Introduction Check-in: ICICI/American Express Altitude Lounge Mumbai Terminal 1A Airborne: Flight AI 660 (BOM-DEL), Air India, Economy Class Check-in: ICICI/American Express Altitude Lounge Delhi Terminal 3 Airborne: Flight AI 657 (DEL-BOM), Air India, Executive Class I arrived... Read more

On my recent trip to Colorado Springs for BAcon, I ran a little competition to give away some lovely “Remove Before Flight” tags. So lets see where was I and who the winners were…. Picture 1: Aer Lingus Check-in, Birmingham Airport: Winner – @Abe_HT A... Read more

I have written quite about about my year-long experiment with the Veterans Advantage card.  I am already convinced that it is a good deal and recommend it to anyone who qualifies for it.  However, the Veterans Advantage leader, Scott Higgins,... Read more

Ted Reed of Forbes discusses American’s new boarding process and why it’s already failed at Virgin America: In fact, Virgin America has already tried and abandoned American’s new process. “It is more efficient and you do get a lot of people on the aircraft more... Read more

Two pieces of news reminded me that I don’t have the bandwidth to learn every program. AviancaTaca LifeMiles has been the hot program since last fall with an award chart ripe for taking advantage and bonus-laden buy miles opportunities. I doubt anyone felt it would last... Read more

Miami International Airport (MIA) has seen a very high number of bomb scares in recent years but this story caught my attention. Seriously, a shipment of gold valued at $625,000 was received at MIA and no one knows where it went? Wow, talk about a lost luggage problem! Seems the... Read more

Last week I got a chance to fly over lower Manhattan. I was flying from Washington Dulles (IAD) to LaGuardia and the plan had to go around Manhattan for a Southwards landing into LaGuardia. It was a perfect opportunity to get a picture of the Freedom Tower which had just... Read more

I’m catching up with last week’s notable airline news items and American’s new boarding process, tested earlier this year, is a hot topic. Basically, American Airlines is now allowing those passengers without carry-ons requiring overhead bin space to board ahead of Group... Read more

Introduction Aloft San Francisco Airport Cathay Pacific Lounge San Francisco Cathay Pacific First Class San Francisco to Hong Kong Cathay Pacific First Class Hong Kong to Singapore St. Regis Singapore Singapore Airlines Silver Kris Lounge Singapore SilkAir Business Class... Read more

The booking site for the Star MegaDO  opens TOMORROW, Monday May 19th at 12pm CST! Many of you are probably asking yourself, “What the heck is the OneWorld MegaDo?” And it is totally understandable. Essentially this is an event partnered with Star Alliance and Marriott... Read more

I’m in the office for the remainder of the month, and that’s making me a little twitchy. I could use a little break to catch up on some things around the office, so I won’t complain…..much. This week, I’ll continue with my cruise line loyalty... Read more

Conde’ Nast Traveler has just posted three videos featuring my advice on a variety of subjects. In this week’s edition of tips from our Top Travel Specialists Collection, we hear from Gary Leff, our specialist when it comes to award tickets and cashing in all manner... Read more

Macau is one of my favorite corners of the world. When I studied in Hong Kong I frequently went there on weekends. People who frown on it are generally those that look no further than the entertainment-less casinos. If they just step over to the pawn shops their eyes would pop.... Read more

“Aside from providing a free transfer service to Moscow’s main attractions, the hotel offers a unique opportunity to learn Russian and become closer to the Russian culture. Every Tuesday at 6:30pm in the 7 Sisters Café, a professional Russian language tutor awaits the... Read more

It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, to celebrate Denmark’s win the in the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s a Scandinavian Airlines System Airbus A330 parked at Newark International Airport More airplane art (with no... Read more

Streaming music service Spotify recently commissioned psychologist Dr. Rebecca Spelman to create a playlist to calm listener nerves while flying. Spotify notes that Dr. Spellman found that breathing in time to harmonious songs with a low and steady tempo drastically lowers heart... Read more

May 2012: The results were in! I rated how I did packing for my two-week long conference with both clothes and other stuff. I announced some big news, plus gave some tips on how to travel in the first trimester of pregnancy, May 2011: Traveling with someone else? Here are tips... Read more

Google loves to have fun with their maps product, often offering up entertaining instructions like swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, riding a jet-ski between Japan and China or sailing from Seattle to Honolulu. A new feature in the latest update – currently showing only... Read more