24 hours stop on award ticket
I know that <24 hour stop on international award ticket is just a connection, and >24 hours is a stopover, but what is exactly 24 hours. I want to book a ticket with a stop of exactly 24 hours in...
View ArticleNew GGL benefit - free transfer of Avios
Email received today. Might come in useful: We're delighted to bring you another great way to share the value of your Gold Guest List membership with those who are most important to you. From now on,...
View ArticleLove a humourous crew
On the ABZ just now. The lovely 'C' is in charge. 'We are away to show the safety demonstration. There are three reasons you should watch (1) the captain said you should (2) we sometimes mix things up...
View ArticleEarn 8,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on flights to Hong Kong or Tokyo-Haneda
As it the case with all of the Air Canada flight bonuses now, if you booked tickets for these flights prior to today you are not eligible to earn the bonus. Earn 8,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you fly...
View Articleamputees to Run Boston Marathon on board 222
Just got off #222 LAX-BOS and as we were taxiing to gate the FA announced we had two amputees aboard who were both running the Boston marathon (one a coupla rows in front of me in F) and the whole...
View ArticleNYC Area Increase in high Mileage Vehicles
I thought I can pretty much always rely on Hertz to always provide a decent, sub 25K mile newish model vehicle, but this is simply not the case any more. In the NYC vicinity at least, Hertz is really...
View ArticleGol Lounge at GRU: any imporvements in the past year?
We are flying Delta in biz class GRU-ATL. According to Delta's Web site, their club is the Gol VIP Club at GRU. We used the club last year, after the Delta Sky Club was closed, and found it basic but...
View ArticleGetting exit row on OS metal booked w/ UA?
I have a flight coming up in July on OS metal booked with UA miles. I am UA 1K and *G - can I reserve an exit row seat without paying additional fees? If so, how?
View ArticleEWR-BQN and BQN-EWR flight times suck
UA operates 1 daily flight in either direction. EWR-BQN: UA1071 Dep: 9:00PM Arr: 1:00AM BQN-EWR: UA1162 Dep: 2:00AM Arr: 5:50AM These times couldn't be any worse for the vacation crowd. It's like UA...
View ArticleNow that's some spin! ("flagship routes")
got a good laugh at this in this month's Sky Magazine: "Delta's new Seattle-San Francisco service operates on the same type of aircraft that flies other flagship routes, such as Los Angeles-San...
View Article"MSP to power up passenger seating areas"
http://m.twincities.com/twincities/d...tguid=A7PMHXwx "Although power poles and table plugs are already available at MSP, "It's the first time we've provided power seating," said Patrick Hogan, a...
View Articlebest way to travel between australia and newzealand
hello all, planning trip to australia/nz in dec 2014 using delta skymiles, but wanted to check on the best program to use for the travel between australia and newzealand. i am planning to go from syd...
View ArticleSTL-Metrolink safer station
Which is safer Metrolink long term station,.....Brentwood or Shrewsbury? I know Shrewsbury is farther from Lambert but Brentwood is a time consuming drive up nine floors of parking garage.
View ArticleMan attempts to divert a flight using a Toblerone
OK, I've seen some weird stuff of flights, but this one takes the cake. According to this article from the South China Morning Post, a passenger tried to divert a Cathay flight from AMS-HKG to Sochi so...
View Article7-Day Alaska Adventure, 1x 5/9dl, US+DC
http://www.nationalparks.org/npw/2014sweepstakes [The JA for this one is ePrize - now Hello World - and they are quite strict about entries: "Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email...
View ArticleBooking on a Site outside of usairways.com
I couldn't find an answer for this, so thought I would ask before I book. If you book on a site outside of usirways.com such as Amex Travel website, do you give up any rights such as complimentary...
View ArticleEmirates dropping Doha?
Is Emirates dropping Doha starting in May? I could not find any flights between Doha and Dubai.
View ArticleHertz website snafu?
What's going on? My recent rentals show, but aren't added up in the YTD rentals section. The website says they are having some issues, but I not understand why some rentals are getting picked up and...
View ArticleAdvice - Combining companion voucher with Priority Reward
I'm trying to use a companion voucher for award flights EDI-LHR-NYC-LHR-EDI. There are a couple of problems for my dates;- 1. I'd prefer F on the TATLs but have found an acceptable out in J to JFK and...
View ArticleWhen do Mileage Upgrades Clear?
Just wondering as I've never done a mileage upgrade before. I'm flying IAH-FRA tomorrow and UA offered me 15K miles to upgrade to BF. Not a bad deal so I took it, but it still just says "upgrade...
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