Thanks to everyone who entered my amenity kit giveaway consisting of three Turkish Airlines economy class kits. It’s great to know that basically all of you would like to see some type of kit and/or amenities offered in coach on more airlines for long-haul travel. Maybe they’re listening? 😉 The trusty random number generator picked…
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for October 2013.
Friday Musings: Chicago Seminars and Milepoint Premium Membership
I’m kicking myself this morning for not booking a trip to the Chicago Seminars after seeing all the Tweets and build-up from attendees this week. If you’re unfamiliar, the annual event brings together the brightest minds in the travel hacking community to discuss all things miles and points. From introductory lectures to advanced credit card…
Flight Review: United Airlines BusinessFirst, San Francisco to Seoul
[This is the second part of my Million-Mile Trip Report. You can read the introductory post by clicking here.] My inbound flight from Reno arrived about four hours prior to boarding for the Seoul flight, so I had plenty of time to set up shop and get some work done in the international terminal United…
A Look at 3 Turkish Airlines Economy Class Amenity Kits, Plus a Giveaway
In August, I posted a brief overview of a Turkish Airlines economy class amenity kit, not subjecting it to the critical scoring system that I normally apply in my Amenity Kit Review series. That just wouldn’t have been fair since any kit provided to economy class passengers is “exceptional†in my mind. Amenity kit provider…
Great Mileage Run Fares for Segment-Based Elites Are Available
With the majority of airlines matching Southwest’s $49 fares in sub 500-mile markets, it has opened up a two-week window in December for segment-based elites to fly probably the cheapest mileage segment runs of the year for 2014 requalification. The sale also includes January-February 2014 travel, but I’m sure that most people aren’t starting to…
Sharing Your Premier Status as a United Million-Miler
One of the perks of holding million-miler status on United Airlines is the ability to share your current Premier status with a spouse or companion. And having just achieved the one million mile mark, I went through the remarkably simple process to do just that. To further clarify, MileagePlus allows you to share your status…
Targeted? Up to 30% Off Purchased United MileagePlus Miles
I received the following email from United MileagePlus this morning, offering up to 30% off purchased award miles. While there’s no language stating this offer is exclusive to the email recipient, it does provide a special link that is hard-coded with my MileagePlus information. And since there’s no ability to change the populated MileagePlus number…
United Airlines Million-Mile Trip Report: Introduction and Background
Last month, I (finally) crossed one million lifetime miles in United’s MileagePlus program. It’s been a long time coming, quite honestly, as I’m certain that I crossed the actual flown amount on United metal years ago. As did most members, I received a nice bump in lifetime miles when Continental OnePass merged with United MileagePlus,…
United Airlines Debuts New Seat Design for Domestic, Express Aircraft
United today officially introduced its new signature seat design that will be seen on domestically configured mainline and regional aircraft. A United Express CRJ-700 is the first to sport the new look, which features leather seat covers, double-stitch patterns and a United-branded tag. United will deploy the new seats on more than 500 aircraft that…
I Won a United ’30 Days of Friendly’ Giveaway… Can You Use It?
In case you haven’t heard, United Airlines is running a daily Twitter promotion highlighting its new “Flyer Friendly†ad campaign that resurrects the “Fly the Friendly Skies†slogan. I posted about it last week when it was introduced, and it’s basically 30 days of random giveaways mostly focused on prizes redeemable in hub cities (at…