Qatar Airways A320 OTP-SOF Qatar Airways flies from Qatar to Bucharest (OTP) and then on to Sofia (SOF) with their A320. It is possible to just book the OTP-SOF flight; and as I was wanting to get between the two, I decided to book it for 107€ one way. The … Read more
New Alaska Airlines Interior On a recent flight from Las Vegas to Seattle, my flight with Alaska Airlines was on one of the reconfigured A320s. It was my first time with the new interior and overall I was impressed. On my 2.5 hour flight I didn’t notice much of a … Read more
Cathay Dragon A321 Business Class HAN-HKG Cathay Dragon is Cathay Pacific’s regional airline (formerly Dragonair as you can see in the livery above). The are part of the oneworld alliance, however unlike Cathay Pacific, they are NOT a partner of Alaska Airlines. Which, honestly, makes no sense at all. For … Read more
Virgin America Mileage Run This past weekend I did a mileage run on Virgin America that took across the country twice. Leaving Friday evening and returning Sunday evening, I flew 11,222 miles. The total flight time of the 6 flights was 26 hours and 43 minutes over the course of … Read more
Virgin America First Class Review This past weekend I finally flew Virgin America First Class. My route was SEA-SFO round trip. I booked the flight back in November for 18,048 Elevate Points (+$11.20 taxes/fees). I had booked the Four Seasons Silicon Valley for an amazing $35 and decided to try … Read more
JetBlue Mint I received a ton of JetBlue points through their points match promotion last summer (in addition to signing up for one of their credit cards). I wanted to try out the JetBlue Mint product (their premium class product). With an upcoming stay in Puerto Rico, I decided to get … Read more
Virgin America Mileage Run Up until recently, Virgin America allowed for VERY creative routing for travel between Portland, OR (PDX) and Los Angeles (LAX). Depending on the dates, you could fly from PDX-LAX with stops in San Francisco, Florida, New York, Boston, and/or DC for under $100. Virgin America has … Read more
JetBlue mileage run Earlier this month JetBlue was running the promotion of the year that promised to match (and then some) your Virgin America points after one roundtrip flight. I signed up for the promotion and then status matched from Alaska MVP Gold to JetBlue Mosaic, their one level elite status. … Read more
American offers a unique domestic first class on just three transcontinental routes. American Airlines Flagship First LAX-JFK, SFO-JFK, and MIA-JFK offers experience similar to international business or even first class. Before boarding the flight, you get the benefit of Flagship check in and Flagship Lounge. American Airlines Status/Mileage Run Admirals Club … Read more