The airline industry is incredibly complex. Each airline maintains a fleet of jets which move about the world each day. With that, airlines have to plan routes, assign aircraft, and maintain appropriate staffing levels each day. It’s honestly incredible to think about how complex the entire system is. A delay from a single flight can…
A few days ago I wrote about how I’ve once again qualified for AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite status. In that post I discussed how many miles I’ve flown this year (on American) and a few of the benefits I receive from my elite status. Toward the end of that post I mentioned that I hadn’t yet…
To get back home from a recent trip to London I decided to book an extremely inexpensive economy class fare from London to Chicago on American Airlines. The flight I booked was on American’s 787 in economy class. Believe or not until then I had never flown a long-haul flight on the Dreamliner in economy…
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of my favorite days of the year. I say that seriously, but I’m not after consumer goods on those days. Instead I love Black Friday and Cyber Monday because airlines typically have decent sales too. Airlines typically have especially good sales on premium cabin airfare. In years past…
Earlier this year British Airways announced that the airline would be flying the massive Airbus A380 between Chicago and London. This aircraft shift is part of a summer seasonal service which has since ended. Thankfully, the A380 service is expected to return in April 2019. While British Airways was flying the A380 to Chicago I…
It’s hard to believe 2018 is nearly over. At this point in the year, anyone seeking to attain airline elite status should have a fairly good idea of where they’ll end up. However, some will end up short of their goal. In some cases several of us will fall very short of our goal and…
A few weeks ago I took a trip out to San Francisco with my girlfriend. When we began planning the trip I looked at several flight options, but none seem that appealing. As I reviewed all of my options I realized the only way to get to San Francisco at a reasonable time was to…
Earlier this year I found an incredible transatlantic business class fare with OneWorld carriers. The fare offered round trip flights from Munich to US gateways for just $1,500 USD. The best part of that fare is that it was valid on several OneWorld partner airlines. This meant that I could fly either American, British Airways,…
One of the things I love most about airline loyalty programs is that they give you flexibility. If you find yourself in a jam and need to get somewhere, but cash prices are too high, you can generally find cheaper options by using miles. Likewise, miles are a great way to speculatively book flights. Whenever…
Warning, this post is about to get quite nerdy. If you don’t care about airplanes and what not, well I don’t know why you’re on this blog, but since you are, you should probably find a post that better fits your interests. Ok, with that out of the way I wanted to quickly share a…
