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StarMegaDo in Denver
I had the chance to spend some time in one of United’s A320 simulators as part of a charity auction on behalf of the Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund. Jason Dahl was captain of United 93 on September 11, 2001. … Continue reading
Montreal to Denver
I arrived at the airport with enough time to visit the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge in the US-side of Montreal Airport. In addition to seating, the lounge had a small snack area and self-serve bar. Our charter aircraft was … Continue reading
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Chicago to Montreal
For the trip from Chicago to Montreal to Denver, StarMegaDo3 was on a chartered Continental 737. Continental assigned us its 737 in its retrolivery: My legroom on this flight gave me a reminder to be thankful for my exit rows, … Continue reading
Kahului to Chicago
I didn’t return straight to New York from Kahului. Instead, I ventured to Chicago via San Francisco and Las Vegas to pick up the start of StarMegaDo3. My upgrades to First Class cleared for OGG-SFO-LAS-ORD, making the redeye from Kahului … Continue reading
The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas
From my six Starwood stays during the earlier promotion, I had two free resort nights that I used for my stay at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas, a Category 6 Starwood hotel that normally retails for a minimum of … Continue reading
Honolulu to Kahului
For my hop from Honolulu to Kahului, I was an a United-marketed codeshare operated by Hawaiian Airlines. HNL is an open airport: Hawaiian uses Boeing 717’s for its inter-island flights. They feature a first class as well, but for … Continue reading
Honolulu
To reach Honolulu, I flew on United 421 from Newark to Honolulu with a stop in San Francisco to change planes from an A320 to a Boeing 777. Since United’s domestic non-p.s. first class is rather uniform, I’ll omit the … Continue reading
Trip Report: SFO-EWR-HNL-OGG-SFO-LAS-ORD-YUL-DEN-LAX-JFK
I attended StarMegaDo3 last week. To position myself for the start of its North American portion in Chicago, I trekked from from New York via Honolulu and Kahului. Plotted with gcmap, my routing looks like:
StarMegaDo
In lieu getting my photos online of my trip out of New York to Chicago (via Hawaii) or of the events themselves, I offer the Wall Street Journal’s coverage (for the time being).
Newark to Las Vegas
Unlike my previous trip to Las Vegas, I had a slightly more direct trip to Nevada. Originally, I was booked on the last flight of the night (CO1534) for which my upgrade had cleared 48 hours out. Having checked on … Continue reading