Tag Archives: United

The Best-Laid Plans: United First Class Newark to San Francisco

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Chris

As far as flights go, my trip in first class from Newark to San Francisco was uneventful. Having been rather sleep deprived from the night before, I slept for most of the flight. I must have missed an announcement, but … Continue reading →

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The Best-Laid Plans: An Introduction

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Chris

In retrospect, I misnamed my trip to Thailand and Japan via Europe this past March.  Business class to Asia via Europe is a cakewalk compared to flying coach to Asia via the Pacific.  Back in November, I convinced myself to … Continue reading →

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Asia, the Long Way: Luftansa Senator Lounge Berlin and United BusinessFirst Berlin to Newark

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Chris

I had about an hour before boarding started, so I visited the Senator lounge next to my gate to check up on my email as my hotel imposed somewhat outrageous prices for internet access. Traditionally, Continental operated the Newark-Berlin route … Continue reading →

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Asia, the Long Way: United BusinessFirst Newark to Copenhagen

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Chris

When I was booking my trip in December, I was squeezed by two factors:  Limited advanced business class award availability and increasing swaths of fuel surcharges on many Star Alliance carriers for Aeroplan awards.  For the outbound leg, the former … Continue reading →

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Asia, the Long Way: An Introduction

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Chris

As I alluded to earlier, I booked a second business class Star Alliance award with Aeroplan in December during the business class for the price of coach “glitch.”  Coupled with the Aeroplan transfer promotion, the award cost 50k Membership Rewards … Continue reading →

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Is it us, or is the world shrinking?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Chris

As one of the gotchas of the switch over to the legacy Continental systems of the merged United Airlines, the powers which be decided to reduce the distances between many city-pairs.  While some of these were understandable changes (when the … Continue reading →

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A Weekend Jaunt to Europe: United Economy Frankfurt to Washington

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Chris

As I was approaching the gate, the agents were starting to start their boarding calls, so I hastily snapped off a few pictures of the plane. United 933 Frankfurt (FRA) – Washington Dulles (IAD) Monday, January 16th Depart: 5:56PM Arrive: … Continue reading →

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A Weekend Jaunt to Europe: United Business Class Washington to London

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Chris

When I was booking this trip in late December, I was able to find business class upgrade space on United 924, the late evening redeye from Washington to London operated with a 777.  Unfortunately, the United 777 fleet is in … Continue reading →

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A Weekend Jaunt to Europe: An Introduction

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Chris

As I approached United 1K status last year, I began to eye a possible uses of the 6 systemwide upgrades that I would receive for crossing the 100k mile mark.  Unlike American’s systemwide upgrades which work on any fare, United … 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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