Short Haul vs Long Haul
Since 2007 I’ve been able to maintain Premier Executive on United and Gold Medallion on Delta, but this year I had initially avoided any west coast clients and opted for more local…
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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…
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…
Darn you United!
I was booking flights to PDX in F using my United Mileage Plus miles. I switched over to Star Alliance awards since United wasn’t showing availability at the saver level. I was…
PBS Segment about aircraft maintenance
Here’s a link to the segment. It pretty much states that airlines are bidding maintenance to the lowest bidder and that company may employ people who have no clue what they are…
United and Continental to rebrand clubs as United Club
According to threads on Flyertalk next year the United Red Carpet Clubs and Continental President Clubs will rebrand as United Clubs. I don’t know why President couldn’t stay in the name, but…
Friendly Reminder: Check for extra miles before you shop
I know I’m a little late for cyber monday, but before you shop online this holiday season make sure you check your frequent flyer program for their shopping web portal to earn…
1000 United miles for mobile check-in
Available on qualifying flights. Mobile check-in is currently available for any United- or United Express-operated flight within the U.S., Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mobile boarding documents are currently available…
It’s about time for another mileage run
As we are entering the last 2 months of the year it is crunch time for status. I have Premier Executive in the bag for United and need 20,000 more miles to…
New Continental 777 Safety Video
Rhapsody in Blue has been added to the video. http://www.youtube.com/user/ContinentalAirlines#p/u/0/jdI7kA2YqTw It starts with an intro from Jeff Smisek and shows a plane with the new livery. After that it switches gears to…