TV show The List came along on the flight of United’s brand new 787 Dreamliner. He does a good job of explaining the plane, at some point, describing it as a tube of plastic :P  (It actually makes sense!) If you look closely, you can catch …

I know I gave you a preview of the Dreamliner in an earlier post—I was too excited to wait!  But I figured I would go more in-depth about my experience in United’s newest addition to their fleet. We arrived at the San Francisco airport (SFO) with a huge crowd of people also …

I apologize–I’ve been trying out this new offline editor that posts when I connect to the internet, and I realized its major flaw.  I can’t double check my links before things go live!  And I made a huge error. HERE is the link for the live footage of Jeff Smisek.  …

If you follow my twitterfeed at all, you saw me posting from the StarMegaDo4.  My laptop met an untimely demise while traveling (more on that later), so I attempted to catch up on a $200 computer I panic-bought at a Best Buy.  It didn’t really have much memory for photos, …

Keri and I are currently on the trip of a lifetime (or the year if you are a frequent attendee).  We’re on a trip called the Star MegaDo where we get to check out behind the scenes action at Hyatt and United, as well as hop around the country with many …