Travel Tip of the Week: Never let your phone die
Last week I violated one of my previous tips (always go to the gate) because my phone was dead. I was flying Airtran and they’re batting 500 on mechanical issues for me…
Airlines
Delta offering 1000 miles for checking in on mobile app
Congratulations, you have successfully registered. You’ll enjoy 1,000 miles when you use the Delta app to check in between June 30 and September 7, 2011. Use app check-in before your next flight…
Is there a future for supersonic travel?
I’m too young and not French/British so I don’t really remember Concorde. Apparently Concorde was doomed for several reasons including noise, fuel cost, and the crash. Going from London or Paris to…
Fun with Star Alliance award tickets
So, Saturday was supposed to be the beginning of my long awaited vacation. I used my United miles to book a Business class star alliance award ticket CLT-EWR-FRA-PRG. CLT-EWR was US Airways…
Big vacation coming up
I’m heading out of the country for a couple weeks but that means I should hopefully post a lot more. I’m heading to Prague, Berlin, and Budapest. I have business class seats…
Pay attention to the flight attendants
Somewhere in some math equation I’m sure I was due for a plane issue. Although flights like the Miracle on the Hudson are very few and far between, I know that on…
Travel Tip of the Week: Secure articles in over head
Every time I see someone placing a bag that does not close into an overhead I shudder. Today my fears (well, someone else’s actually) were realized. As I was waiting to deplane…
US Airways Club membership $259
For the next couple days US Airways is selling their club membership for $259 for all status levels, $484 for a joint membership. https://shopping.usairways.com/Club/Enrollment.aspx
I love the (fairly) new United redemption feature
During my hiatus from blogging a couple weeks ago United introduced the ability to book Lufthansa reward tickets online. Before that I wanted to go to Prague, but I was spending too…
Travel Tip: My top 5 for surviving a red eye
I hate red eyes, but I also hate wasting a day traveling home from the west coast so here is what I do: I carry the Oil of Olay face wipes. I…