US Department of Transportation rules on United Fare

A few weeks ago, there was an excellent fare, that was clearly too good to be true, bookable via United’s website.It took some time, but the US Department of Transportation finally released a ruling. You can read it in full here, but if you want the cliff notes version of the 3 paragraph ruling, here’s what…

About United’s latest fare deal

Early today, a FlyerTalk thread popped up with a pretty phenomenal United premium fare from the United Kingdom to many places in some cases for as little as $85 USD. Perhaps the most amazing thing to me, was how fast things played out. It hit the blogs quickly, I think, starting with Gary Leff’s View from…

United MileagePlus Accounts Compromised

H/T to Wandering ArameanOver the holiday, I noticed a few folks on twitter mentioning that their accounts were locked out. Of course, my first response was to check mine (because, for one reason or another, I still have miles there, even though they’re approaching skypesos status). Luckily mine was good, but, it appears that United is…

My Star Alliance Identity Crisis

Dear Star Alliance: I love you, but we need to take a break. I just don’t know who you are anymore – and it’s just not working out.That’s right – I finally found the courage to say it: Star Alliance and I are just not working out. Between the devaluations and reduced award earnings, I’ve…