On my mammoth 40,000 mile trip which starts next week, I am coming home from Shaghai to London on a United Award ticket. I’ve held this since November, but the routing was not the best. I was flying Shanghai to Seoul, then Asiana to Frankfurt and Lufthansa to London. As many readers know Lufthansa only…
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Trans-pacific airlines avoiding North Korea?
I am flying from San Francisco to Shanghai next week and noticed this interesting flight route for United’s flight yesterday. It appears that flight is diverting to avoid travelling over North Korea, although it seems odd it doesn’t go West rather than East.
US based airlines Club Membership fees comparisons
With Delta increasing it’s prices on 1 March 2013, and the USAirways / American Airlines merger announced, I thought I would have a look at comparison of costs for membership of their airport clubs. Many elite members of non-US based airlines get in to the clubs either when they are travelling internationally the same day,…
United: The airline where a 20,000 mile upgrade award costs 21,364
Do I really need to say more about what is wrong with this airline?
United asks – Would I like to upgrade? For more than a new ticket in Business Class!!
I booked a new ticket this morning – in W class so that I can use my Global Premier Upgrades – from London to Seattle, in October with United Airlines. At the end of the process, and before I was able to apply the GPU’s, United offered me an upgrade opportunity for cash. Great I…
United matches BA seat sale
United appear to have matched the BA Seat sale to New York: Routing via Washington Dulles seems to keep the same price (actually +£2), but adds some extra miles.
United (quietly) credits missing Air New Zealand points via the power of Social Media
On 29 December I wrote about my missing Air New Zealand points which originally been fine and then magically reduced themselves (twice). At the same time I tweeted Air NZ and got and almost immediate reply! Two days letter I had an email from Air New Zealand, who (surprise!), had never heard of this problem…
United changes elite status earning for most (but not all) carriers in premium cabins
United appears to have changed the PQM (Premier Qualifying Mile) earnings for a number of its Star Alliance partners over night. Significantly very few carriers now earn more than 1 times the miles flown as PQM. So, for example, in the past an Air New Zealand flight taken in Business Class would have earned 1.5…
United launches New Year’s sale from UK (Easter/Summer 2013) book by 8 Jan
United are offering discounted Business Class fares for the Easter and Summer periods of 2013. It seems a little early but I suppose cash is king and if they can have our now, why wait? All seem to book in to P class. Book your roundtrip ticket by 11:59 p.m. GMT on 8 January 2013…
Air New Zealand credit to United – the saga continues
As you may remember I had a problem with my flights with Air New Zealand crediting to United. Recap: I flew London Heathrow to Los Angeles on a revenue business class ticket with Air New Zealand. I credited this to my United Airlines MileagePlus account where it should have earned 1.5 status miles and credits…
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