Dash-8s Aren’t That Bad
The other day I had a 121-mile flight on a Dash-8. The flight was almost done boarding when a lady in the back got up and said “I can’t stay on this,…
US Airways
Check-in changeups at CLT
They had been renovating the Check-in area between the B and C checkpoints for a while (the short-lived Midwest check-in area). Now I find out why. Before Delta, United, American, Continental, and…
Double Preferred Qualifying and Redeemable miles from US Airways
Link here Travel between April 13, 2010 and June 15, 2010 As opposed to other DEQM offers this offers double Preferred (elite status) and redeemable (used for trips) miles.
Which is worse: Delta or US Airways?
The Consumerist is running a contest to determine which airline is worse. How did I vote: US Airways. They seem to lead the race to the bottom and Doug Parker seems to…
Continental ends free food domestically
Continental ends free food domestically On my flight from MEL to SYD and SYD to LAX I started thinking about how United offers free alcohol on those routes due to competition. US…
Customer Service in PHL
When I lived in upstate NY I had no issue calling US Airways “Useless Airways” because the odds of misconnecting in PHL are so high for me. Since I’ve moved to CLT…
A tale of two sandwiches
During my mileage run I had the opportunity to fly US Airways and United for the Lunch/Dinner buy on board times. Here is a recap of my experience. US Airways: For lunch/dinner…
Travel Tip of the Week: Avoid “direct” flights
Now many frequent flyers who qualify on segments will tell you to add a connection and increase your segments, especially short flights which can add 500 mile minimums on certain airlines. That…
Star Alliance Gold vs US Standby list
I was done with work early so instead of waiting around until 9 pm I tried my chances at an earlier flight. Usually on United this results in a “you have a…
My fun recent airplane companions
These past 2 weeks have included some interesting characters on my flights home. Last week I was on a redeye from Vegas. While waiting for my flight, I saw the gate agents…