I hadn’t known of this change until grabbing the flyer below last weekend at LAX, but United Airlines rolled out new minimum check-in times that became effective June 15, 2011. It looks to me like they’ve aligned things with Continental’s timelines and while still requiring 45 minutes at most major airports when checking bags (30…
American Airlines Terminal 4 construction at LAX & Los Angeles I-405 closure
I received an email from American Airlines yesterday advising of Los Angeles area travel alerts impacting both travel to the airport and construction inside Terminal 4. I appreciate the proactive notice and wonder if I received it as being based here via my AAdvantage profile, or if this was a blanket broadcast to all American…
Tom Stuker’s 10 million mile United Airlines celebration Part 2
As I mentioned yesterday, I was incredibly fortunate to have been invited to Tom Stuker’s 10 million mile celebration at United’s Red Carpet Club in Chicago on Saturday. Tom is active on Flyertalk and had extended invites to 20 people for the event, so since I had already had plans to be flying through Chicago…
Tom Stuker’s 10 million mile United Airlines celebration Part 1
I was extraordinarily fortunate to have been in Chicago yesterday and received an invitation to attend Tom Stuker’s celebration at the C-concourse Red Carpet Club commemorating his 10 millionth mile flown on United Airlines. I met so many wonderful people, including Randy Petersen, BoardingArea’s founder and respected frequent flyer program guru, Jeff Smisek, United’s CEO,…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-200
Piedmont Airlines began operations in 1948 from its home base of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and eventually grew into a national carrier with a route network stretching to the west coast (and later to London’s Gatwick Airport). The east coast was still its strength with the largest frequencies operating from hubs in Charlotte, Baltimore and Dayton.…
The next ancillary airline product for coach passengers: amenity kits
An article appeared in the San Jose Mercury News in May discussing the evolution of amenity kits since their introduction around the 1950s. As a collector of the kits myself, I’m keen to know what the future holds for them as some airlines are foregoing fully stocked bags/containers and simply handing out individual products upon…
United Airlines double redeemable miles on HKG-ORD-HKG nonstops
There’s an offer out there on the Hong Kong site for United Airlines offering double redeemable miles when an itinerary includes flights 895 and 896, the nonstop segments between Chicago and Hong Kong. Ticketing is required before October 31, 2011 for travel between September 1 and October 31, 2011. The bonus can be earned a…
2010 enplaned passenger summary for LAX and SFO airports
I recently took a look at some of the detailed passenger data for both Los Angeles and San Francisco airports and compiled the chart & graph below. Los Angeles is the third busiest airport in the United States behind Atlanta and Chicago, and handled about 59 million passengers last year. San Francisco comes in at…
Video: Cute television commercial from India’s SpiceJet Airlines
I stumbled across this video from SpiceJet Airlines and thought it was a unique way to promote the hot meal options available on the low-cost Indian carrier. Avoiding cold meals on the undisclosed carrier he’s flying, the featured passenger’s stomach growls loudly as he reads “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” much to the annoyance of fellow…
Review: American Airlines pre-order onboard food offer for premium JFK routes
Last week I had a work trip to New York and flew American Airlines instead of my favorite United Airlines p.s. flights between LAX and JFK since I’m taking the challenge to achieve Platinum status in the AAdvantage program. I’ve been fortunate to have always flown in United’s Business Class on this route, so this…