After my Virgin Voyage, I needed to get back to Seattle. I was able to us Alaska Airlines miles to book a one way ticket from Nice, France to Dublin and then Dublin on to Seattle. The Nice to Dublin flight was in Economy (no Business Class offered) and the … Read more
Condor A330neo Business Class SEA-FRA Condor has a new Business Class that I’ve been looking forward to experiencing. For a relatively small, leisure airline, I was impressed with the product. It shouldn’t be compared to Qatar or Cathay Pacific, but it absolutely holds its own against British, American, or most … Read more
Flight Attendants Body Cams on Alaska Airlines? I was on a Friday night flight from Seattle to Las Vegas recently. Out of the hundreds of flights each week, I would guess this flight has the highest probability of having disruptive passengers (Friday night + alcohol + Vegas). One of the … Read more
2022 Year in Miles 2022 was the year of “revenge travel” after 2+ years of Covid shutdowns. Warnings of a system not ready for the pre-pandemic levels of travel came to fruition for some. My international summer travel ended up reasonably successful and without too much chaos. I was able … Read more
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Explained – 2022 Update A lot has changed since I wrote my first version of this post in 2016. Alaska Airlines purchased Virgin America and increased their network especially in California. The airline joined the oneworld alliance, giving Mileage Plan members access to additional partners … Read more
2021 Year in Miles 2021 was the year when travel began to transition back to normalcy after the Covid pandemic. I attended a conference in Las Vegas in July where no one was wearing masks. Later in the summer things reverted back with the Delta variant, but it was nice … Read more