Continental sent out their weekly “News and Offers†email to subscribers yesterday and I noticed an offer for 200 “free†OnePass (soon to be MileagePlus) miles for new e-miles memberships and a sweepstakes with a grand prize of 100,000 miles. There’s a bit of work to get those 200 miles, though, as it requires you…
Video: Washing a Southwest Boeing 737 in preparation for its C-check
Here’s a nifty video a friend sent me showing a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 getting a thorough wash before it goes in for its C-check in Houston. One of the lead mechanics provides audio commentary throughout the short video even noting, “The main purpose of the wash isn’t cosmetic. It’s to clean up components for…
Reader poll: Flight attendant announcements
If you fly as much as I do, you probably have all the flight attendant announcements heard during the flight memorized and could step in if needed. Lately, I’ve been noticing just how many FAs break away from the script and add a bit of personality or other uniqueness to them. Southwest, of course, is…
Targeted? American Airlines offering accelerated elite status & double miles
Via Live from a Lounge & The Points Guy, it appears American Airlines sent out a targeted promotion to many AAdvantage members yesterday offering both accelerated elite status to Platinum or Executive Platinum and double redeemable award miles. There is a very active Flyertalk thread discussing this promotion, as well. [Updated 2/10/12: Per AAdvantageGeek and…
Amenity Kit Review: Virgin Australia Premium Economy (November 2011)
I’m partnering up with Brad again over at Upgrd.com for this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews. Last year he flew with Virgin Australia on a vacation to Australia and New Zealand, and I previously reviewed the Business Class amenity kit he received here. Up for review today is the carrier’s “Comfort Pack†provided to him…
Targeted? Save 25% off United Airlines purchased award miles
I received the following email yesterday offering a 25% discount on United Airlines MileagePlus award miles purchased today through 11:59pm CST on Friday, February 10, 2012. The disclaimer reads, “Offer is available only if you link from this email,†and try as I might, I can’t figure out a way to share the link without…
Mileage Run Opportunity: $188.80 nets 6,712 United EQMs LAX-SFO-CLE-MCI r/t
United Airlines ended up matching the fare posted by American and Delta in the Los Angeles to Kansas City market, so here’s another mileage run opportunity post for today. This one is what I consider a “book it without thinking about it†fare since the CPM comes in at 2.81cpm. [Edited 2/8/12 7:00pm PST: United…
Mileage Run Opportunity: $181.20 nets 5,278 Delta MQMs LAX-ATL-MCI r/t
I haven’t been diligently checking mileage run opportunities lately given the FareCompare FlyerTalk tool is still down, but did take a look this morning at options using their map feature. Many of my readers emailed me with requests to search from their hometowns and now that I have a bit more time on my hands,…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: American Airlines Boeing 767-200 (1987)
Here’s an American Airlines Boeing 767-200 from 1987 for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. Seating a total of 184 passengers, First Class seated 14 people in a 2 x 1 x 2 configuration, Business Class offered 30 seats in the common 2 x 2 x 2 layout and economy sat 140 passengers in…
United Airlines complimentary upgrade failure: How to avoid it
My next favorite United Airlines flight out of LAX after any of the premium service departures to JFK is the morning 777 to Washington Dulles. I’ve never missed an upgrade on it and the flight is perfectly timed for a great array of connection opportunities at IAD. I flew it again this past week, but…