After getting off my international flight from LAX and clearing customs and immigration, I headed to the domestic terminal for my connecting flight to SYD. Australia seems to have a lot less security theater than the US, which was very much appreciated. Qantas has two sorts of domestic lounges: Qantas Clubs and Qantas Domestic Business…
QF 94 Los Angeles (LAX) to Melbourne (MEL) Depart: 11:30pm Arrive: 8:20am +2 days Duration: 15h 50m Aircraft: A380 (Phyllis Arnott) Seat: 2A After leaving the new oneworld lounge, I walked to the gate and admired both the new TBIT terminal and all of the A380s sitting at LAX. I think I saw China Southern,…
And this was their explanation: This appears to have been the result of a third party using information obtained elsewhere on the internet, via an automated process, to try to gain access to your Executive Club account. We understand this was login information relating to a different online service which you may have also used to access…
Thanks to all who commented on yesterday’s giveaway post. There were ten entries, and a random drawing selected entry #8 as the winner! That comment was made by Rich, who is using those miles to get 2,000 miles closer to an award ticket. Inter-island flights in Hawaii start at 7,500 miles, so 2,000 miles can…
I’ve got 2,000 Hawaiian miles expiring next week, so I figured I’d give them to a reader instead of letting them expire. Hawaiian offers the unique benefit of allowing people to share miles for free, provided that the recipient of the miles holds a Hawaiian Airlines credit card (if only other airlines allowed the same). If…
I’m currently sitting in the Emirates SFO Lounge (an impressive lounge and definitely the nicest lounge at SFO that I’ve been to), and I got here via Emirates Chauffeur Drive, even though my ticket was booked via Alaska miles. It was a bit of a surprise when Emirates announced earlier this year that partner award…
Earlier in 2014, there was a brief period when Qantas released a bit of first class award space to Australia. Qantas first class is a pretty challenging redemption, so I jumped on the opportunity, even though it meant that I would be heading to Australia during its winter. I redeemed 72,500 American miles for a first…
For my Southeast Asia trip, I met my sister in Bangkok as she had considerably more time to travel last summer than I did. She was planning on going to numerous places throughout the summer and had briefly mentioned to me the idea that she was going to buy a round-the-world cash ticket for many thousands of…
I’m writing about this only because I have an Alaska Airlines redemption on Emirates First Class planned in a couple of weeks, but Emirates Chauffeur Drive appears to be back for Alaska awards ticketed before January 11, 2015. Lucky wrote that Chauffeur Drive was going to be limited to tickets issued on Emirates and Qantas…
I wasn’t super impressed after the first leg of my Singapore Suites journey, but I could immediately tell after boarding that this flight was going to be a lot better. Just from the warmth of the greeting, I knew that I was in for a treat. While the load from SIN to NRT was 10/12, there…
