My struggles on United Airlines last year were well-chronicled (here and here) and I wasn’t alone. After the March reservation system switch-over a good number of people saw a dramatic change in their upgrade percentage. So, until Doug Parker ruins my favorite airline, American…
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I decided to host a couple giveaways to celebrate the New Year! First, a reminder on how to keep informed on all the miles and points goodies we discuss: There’s a box in the right-hand corner of my website where you can enter your…
As I look forward to 2013 from a travel standpoint, I’m hoping to be in the air a bit less and home with the family a bit more. I broke down my travel recently to see what I had accomplished from a flying standpoint…
This was one of my busier years in the air. I keep track of my flights using a program called Flight Memory. I’m pretty sure I got the majority of my flight but I might have missed one or two. Some year-end factoids: 150,000…
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United has announced a handful of new domestic and international routes. By hub, here are the new routes: Washington Dulles: Guatemala City, Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica Vancouver Grand Rapids, MI Chicago: San Jose, Costa Rica Fairbanks, Alaska Newark: Edmonton Denver: Fort MacMurray,…
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After making my kids pancakes this morning, I settled in to check e-mail. The first e-mail I read this morning was a post on View From the Wing entitled, “Washington Dulles is a Very Bad Airport”. Gary and I agree on most things, and…
Wandering Aramean reports that United has joined the club in shutting off aggregation sites like Award Wallet. Just more piling on for some of my favorite services. Award Wallet is a big part of being able to manage all the different accounts our family…