The flight data recorder from downed Air Asia Flight 8501 has been recovered. It’s been just about two weeks since the flight crashed and the recovery teams have reportedly heard pings coming from at least one of the boxes. The black boxes typically have…
The merger of American Airlines and US Airways continues to move forward in bits and pieces without much in the way of technical glitches thus far, a good sign for members of both programs. We’re starting to get to some of the more complicated…
One of my readers (and a great friend) jetsetr on Milepoint reached out to me yesterday and is being kind enough to offer up one of his GPUs (Global Premier Upgrades) on United for me to give away to a reader. That was a…
Thanks to everyone who participated in my recent trivia giveaway. The challenge was to find 10 capital cities in the US that don’t have commercial air service. I originally said 9 and was corrected by a few folks. The ten capital cities without air…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good old-fashioned fare war. Delta and United are taking care of things for us right now, offering tons of ultra-cheap fares to lots of destinations.
Venice is many things depending on what you make of it. The Hotel Danieli is the sort of destination that shows you this city in a different way, in the middle of things while projecting tranquility.
My goal in 2014 was to be home a bit more, which meant trying to combine trips when I could, killing two birds with one set of flights. I was still on the road quite a bit as evidenced by my hotel stats for…
Is labor peace finally at hand for Doug Parker’s management team after 8+ years?
There’s no question I love to travel. But, I also love travel, pretty much most things related to travel like airplanes, trains, hotels, and of course status, miles and points. It’s why I quiz my daughter about plane types when we’re hanging in an…
While 2014 was still a busy year for travel, it was a bit slower than 2013. It certainly didn’t feel like it at times! I set out with a goal to requalify for Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond status, the hotel status I value most…