One of the most popular posts here on Frequently Flying is my Airfare Pricing Buckets & Airline Fare Basis Codes Revealed! entry from a couple of years ago. It’s still very much valid in decoding domestic United Airlines fare basis codes, as revenue management post-merger with Continental kept the same logic. What has changed –…
Alec Baldwin Gets His Own American Airlines Boarding Group
This is absolutely hilarious. Ellen DeGeneres yesterday “explained” the new American Airlines boarding process in a public service announcement on her show. In addition to Alec Baldwin getting his own boarding group, it appears American is adding several new classifications. 😉 (Hat tip: AAdvantageGeek) – Follow Darren Booth on Twitter, @FrequentlyFlyin, for more airline, hotel…
Lounge Review: American Airlines Admirals Club – Denver International Airport
I decided to use my free American Admirals Club day pass (courtesy of their recent promotion with Klout) in Denver last month, and bring you a brief lounge review. It’s located above concourse A at the north end of the A-gates bridge from the Jeppesen Terminal near an elevator shaft. The overhead signage made it…
Amenity Kit Review: Turkish Airlines Business Class – Tablet Case
Turkish Airlines won the “Best Business Class-Unisex†amenity bag honor at the recent TravelPlus Awards and I offer my critique below in this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews. Also, a special thanks goes out to Thrifty Tourist for sending this kit my way – I love having it in my collection. For a better description…
No More Airport Nude-o-Scope Images in the US, Are You Still Opting Out?
The TSA has replaced all X-ray imaging displayed to operators of the controversial backscatter machines at airports with the “Gumby” stick figure version common on the millimeter wave machines, NBC News reported. According to the report: In a letter released Thursday, TSA administrator John Pistole told the House Homeland Security committee that as of May…
Captured! The Embarrassing Photo of Me on My First Flight Ever
I had big plans for this holiday Monday off to get one of the four amenity kits several generous readers sent me reviewed, but alas… the sun isn’t cooperating here in Northern Nevada to capture decent pictures of the next kit in line for a review. I’ve instead decided to embarrass myself and post a…
The Winner of the $100 Hyatt Gift Card Is…
Congratulations to Chris, who was selected by the trusty random number generator! I’m sending you an email now to get your mailing address. Have a great Memorial Day weekend everyone!
A Pre-Merger United Airlines Red Carpet Can Be Yours, But It’ll Cost You
It’s been a while since I’ve visited United’s MileagePlus auction website, but yesterday I went there for research on an article I’m writing. And to my amazement, one of the auction items is for a pre-merger United red carpet. I love airline collectibles and memorabilia, but when I saw that people have actually bid 20,000…
Blog Giveaway: $100 Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Gift Card
Earlier this month I attended the fantastic BoardingArea.com blogger conference in Colorado Springs and won a $100 Hyatt promotional card. “I won†translates into one of you won. The card is valid for up to $100 on a single purchase until August 31, 2013 at any physical hotel location in the United States. Here’s a…
United’s 787 Dreamliners Are ‘Tarmac Sculptures’ No More
Unlike my first-hand experience on United’s inaugural of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner this past November, I’ve been following the action of its re-debut today on Twitter. United Airlines Flight#1 departed the gate in Houston this morning on-time at 11:00 a.m. and was airborne 13 minutes later. Prior to departure from gate E7, a ceremony of…