Qualifying for elite status with an airline requires meeting a certain threshold the carrier has published, whether it be point, mile or segment based. Those thresholds have been periodically raised, lowered and adjusted even to the point of birthing new tiers. Delta’s fairly recent addition of the Diamond level at 125,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles is…
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Vintage Airline Seat Map: United Airlines DC-8-52
I’m taking you back to the 1970s for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps with a United Airlines DC-8-52. Seating a total of 12 passengers in first class (four more in the lounge) and 124 in coach (five additional in the rear lounge), this aircraft exited service with United around 1980. The most shocking…
Analysis of United Airlines’ lowest coach vs. upgradable fares using a Systemwide Upgrade
United Airlines has long required the purchase of at least a W-bucket fare on international flights for which a person wishes to upgrade into Business Class using a Systemwide Upgrade instrument (SWU). SWUs, for anyone that doesn’t already know, are bestowed upon 100,000-mile 1K flyers once hitting 100,000 elite qualifying miles (EQMs) in a calendar…
Review: United Airlines premium service portable media digEplayer
Earlier this year United Airlines replaced the media players handed out to first and business class passengers on their premium service (p.s.) flights between New York’s Kennedy Airport and Los Angeles/San Francisco. I’ve flown four flights now with the new players manufactured by digEcor and offer my review here. These are similar players to those…
United Airlines’ rebranding of Terminal 1 at Chicago O’Hare Airport
Today was my first time traveling through Terminal 1 at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport since the United Airlines deflowering rebranding effort, and I thought I’d share a few of my photos in case some of you haven’t yet traveled through ORD. It actually looks very clean & appealing and although I’ve never disliked the disco ball/globe,…
Amenity Kit Review: United Airlines Business Class (Spring 2011)
It’s time for another amenity kit review and I’ve selected the current United Airlines Business Class kit this time around. For a better description of each category, and the 7-point scale for scoring, please review my introduction post here. Bag/Container: The small zippered pouch is made of a metallically plastic material and feels rather cheap…
United Airlines to keep International First Class cabins where appropriate… for now
Last week I posted about the possibility of United being close to announcing whether or not International First Class would remain on the carrier. Yesterday a report surfaced on Bloomberg quoting United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek saying “There are certain markets in which (first class) makes a lot of sense and there are others where…
American Airlines & United Airlines protecting their Los Angeles market share
Back in March I blogged about American Airlines’ expansion out of Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and wondered if United Airlines would respond with beefing up service and/or offer bonus mile opportunities. With the exception of bonus miles to Chicago, courtesy of Virgin America’s entry to ORD, no additional bonus offers have come through on United.…
Airline slot swaps, GDS scrutiny, Chicago flying high, Singapore on the cheap & a respectable angry flight attendant
It’s time again for a quick wrap up of noteworthy news items from the airline and travel industry this week, summarized below: Delta Air Lines and US Airways have re-engaged each other for a potential slot swap at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport aimed to align each carrier better with…
United Airlines closer to announcement regarding international First Class?
One of the larger merger related unanswered questions between United Airlines and Continental Airlines is the decision on whether or not to keep a three-cabin product offering for international flights. Continental for some time has only offered a “BusinessFirst†product, a hybrid of sorts between First Class and Business Class, whereas United has maintained the…