United Mile Play Invitation

Were you targeted for United Mile Play Bonus Miles?

Seemingly completely out of nowhere, I saw an e-mail this afternoon stating “Your exclusive Mile Play offer is waiting”Here I am thinking its going to be some game, or convoluted multi-tier promotion like American AAdvantage put out last month.What I was instead met with was surprisingly simple! Book and take a single trip in United Economy…

United's #Bumpgate

Airlines Respond to United’s #Bumpgate

Yesterday, I asked whether the blogosphere had “over covered” #bumpgate, where we witnessed video of United’s dragging a passenger off a plane.Well, today, I thought I’d attempt a bit of lighthearted-ness with coverage of what some airlines have responded to the event with.Take for example, this advertisement which may or may not be real from Southwest:Or,…

#BumpGate, @FakeUnitedJeff United MileagePlus X App

Was #BumpGate Over Covered in the Blogosphere?

Everyone is talking about #BumpGate, where United Airlines involuntarily denied boarding to a medical professional after he had already boarded, resulting in the Chicago Aviation Police physically removing him. You can see the offending activity right here:That video that I shared above, in 14 hours had 65,000 views. Was #BumpGate Over Covered in the Blogosphere?From a…

Boarding the Emirates A380 via Door 1UL.

Is Alaska the first in a new string of devaluations?

In the aftermath of the un-announced Alaska Airlines’ Emirates devaluation, Gary Leff posted: Your miles aren’t safe: Devaluations create the need for even more devaluations. While I don’t believe he’s wrong in his assertion normally, I will lay out an argument of why I don’t believe his assertion to be true in this case. BackgroundIn the…

Conclusion: Thanksgiving Round the World

This trip was at least 18 months in the making. It also went through varying destinations. We started out with the desire to do an around the world trip, then it became a “quick experience of Asia” trip, with visits to Taiwan and Malaysia (still haven’t made it to either), then we had to delay it.…

Is Hidden City Ticketing Bad For Everybody?

It’s a commonly known hack among the initiated. Even Trevor wrote about how the “hidden city” trick can be good for the pocketbook. But is hidden city ticketing a bad practice that could create harm to the travel ecosystem? That’s what two recent lawsuits against a website specializing in hidden city ticketing are suggesting.Skift recently wrote about the lawsuits…