In anticipation of the new Pan Am series beginning this Sunday, I bring you another Boeing 747 from Pan Am for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps, a slight variation of the South American version I posted earlier this year. Seating a total of 412 passengers in three classes of service, this 747 was…
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for September 2011.
CX Trip Report: Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
CX Trip Report: Introduction & American Airlines flight to San Francisco CX Trip Report: Check-in and British Airways’ Terraces Lounge San Francisco Airport CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific flight 879 San Francisco-Hong Kong CX Trip Report: Amenity Kit Review – Cathay Pacific First Class men’s kit CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific “The Arrival†lounge Hong…
My interview with Daraius over at Million Mile Secrets
A couple of weeks ago Daraius over at Million Mile Secrets reached out and asked if I might be interested in being his next “renowned mile and point guru†interview. Flattered, as I hardly think of myself as a guru, I was excited to talk to him since I’ve been following his blog from near…
Google Flights, FAA funded, Heathrow’s pods, hotel unSafes, more Qantas strikes and a GDS fined
In other airline, hotel and travel industry news this week… Google launched a much-criticized Flight Search feature this week. Limited to airfare searches for travel within the United States, this is definitely just a teaser as confirmed by Google’s Inside Search blog where the company states, “This is just an early look, not the final…
CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific “The Arrival” lounge Hong Kong Airport
CX Trip Report: Introduction & American Airlines flight to San Francisco CX Trip Report: Check-in and British Airways’ Terraces Lounge San Francisco Airport CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific flight 879 San Francisco-Hong Kong CX Trip Report: Amenity Kit Review – Cathay Pacific First Class men’s kit CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific “The Arrival†lounge Hong…
An airline agent-less airport experience? It’s the future
Yesterday I listened in on another Air Transport World webinar discussing the technology we interact with as travelers at the airport. The specific focus was to outline how common use stations, such as the kiosks we use to check in and the terminals airline agents use for the same functions, can speed travel, reduce airline…
Mileage Plus shopping portal login directed me to AAdvantage mall
I couldn’t make this up. I went to log into the Mileage Plus Shopping Mall just now and clicked through from United’s homepage on the “Half-Million-Mile Sweepstakes” advertisement in that center window where they rotate ads. I plugged in my Mileage Plus number and password, hit enter and received the following screen: Wow, the AAdvantage…
United Airlines’ presentation at the 2011 Deutsche Bank Airline Equity Conference
Jeff Smisek’s presentation yesterday at the 2011 Deutsche Bank Airline Equity Conference was a bit of a rehash of Sr. VP John Rainey’s presentation just last week, but he did speak to a couple of points I hadn’t heard before. First up, here are a few of those known items with the related slides (courtesy…
CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific flight 879 San Francisco-Hong Kong
CX Trip Report: Introduction & American Airlines flight to San Francisco CX Trip Report: Check-in and British Airways’ Terraces Lounge San Francisco Airport CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific flight 879 San Francisco-Hong Kong CX Trip Report: Amenity Kit Review – Cathay Pacific First Class men’s kit CX Trip Report: Cathay Pacific “The Arrival†lounge Hong…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Delta Air Lines DC-8-60
Delta Air Lines was the first carrier to launch DC-8 service in 1959 and in 1962 a Delta DC-8 was the first commercial plane to fly from Los Angeles to Atlanta in less than three hours, according to their newsroom-press kit. For this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps, I bring you the DC-8-60 (really…