April showers bring May…thundershowers?  Bad weather today in the midwest and east coast has led to some significant delays with a domino effect on many other airports. Given my habit of booking evening flights, that means I’m stuck with compounded delays, something... Read more

There was a story at Flyertalk some weeks ago about some new service changes in Lufthansa First Class. The ones I noticed during my recent trip were as follows: Different sort of pillow: New butter knife design: New Salt and Pepper: New Napkin Rings (oooh!) New Cutlery Starters... Read more

I have spent much of May in China alternating between marathon sessions in boardrooms and entertaining. Between the Chinese ‘Great Firewall’ and my company’s own increasing firewall, I can only get to my blog and email in the few minutes between midnight and 6... Read more

News and Notes from Around the Interweb: You’ve got a second chance – make it count!: The Star MegaDO was supposed to go on sale on Monday but technical glitches got in the way. Seats are now available, get them while they last (which usually isn’t for very... Read more

I know I listed this as a recap of the week of May 13, but it actually started before then since I spent a weekend at my destination.  Note, I don’t do this regularly and I always make sure the airfare is cheaper to do this and don’t expense anything before I would have... Read more

Don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! No significant news today, so here is a very good post from Gary about when airlines load their award seats. I found this tumblr site hilarious, thanks to Food, Wine, and Miles‘ post on FT. This is my favourite so... Read more

In article published this morning in Bloomberg, American Chief Commercial Officer Virasb Vahidi, discusses the major modification plans for the new A321 jets entering the American fleet this coming November. The jets will replace the current B767-200 equipment on the JFK-LAX... Read more

Members of AAdvantage can earn 250 AAdvantage miles for a minimum donation of $50 or 500 AAdvantage miles for a minimum donation of $100. The donation is for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief. The bonus can be earned only one time through June 30, 2013. Here is the link to... Read more

Take a tour of the First Class cabin on American’s new Boeing 777-300ER and never leave your desk. I just noticed a link on AA.com to a virtual tour. No baked on board cookie, but it will give you a good idea what it looks like up at the front of the plane. Go here [...] Read more

Italian authorities have given the go-ahead for Emirates to proceed with their planned service between Milan Malpensa and JFK effective October 1st 2013. The route, which continues on to Dubai, will be operated using B777-300ER aircraft in addition. The flight will be in... Read more

Want to save hundreds of dollars in fuel surcharges on Qantas award flights between Australia and Europe? Turns out it is a trivial task. Thanks to the recent partnership between Qantas and Emirates has created a number of interesting arbitrage opportunities for members of the... Read more

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.” – William Blake. Ray Manzarek, musician, radio and TV personality, and co-founder and keyboard player for the Doors, died Monday, May 20 in the town of Rosenheim,... Read more

Speaking of sins, forgive me for not posting for some time. Over the past 2 weeks, ironically, I spent a few days at an airport… but this time I wasn’t flying; instead, I was having fun throwing iron around and getting my adrenaline pumped by doing things like... Read more

Lots of people have their quirks when they check into their room. Some are neat freaks and like to toss the comforter and television remote in a pile. I’m sure they would burn them if they could, much like in The Velveteen Rabbit. Others order room service, pull out the... Read more

Purchasing Vanilla Reload cards and loading them to an American Express Bluebird card has been a very hot topic in the points and miles world. This is because you can write checks (physically and online) from your American Express Bluebird account and the funds are essentially... Read more

It’s time for a reader photo. Thanks to Kenny for sending in this one. Correct Answer: Winner: If you’d like your photo featured, please email it to me at onemileatatime@hotmail.com, along with the correct... Read more

Earlier this month American Airlines and Klout teamed up to offer people with a Klout score of 55 or higher a free Admirals Club day pass. If you went to American’s special promotion website and didn’t score a pass there’s still hope: if you increase your... Read more

Here are a few quick updates from the miles and points world: Chase has introduced a new benefit to the United MileagePlus Explorer card by eliminating the foreign transaction fees effective June 1.  Most of my Chase Rewards credit cards already had no foreign transaction fee,... Read more