Flying With Fish The Blog for Those Who Fly & Those Who Want to Fly Smarter

Ask passengers about airline food and you’re bound to get two consistent answers A) It’s horrible B) Do airlines still serve meals? Like the vast majority of passengers, I tend to fly in the back of the plane … where food is generally nonexistent or not exactly desirable … however “up front” in business class [...]

When boarding a flight, any commercial airline flight, from any airport in the world, you hear the same message … “Please place your carry on item under the seat in front of you. For those seated in the bulkhead, please place your bags in the overhead bin for take off and landing.” There is a [...]

Traveling while injured is never fun and I’ve been doing it since the end of March when I significantly injured my ankle, then broke my ankle, injured it again and in the process managed to tear a few ligaments along the way. Yesterday my traveling schedule included hobbling through four flights, three airports and two [...]

Today something happened that has not happened to me in 60.5 months … yes 60.5 months, I remember exactly when it happened and under what circumstances. Sometimes all the planning and pre-planned and factoring in of traffic and weather can come crashing down and the best laid plans lead to you standing at the ticket [...]

This week’s reader mail comes from Jaime, from Elk Grove, IL. Following the announcement this week that United Airlines and Continental Airlines will merge, Jamie asks “The United States will now be home to the two largest airlines in the world once United and Continental merge, should American Airlines and US Airways merge next?” Well [...]

This week’s reader mail comes from someone just starting to navigate their way through airline frequent flyer programs.   Gerry from DFW asks “I have started to travel frequently for work which has lead me to start reading FlyerTalk. I see many references to mileage an segment runs, what is the difference?” Gerry … first off [...]

Its that time of year again, the cold winter chill has lost its charm, the sun is setting later and later allowing you to see the black ice on the road for an extra few minutes at night … and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released its list of the top (and bottom) [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/11/2009 – A Detailed Audio & Visual Sequence Of Events Of US Airways 1549 Landing In The Hudson River On January 15th 2009 US Airways Flight 1549, operating an Airbus A320-214 was cleared for take from New York’s LaGuardia Airport at 15:24:56, from Runway 4. At 15:31 the Airbus A320 [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 7/11/2009 – Now Boarding US Airways Flight 743 to Filadelfia…yup Filadelfia Every once in a while someone will send me a photo that causes me to crack up, well a week ago one of these photos found its way into my e-mail box. Every traveller seems to enjoy odd moments, [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/10/2009 – Continental Airlines Joins Star Alliance Its been quite some time in the making, but as the sun rises over Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) this morning the former Continental Airlines SkyTeam alliance logos have been taken down and a shiny Boeing 757 sits in a hanger painted in [...]