Posts Tagged ‘Travel’

A few weeks ago I headed to NYC for a party (sponsored by the great people at Conde Nast Traveler) to, in part, celebrate the CNT article about the *A DO last year. Of course in the middle of the event, a “mistake” fare on Copa Airlines (CM) was announced. The fare? $225 USD from [...]

We boarded the charter flight way too early and were on our way to Oslo where we would meet with SAS and also pick up a few more FlyerTalkers. The meal on the short first leg was a standard cold breakfast of fruit, deli meats and yogurt. Of course, in true FlyerTalk fashion, I consumed [...]

Wow what a day! After the bus trip to JFK we were invited into the 3-floor Lufthansa lounge. Not much to report here. Food is decent but not overwhelming. Drinks are flowing though! Had to go to the 2nd floor for real booze. The first floor of the lounge is the business class lounge. This [...]

Before I start, I should apologize for not posting in a very long time. Other things have kept me distracted.
Today I’m flying ALB-IAD-ORD-IAH. When I checked in this morning, the agent was very nice (she usually is, although she’s a self-admitted non-morning-person). Seeing her at about 5am, she was very curious as to my routing [...]

Wow. What a difference a change of crew makes! Not to mention it’s a normal time for me to be awake right now.
So I was completely wrong about the crew probably remaining the same. My guess is that ALB-DCA was a reserve crew given the overnight and short hop prior to being done for the [...]

So it’s off to Tampa for my annual trip with my dad to spring training. I’m flying down from Albany via Reagan. They are flying US nonstop from Philly.
Typically I’d fly UA through ORD and IAD on a trip like this for some extra miles and an extra segment. Unfortunately, that’s not an option [...]

Wow. What can I say? Absolutely, positively, fantastic! That being said…issues abounded, but the spirit of everyone onboard more than compensated for the issues in my opinion.
If you don’t mind, I’d rather address the issues first…and then get on to the good stuff. In the spirit of being thankful, I’ll attempt to keep the negative [...]

Only on a FlyerTalk adventure does the cabin erupt in applause after the safety demo…and after the “beer, wine, and liquor is available for $6 line”…and when the FA pokes her head out of the galley to make sure we are still paying attention. Little does she know there are more 1K drink chits than [...]

Well…what can I say about a 25 minute flight? Oh…ask Ben where the emergency door goes!

Blogging from onboard a flight is fun. Really Currently somewhere between NY and DC. The CRJ200 has to be the worst plane in the United fleet. At least the ERJs have a single seat side.
The very nice lady next to me has a young daughter as a lap child. Woe is me. [...]