Tag Archives: United

Mistakes were Made: United Airlines Business Class Newark to Milan

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Chris

Thanks to a United travel waiver for the Northeast, Wideroe was willing to make changes to the otherwise non-changeable mistake bookings.  Rather than try to call Norway, I gave their online chat a try: A few minutes later, I had … Continue reading →

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Mistakes Were Made: An Introduction

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Chris

Back in November, a small Norwegian regional carrier, Wideroe, stopped charging fuel surcharges on Star Alliance-operated tickets across the Atlantic.  Needless to say, the frequent flyer community pounced on the opportunity to save hundreds of dollars per round trip. While … Continue reading →

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Changes You’re Going to Like

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Chris

United finally announced that they’re shifting to a revenue-based earning scheme for 2015.  Given the announcement looks like a copy-and-paste (and a find-and-replace of “Delta” for “United”) from Delta’s announcements, it’s surprising it took them this long. We knew this … Continue reading →

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United Airlines Arrivals Lounge San Francisco

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Chris

As a business class passenger, I had access to the United Arrivals lounge.  As only United’s International First Class lounge has showers airside, I would have otherwise not had access to one before catching my connecting flight.  While Continental brought … Continue reading →

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United Airlines Business Class Hong Kong to San Francisco

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Chris

While I had booked a K fare for my journey across the middle of the Pacific to Hong Kong, I splurged on a W fare for my return, choosing to play systemwide roulette with United. When I booked this trip, … Continue reading →

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United Club Hong Kong

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Chris

I had some time between clearing passport control and my flight to San Francisco so I stopped by the United Club.  Like the Narita United Club (and Global First lounge), the Hong Kong lounge is a bit different from those … Continue reading →

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United Club Honolulu

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Chris

For Thanksgiving, I decided to visit Hong Kong, convincing myself that flying via Honolulu and Guam was a “good idea.”  When I tried to go to Manila this way in 2012, I was bumped from one of my westbound segments … Continue reading →

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This Isn’t The End?

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Chris

I was just about to write-up my “it’s February 1st in the Central Time zone” post commemorating the devaluation (and the hundreds of thousands of miles that I’ve booked in the last 36 hours)… …but Matthew at upgrd.com is reporting … Continue reading →

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It’s Coming

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Chris

The Great United Devaluation is coming on February 1st, so tomorrow (January 31st) is the last day to make award bookings under the award chart. For reference, a comparison between old award chart and the new award chart show the … Continue reading →

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My 2013 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Chris

In the tradition of this blog, it’s time to summarize where I went and how I got there. I flew about 228k miles in 2013, approximately 202k of which were revenue miles. Across my revenue and award travel, all but 73k … Continue reading →

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