SingleFlyer Top Posts of 2016 2016 has been an exciting year. I flew more miles than I have ever flown in a year before. I tried out a number of aspirational flights like Cathay Pacific and Emirates First Class as well as a few long flights in the back of … Read more
American Airlines 787 Main Cabin Extra LAX-AKL After my terrible experience last weekend in American Airlines Business class, I wasn’t looking forward to my American Airlines 787 Main Cabin Extra LAX-AKL flight. At 12+ hours each way, AA 82 and 83 are long flights to be in Economy (even if it is “Main … Read more
The Dublin Preclearance Lounge The Dublin Preclearance Lounge, officially known as 51st&Green (a play on the concept of Ireland as the 51st state of the USA) just opened a few weeks ago. I visited this past weekend prior to my terrible flight on American Airlines. Overall it is quite an impressive … Read more
American Airlines A330-200 Business Class DUB-ORD Let me start out this post by saying there are much bigger problems in this world than terrible flights. Famine, war, the US Presidential election. And even on flights there are much bigger issues than I experienced. Crash landings, overflowing toilets, outbreaks of norovirus … Read more
On August 1, American Airlines will change to a revenue based loyalty program. This means that instead of earning miles based on distance flown, passengers earn miles based on cost of the ticket. American is partners with Alaska Airlines. To many it seemed inevitable that there would be changes to the structure of … Read more
Alaska Airlines “fly nice” ad campaign It seems that the Battle for Seattle between Alaska and Delta is heating up. There is a new Alaska Airlines “fly nice” ad campaign running in the new Capitol Hill light rail station in Seattle. This comes on the heels of a minor kerfuffle … Read more