I guess Virgin America is having trouble filling seats around Thanksgiving. They’ve got a reasonable fare sale in the market today covering November 23rd-30th. $179 one-way from IAD to LAX, $149 one-way from Chicago to the West coast. Maybe not rock bottom prices,…
At least a bit to my surprise, Southwest Airlines has decided to offer TSA PreCheck access to it’s customers. This shouldn’t really be a big announcement since so many other airlines have been offering PreCheck for quite some time. But, Southwest doesn’t exactly have…
I was pretty excited when Hyatt announced it was adding The Driskill to it’s list of properties. I spent a good number of years in the hotel industry and have the same affinity for hotels as I do airplanes. Each can be part of…
What do you do in a foreign country when you don’t speak the language and it’s time to hop in a cab? View From The Wing has some good advice. I especially like the part about making sure you get your suitcases out of…
I’ve been an Executive Platinum member with American Airlines for quite some time now. I think 2007 is probably the last year that I didn’t log 100,000 miles to retain/obtain EXP status. I truly value it as the best airline status amongst the legacy…
Since I just finished giving away a free Admirals Club pass, I figured this might have specific relevance for those who didn’t win. American Airlines is running a 2-day sale on Admirals Club Day Passes, dropping the price from $50 to $35. I…
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Thanks to my Dad (Poppa Pizza!) I’m giving away a one-day pass to the Admirals Club today. The pass expires December 31, 2013 so if you can’t use it by then please don’t enter. Pretty simple giveaway. Leave a comment on this thread of…
Virgin America launched a one-day fare sale that’s only valid until midnight today. I checked a few fares from my home city of Washington-Dulles. I was able to confirm $146 one-way fares to LAX and $156 one-way to San Francisco. Looks like most of…
Thanks to everyone who’s helping support each of the finalists by voting for their favorite picture. Reminder, voting is open until Monday night so please keep voting once a day to support your favorite picture. Here’s the link to vote! Yesterday’s winning comment was…