Awesome United Airlines Business Class Fare Sale To Europe
Untied is selling discounted tickets from much of the US to most of Europe in business class. It’s unlikely these fares will last long.
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Folks Really Don’t Want Voice Calls On Airplanes, Marriott’s Award Category Updates for 2014, Check Your United Account To See If You Got Status You Didn’t Earn. Things I Find Interesting On Friday, March 21, 2014
London is reducing it’s very high departure taxes for flights. United is giving status to folks who didn’t earn it. Marriott is mostly raising the price of award redemptions. And, Delta makes a rare change in favor of the customer.
The Best And Worst Frequent Flier Programs
Thanks to Neil M. for sending along this article from Bankrate.com (pretty sure my father tried to send it to me as well, but the link didn’t come through). I usually get a good chuckle out of broad statements like “best” and “worst” because…
How Do Online Shopping Portals Work? United Gets Confirmation on SFO-HND, Andaz Tokyo Taking Reservations. Things I Find Interesting On Tuesday, March 4th, 2013
I’m a bit of a geek for miles and points, so most normal folks might not find this article about how those airline shopping portals work all that interesting. But I did. I’m sure that says more about me than it does about you….
Wiping The Slate Clean. My Personal Business Case For Abandoning The Pursuit Of United Airlines 1K Status
I’ve given United a try for a few years now, with 1K status the last two years. United has disappointed in upgrade percentage, availability of Wi-Fi, drastic cuts to the schedule that impact my ability to get to where I need quickly and arbitrary changes to policies like award redemption and carry-on bags that just plain make flying not fun.
Readers Helping Themselves Get More For Their Travel Dollar
I meet so many folks on the road who don’t understand more than just the basics about travel. I remember being that guy and also thinking that I knew everything. After over 10 years of playing the miles and points game I realize I…
American Airlines Makes Sabre Official, United Gets Rid Of Cleveland As A Hub. Things I Find Interesting On Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
American Airlines has officially announced it will stick with the reservation system that American has used for ages, Sabre. This is not a terrible shock as Doug has publicly stated he learned from the last time he tried to use the smaller airlines’ reservation…
United’s New Award Pricing Delayed Until Monday, February 3rd
It’s no secret the United Airlines booking engine has its issues. Heck, it’s only been a handful of months since they had to shut down the entire booking engine because they were selling flights for free and couldn’t figure out how to fix it….
Is Lifetime Status Worth It?
I’m not entirely sure why, but WordPress decided to burp up one of my posts from 2012 last night and e-mail it out to all of my subscribers. So, first, apologies to those that got it and didn’t want it. It covered my thoughts…
Follow-Up: United Premier Qualifying Dollars Post Correctly-Ish On My First Flight
I figured I would follow-up on my earlier post about United’s new Premier Qualifying Dollars after the second half of my flight posted. In case you missed it, if you want to retain status with United for the future you’ll need to meet certain…