Category Archives: Airlines

ETOPS: Engines Turn Or…

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Chris

…passengers swim.  In the weeks leading up to OWMD, there was an auction to participate in a water evacuation while at the AA training facility.  Having had the luxury of watching from dry land, I’m pretty sure I never want … Continue reading →

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Some People Are Insane

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Chris

Nearly two weeks afterwards, I still haven’t started posting my photos from oneworld MegaDo (besides the Cathay Pacific 777 masthead for this blog). At Dallas, American gave us some statistics about their customers (and us). As it turns out, some … Continue reading →

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Is There Some Singapore Airlines Business/First in My Future?

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Chris

Singapore Airlines just sent me an email detailing the updates to their KrisFlyer program. “Thank you for your continued support for Singapore Airlines. In our regular review to improve the KrisFlyer programme, we will be making revisions to the Singapore … Continue reading →

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Membership has its Rewards: United p.s. Business Class Los Angeles to New York

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Chris

I got to LAX a bit early (1 hour, 45 minutes or so before departure) and made my way to the premium check-in line.  Since the flight was showing F0J0Y0, I volunteered to be bumped to a rather surprised service … Continue reading →

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Membership has its Rewards: Air Canada Transborder Maple Leaf Lounge Vancouver

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Chris

For my stop in Vancouver, I was booked to have an approximately 5 hour long layover.  I went into Canada to visit the NEXUS office to finally complete my iris scan, obtain my properly branded Air Canada boarding pass (rather … Continue reading →

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Free Wifi on AA

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Chris

Based on my flight last night, there’s a joint Citi-AAdvantage promotion offering 30 free minutes of wifi per flight until February 16th.

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United Redemption Promotion: 20-25% Off Europe and Africa Economy Tickets

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Chris

United is advertising 20-25% off redemptions to Europe and Central/Southern Africa.  There are a handful of restrictions:  tickets must economy saver tickets, the trip must include a Saturday stay, and tickets must be booked by January 16th. Rather oddly, they’ve … Continue reading →

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Mileage Plus Explorer “60k” Offer

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Chris

FlyerTalk and Million Mile Secrets have found a 60k Mileage Plus explorer offer offering 50k miles on first purchase and 10k miles after $25k in spending.  dabearz73 on FlyerTalk suggests logging into one’s United account and then going to the … Continue reading →

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Membership has its Rewards: United Clubs SFO and Singapore Airlines Silver Kris Lounge SFO

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Chris

After spending the day and early evening in San Francisco, I took the BART back to reclaim my bag from the left luggage service and to head through security.  With three Star Alliance lounges to choose from, I decided to … Continue reading →

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My 2011 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Chris

I traveled just over 144k miles this year, approximately 125k of which were revenue flights: I wound up with four redemptions: 2 nights at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas as part of Starwood’s Free Resort Nights promotion. 1 upgrade … Continue reading →

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