It’s that time of year again. Since 1988 the Freddie Awards have been the voice of the frequent traveler. No panels of experts, just you and I voting on our favorite hotels and airlines. Millions of votes were cast last year and voting…
A bunch of folks have written about the FCC’s decision to consider (again) the use of cell phones on planes for voice calls. I had initially decided I wasn’t going to write about it despite having strong feelings, mostly because I didn’t think…
In case you hadn’t heard, American Airlines had a major meltdown Tuesday, effectively electing to ground their fleet for most of the afternoon. It’s the type of meltdown you’d expect in the middle of a merger of two airlines, except that’s not what happened….
View From The Wing has a synopsis on what is starting to seem like an inevitable change to revenue-based frequent flyer programs by the legacy domestic US carriers. Shockingly, I’m really not a big fan of revenue-based programs. While most of my fellow road…
I decided I wasn’t really satisfied with the compensation offer United had made me previously for my delay, so I decided to write them another note. In case you don’t have the whole story, you can read about my compensation request here and the…