CHICAGO – Earlier today, a woman was seen leaving the United Airlines employee parking lot headed West on Algonquin Road in her car, making a quick escape from the airline’s Executive Offices. Security cameras later revealed she pulled into the lot undetected and snuck through a door that hadn’t been securely shut alongside one of…
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A Quick Look at the Refreshed ‘Denver West’ United Club
United Airlines is reportedly spending $50 million this year to renovate and refresh many of its United Club locations, and I had the chance to visit the recently redone Denver West location yesterday. Basically what they’ve done is swapped out the seating for new chairs, tables and counters identical to what’s in the newest club…
Update to TSA PreCheck ID Appearing on Boarding Passes
I posted previously about the TSA PreCheck identifier beginning to appear on boarding passes for those who qualify for the program. And having just checked in for my United flights, I can report a slight change from what the TSA announced. From the TSA blog (bolding mine): Eligible passengers will see a TSA Pre✓™ indicator…
Mileage Run Opportunity: $249.40 Nets 6,576 United Premier Qualifying Miles
Here’s a United mileage run with oodles of availability I found this morning that I haven’t seen posted elsewhere. This $99 one-way base airfare between San Francisco and Charlotte was filed back on April 26, and given it hasn’t been pulled yet, this post might stay useful longer than my last mileage run tip. It…
TSA PreCheck for International Itineraries to Begin, Plus More
There’s good news out of the TSA today that those of us approved for PreCheck will no longer be denied access to the lanes if we’re on an international itinerary. Well, I should say most international itineraries. According to their announcement today (bolding mine): The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that beginning May 7,…
Seats Are Aplenty on Re-Debut of United 787 Dreamliner Flights May 20
United Airlines will operate its first post-grounding Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights in just about two weeks on May 20. And the seat maps are currently wide open. As reported by Jack Harty for Airchive, flight UA 1 will depart from Houston on Monday May 20 at 11:00 a.m., arriving in Chicago at 1:35 p.m. The…
And the Winner of 5 United Drink Vouchers Is…
Thanks to everyone who entered and particularly for some of your fun comments. Hopefully these will help diffuse any upset over missing an upgrade or paying more for change fees. Without further adieu, the trusty random number generator picked: Well how about that, Phil… I’ve broken your string of failed drawings… congrats! I’m emailing you…
United Club Membership Using Miles to Return, Plus More
United Airlines will soon bring back the ability to buy or renew membership in the United Club by using MileagePlus miles, according to UA Insider’s post on Flyertalk this morning. Also returning will be the ability to purchase annual subscriptions for Economy Plus, as well as an annual option for checked bags. Here’s the synopsis…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: United Airlines Boeing 747 Royal Pacific Service
United purchased Pan Am’s Pacific Division in 1985 and along with it came a fleet of 11 Boeing 747 aircraft (among others). I previously posted United’s Royal Pacific 747 seat map with a higher concentration of premium seats, and here now is the standard Royal Pacific configuration for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps.…
May Day Giveaway: Five United Airlines Beverage Vouchers
I can’t believe it’s already May and I just realized that I have another batch of United drink vouchers from my 2013 Premier 1K kit just lying around gathering dust. Why not kick off the month with a giveaway?! [Edited May 4 at 12:00pm PT] Thanks to everyone who entered! There were 137 entries at…