Alaska Airlines + Starbucks Holiday Promotion This year Alaska Airlines is launching a promotion with Starbucks to celebrate the start of the holiday season. From November 7-10, 2019, anyone with a Starbucks holiday cup will receive priority boarding after Group B. This is after First Class, Alaska Mileage Plan elite … Read more
Alaska and Qantas Partnership Devalued Alaska Airlines prides itself on their generous Mileage Plan where one mile flown earns you one frequent flyer mile. While that is still true when you fly on an Alaska plane, no matter the cost of your ticket, over the past few years the earning … Read more
Visiting the Delta 17:00 Bar in Seattle This weekend in Seattle, Delta introduced a pop-up lounge experience called The Delta Seventeen Hundred Bar. The Bar is open for two days only (Friday October 4 and Saturday October 5) from Noon to 2:00am. Delta rented out Soul Repair, a venue on … Read more
China Airlines: 777 vs A350 Business Class In order to position myself from Europe to Hanoi for my Cathay Pacific First Class mileage run, I redeemed some Delta miles to fly Business Class on China Airlines. The first leg, Frankfurt to Taipei, was on the Boeing 777 airplane. The second … Read more
Gender Binary in Air Travel Currently when flying, at least in the United States, you must notify the airline if you are male or female. However, a change in regulation by Airlines for America has stated that as of June 1, 2019, airlines can now offer the options of “unspecified” … Read more
When travel hands you lemons: How I made the most of a delayed flight I spent this weekend at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad. I flew to Port of Spain on JetBlue (SEA-JFK-POS) with the SEA-JFK leg a redeye in Mint Class. Going home was a bit trickier due to timing … Read more