Air travel is shrinking the globe – literally!
UPDATE: See below The metaphor of air travel shrinking the globe has been around for a long time and it is, to me, one of...
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Sunday brunch in Santa Barbara
Lots of people go out for brunch in Santa Barbara. In fact, based on the wait we had to get a table once we got...
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The new united.com primer: How to sponsor an upgrade
Welcome to the new United.com website. For folks used to the old continental.com site things should look pretty similar. For folks surprised to find that...
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Singapore long-haul premium cabin awards: They really do exist!
The rumors of loosened award availability on long-haul, premium cabin Singapore appear to be quite true. Long limited to only the exorbitant rates and only...
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The new united.com primer: How to find upgrade inventory
Welcome to the new United.com website. For folks used to the old continental.com site things should look pretty similar. For folks surprised to find that...
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Welcome to the end of an era
At 11:59pm local time tonight Continental flight 1267 will depart from Phoenix headed to Cleveland. This is the last departure of a flight marketed as...
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Horrible advice on award valuation from the Wall Street Journal
I’m generally a big fan of Scott McCartney’s The Middle Seat column in the Wall Street Journal so I was excited to read his post...
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A rather worthless hotel status
It would seem that, despite my best efforts, I’ve managed to maintain hotel status through my own actions. I don’t really believe much in the...
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Reading the tea leaves for MileagePlus partner earning rates
With just a week to go before the new MileagePlus program launches for United Airlines and the OnePas program of merger partner Continental officially disappears,...
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First make it work, then make it pretty
As part of my small obsession with travel I’ve come to build a number of tools that help in searching for good deals, upgrades, award...