Planning Flights to Toronto, ON LAX-DFW on a 767-300, or not DFW-YYZ on new AmericanAir A319 Prince of Wales Hotel Niagara Falls Layover at DFW I had a few hours to hang out at DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth) Airport. One of the things I like about spending time at DFW, or almost any other airport...
LAX-DFW on a 767-300…or Not
Planning Flights to Toronto, ON LAX-DFW on a 767-300, or not DFW-YYZ on new A319 Prince of Wales Hotel Niagara Falls YYZ and American Air 737-800 I had planned on taking American Airlines’ flight 2420 from Los Angeles (LAX) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW) at 6:30AM on a 767-300. It was the Friday after Thanksgiving and...
Using an Airline Travel Voucher
“Ladies and gentlemen, this flight has been oversold…” is like music to my ears. What that is saying that I may be able to volunteer to take a later flight in exchange for a travel voucher that is worth over $100 for future travels. This is called “getting bumped” or “taking the bump”. The...
My View on Social Media for Airlines
In case you haven’t been paying attention lately to Twitter or Facebook, or if you avoid them all together, there was a pretty massive devaluation on the United Airlines award charts. Many people didn’t like the change and expressed their feelings about it to United Airlines’ social media team – and rightly so. I...
Alaska Air Double Elite Miles Promotion
As I reported last week, Delta announced a double mile promotion on several key Alaska Airlines routes. Today, Alaska Airlines fired back with a similar promotion – this time earning elite qualifying miles (EQMs). On flights between Seattle and Las Vegas (LAS)/Los Angeles (LAX)/Oakland (OAK)/San Francisco (SFO)/San Jose (SJC)/Santa Rosa (STS), you can earn...
Earn Double Delta Miles from SEA Through Oct 2014
Delta Air Lines announced today a new promotion to earn double miles on flights between Seattle and San Fransisco/Los Angeles/Las Vegas. The bonus miles earned are redeemable miles only, so you won’t be earning double elite qualifying miles. Even though Delta is running this promotion for over a year, I’m hesitant to say that...