Celebrating the Inaugural 747-8i: In flight
Yeah, that was awesome. It is not common that such can be said for a flight in coach, but this one absolutely was. Today was...
Washington DC
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In Flight: Breakfast and lunch with United short-haul
My mileage run to Hawaii a couple weeks ago included 16 segments over five days and roughly 23,000 miles flown. It also included two nights...
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New DCA slot authorities awarded
The wait is over. A couple months after carriers applied to provide service for four new slot pairs at Washington’s Reagan National Airport the DoT...
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Get thee to Istanbul, on the cheap this fall!
I’m a huge fan of Istanbul and Turkey in general. I’ve had nothing but wonderful experiences there (even with attempted scammings twice) and between the...
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JetBlue offers up another GoPack
JetBlue has been experimenting for a bit now with the idea of bulk ticket purchases for a specific route. Back in February they offered up...
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US Airways finally chooses their long-haul DCA route
The recent addition of perimeter exemption routes for Washington, DC‘s National Airport included the provision that the four largest carriers were entitle to slots, assuming...
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Going long at DCA
Washington, DC‘s National Airport is one of the "lucky few" airports in the country where the government has limited destinations which can be served. The...
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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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US Airways announces new Washington, DC routes
US Airways has announced their intentions for new service at Washington, DC‘s National Airport thanks to the 42 slot pairs they received from Delta Airlines...
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Preview of the Delta/LaGuardia announcement
Delta has scheduled a big event to announce their plans for the new slots at LaGuardia now that the deal with US Airways is finalized....