I got a little surprise when I was staying at the Hyatt Regency Denver last week. This is one of my go-to hotels for business travel, and I always seem to get some pretty cool upgraded rooms. This time, the hotel was sold out,…
7 years later, they still can’t agree. Kinda like they didn’t last time. US Airways flight attendants rejected a contract that would have given them immediate 13% salary increase. That means 7 years after the merger between US Airways and America West, the two…
Read Part 1 here. After Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds, we discovered there was another “behind the falls” excursion on the Canadian side. Oddly, it’s called “Journey Behind The Falls”. Journey Behind The Falls: A 10 to 15-minute walk from the…
As reported by Wandering Aramean, United Airlines took delivery of their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. I was lucky enough to be on the inaugural BOS-NRT Japan Airlines 787 flight back in April. I’ve been eagerly awaiting the 787, believing it would change the way…
We spent just a bit more than 2 days in the Niagara Falls area. Ultimately, 3 days is probably ideal but we kept up a pretty good pace and managed to get through most of what we wanted to see. There are boat rides…
I crossed my fingers on the way to the airport this morning. Today was the day Dulles airport had announced that TSA Pre-Check would launch. The airport had blown through the first deadline they established to have security open upstairs, so it wasn’t entirely…
Okay, so it’s early. But, I definitely like what I’m seeing. I just checked in for my flight tomorrow on United using my iPhone 6 and successfully moved my boarding pass to Passbook. I wrote about Passbook recently and was pretty pumped about the…
Not the greatest deal in the world, but if you’re contemplating lounge membership, this might be of value to you. USAirways will give you Trial Silver Preferred status if you sign up for a USAirways Club membership. Silver Preferred offers you such benefits as…
I’m definitely one of those people that does not want the person next to me on a phone call during a long flight. Now, maybe it would be less annoying on the quieter 787, but I still don’t think I’d enjoy it. Boeing is…
I summarized yesterday the recent (painful) struggles my favorite domestic carrier, American Airlines, has been having lately. And, then, this morning, the head of AA’s AAdvantage loyalty program sent out a note to some (or all) of the airline’s elite customers, saying the following:…