Monthly Archives for February 2016.
oneworld member LAN will be flying Los Angeles to Santiago, Chile (where they have a whole route network beyond to elsewhere in the region) 3 times a week between October 16 and March 25 operated by a Boeing 787. The aircraft offers 2-2-2 fully flat seats.
Here’s a look at 4 business class seats and see availability in both directions. Availability is best for November and through mid-December.
Virgin America has a 2-for-1 sale on San Francisco – Honolulu and Maui flights in economy for a limited set of dates, and it’s pretty good.
That’s from San Francisco only, but you can actually get 2-for-1 tickets to Hawaii from 110 different cities and get them any day of the year you wish where flights aren’t sold out. I’ll explain how.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Female British Airways flight attendants no longer have to wear skirts.
Legacy flight attendants assigned to British Airways’ “Worldwide” fleet could wear pants already. “Mixed fleet” — flight attendants hired over the past 6 years for lower pay, and as a broad generalization that I find provide far better service — required women to wear skirts.
Clearly the role of the flight attendant has changed over time and societal attitudes have changed too.
American and Qantas were drumming up excitement for their enhanced joint venture back in the fall, and that included talk of reciprocal upgrades across the two airlines. AAdvantage President Suzanne Rubin told the Sydney Morning Herald that reciprocal upgrades with Qantas “is certainly a topic of conversation.”
Talks about reciprocal upgrades have apparently gotten serious enough that the CEO of Qantas is openly talking about them.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Donald Trump’s plane made an emergency landing in Nashville on Wednesday “after reporting engine problems.”
The FAA is investigating the incident, but like the Singapore Airlines emergency landing in Bali, passengers onboard the Boeing 757 probably just ate Trump Steaks.
American is making at least 2 business class seats available on their new Los Angeles – Auckland flight which launches June 22 about half of the time between June 25 and September 7, although only about four times after that through the current end of schedule.
There’s a similar amount of availability in the other direction from Auckland to Los Angeles, and that stretches through mid-October.
Upgrade space is even better that. Act fast…
For the past year American has had frequently updated playlists of Indie musicians for both its boarding and arrival music.
United has Rhapsody in Blue. Etihad has some of the best music to work to. (Although I find that Marvin Gaye makes me super productive, myself..).
And American has indie music that’s both way too hip for me, and makes me more culturally literate (when I pay attention).
Today American hosted a live performance at New York JFK by St. Lucia performing songs from their second album, “Matter” which debuted inflight on American on Monday.
For the most part airport lounges are comfortable places to wait before a flight, to relax and make travel a bit less stressful. The very best make travel truly effortless by escorting you from the moment you enter the airport until the moment you leave. When you never even know what gate you’re leaving from — as with the Lufthansa First Class Terminal and Air France La Premiere lounge — that’s truly the top level of ground service. It’s someone else’s job to worry about that for you.
I’m not going to make claims about the rank order of 1, 2, 3, etc. We can have great discussions about what makes for the ‘best’ lounge — whether it is spaciousness, personal attention, food, a spa or a car service from lounge to plane. Instead I will offer four ‘groupings’ that total 10 lounges. I’m not making a rank-order claim within each grouping.
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