In April, I traveled from San Francisco to Istanbul. I flew on Turkish Airlines in business class on a Boeing 777-300ER. It was nice to be able to fly directly to Istanbul from SFO, and the ticket was just 63,500 Avianca LifeMiles each way, some of which I had earned with their credit card, and […]
Getting an American Airlines saver award in business class on their flights from Los Angeles to London Heathrow is next to impossible. When I saw one available for the time period I wanted to go to Europe in December, I jumped on the rare chance. The flight from LAX to London was the 2nd and […]
The first leg of my journey back home was a flight from Seoul to Tokyo. I flew on Japan Airlines in Business Class on a Boeing 787-800 from Seoul Gimpo to Tokyo Haneda, both being each city’s smaller, closer airport. The ticket was booked as part of a larger award using American Airlines miles, and […]
My roundabout journey from San Francisco to New Zealand was nearly complete. All I had left was a flight back across much of the Pacific from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland. Thanks to my generous award ticket routing, I flew on Malaysia Airlines in Business Class on their Airbus A330-300. When I tried to check in […]
My flight from San Francisco to Tokyo Haneda landed around 5:30am. Given the early arrival time, there wasn’t any point in trying to leave the airport grounds for my 6 hour layover. Instead, after clearing customs and rechecking my bag, I went to take a shower. As you exit the arrival lobby, the showers are […]
The transatlantic leg of my journey home was in business class on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300 from Dusseldorf to Chicago O’Hare. I had booked the flight as part of a one-way award booking for 50,000 AAdvantage miles. The check-in line was long, even for priority passengers. There was a family who had pretty much moved […]
KLM has opened a pop-up in San Francisco to promote the Dutch airline’s transatlantic service. The pop-up is only open from Friday, October 14 to Saturday, October 22nd. Visitors can potentially win flights to Amsterdam. Since the pop-up is located not far from my work, I stopped in for a visit today. Although I had pre-registered with […]
After traveling all the way around the Pacific Rim from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur to New Zealand and back via Osaka, it was time for the last part of my trip back to the United States, flying from Osaka to Los Angeles on Japan Airlines in business class […]
After my last layover in Kuala Lumpur, and a visit to the Golden Regional Lounge, it was time to fly to Hong Kong. I flew on Malaysia Airlines in business class on a Boeing 737-800 on an award ticket. The boarding area was warm & humid, as if there was barely any air conditioning. I […]
The first long leg of my trip around the Pacific Rim was from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. I’d flown in first class and regional business class on Cathay before, but this would be my first time in their long-haul business class cabin. Most of my award ticket on this trip would be […]
The Boeing 747 is probably the most iconic plane on the planet. What better way for an iconic band such as Iron Maiden to tour than by flying around the world on one? How about if the plane was also piloted by their lead singer, Bruce Dickinson? Before we move on, let’s put on some Iron […]
Have you ever wondered how to land a plane in the case of the pilots becoming incapacitated? One Quora user did, and posted a question to the service asking, “What should I do if the pilot passes out and I (with no flight training) have to land the plane?” Pilot Tim Morgan not only answered […]
Planes get hit by lightning from time to time, but it’s not often that the lightning strike is caught on video. That’s just what Mitchell & Amie Stewart managed to do on a recent Etihad Airways flight between Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates & Paris, France. They posted the cool video above to YouTube, along with […]
My next stop after Copenhagen was Riga, Latvia. With the number of discount airlines around Europe and a flight time of less than an hour, flying was a no-brainer. I had a couple of options for direct flights, Norwegian and Air Baltic. Air Baltic had just gotten in trouble for having drunk pilots not too long […]
After almost 24 hours of traveling already and a day layover in New York City, it was finally time for me to board my flight to Europe. I was flying on American in Business Class from New York JFK to Manchester on an award booking. The flight was initially delayed for 20 minutes due to […]
