United Airlines yesterday released their annual 10-K report as required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – a light 238 pages of company history, industry information, financial statements and more. I geek out reading through these and will take some time to do so as there are often noteworthy nuggets of information not released…
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Vintage Airline Seat Map: Continental Airlines DC-9-10 (1987)
In the next couple of weeks, the Continental Airlines name will retire into the history books, so I’m devoting this week’s Vintage Airline Seat Map to one of the carrier’s DC-9-10s seen flying the skies in the 1980s. Delta Air Lines took delivery of the first -10 variant in 1965 and it was designed to…
Behind the scenes at United Airlines’ test kitchen
Last week, the Chicago Tribune published an insightful article focused on a United-Continental merger related item not often reported in such detail – the consideration given to airline meals and galley equipment. Reporter Gregory Karp spent a day at the United Airlines test kitchen in suburban Chicago speaking with chefs, executives and other staff who…
United Airlines to convert some international 767-300s into two-cabin aircraft?
United Airlines today announced new daily nonstop service from Newark to Istanbul, Turkey effective July 1, 2012, pending government approval. More interesting, however, is the planned aircraft configuration the route will experience effective August 28. According to the press release: Now here’s the revealing part: Unless I missed a previous release, this is the first…
United Airlines to rebrand international cabins & upgrade premium amenities
United Airlines today announced the rebranding of international cabin classes and the upgrade of food, entertainment and amenities on those flights. United First will be named United Global First on three-cabin aircraft and Continental’s BusinessFirst name will replace United Business beginning March 3, 2012. The enhanced amenities will include: Additional in-flight food choices, including a…
Mileage Run Opportunity: $169.20 nets 5,439 United EQMs IAD-GEG r/t
Well here’s a surprise. I’m used to seeing fare wars in major markets with a lot of competition, so did not anticipate finding this fare today on United offering a $63 one-way ticket from the Washington, D.C. group of airports to Spokane, WA. I haven’t spent too much time finding ideal connection opportunities for this…
Preparing for the upcoming United Airlines system conversion
In a little more than two weeks, United Airlines will switch reservations systems from Apollo to Shares, merging all itineraries from Continental and United onto one platform. Other carriers who recently made similar technology shifts were plagued with problems when they flipped the switch, but United is hoping to avoid similar embarrassments. United’s CEO Jeff…
Sell your retail gift cards to United Airlines for MileagePlus miles
United Airlines today introduced a new program where MileagePlus members can convert their retail gift cards with balances of $25 or more into award miles. More than 60 retailers are participating and according to the FAQs, mileage “rates are determined by market pricing, which is affected by several factors.†I have a $25 Target gift…
200 United Airlines MileagePlus miles for new e-miles members plus a sweepstakes
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…
United Airlines upgrades O’Hare, completes Economy Plus reconfiguration on Continental’s long-haul 757s and launches new routes
I’ll have a full recap of other airline, hotel and travel industry news from this week probably on Monday, but there were a few noteworthy items from United Airlines this week that I think deserve a unique post. If you didn’t already know… Yesterday, the Chicago Tribune reported United-Continental is planning to upgrade Terminal 2…