http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime Tips, Tricks, and Travel with Lucky Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:51:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wanted my blog readers to be the first to know about a great event that United has graciously invited 100 FlyerTalkers to attend. Employee Open House, aka Fleet Week is usually only open to employees and their friends/family, but this year an invitation has been extended to a limited ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/27/united-invites-flyertalkers-to-join-employee-open-house-at-sfo-oct-12-fleet-week/ From the Chicago Tribune: UAL Corp.'s United Airlines plans to cut 1,550 flight attendant jobs, Bloomberg News and Crain's Chicago Business reported Wednesday. In a notice to the flight attendants' union, United said it's offering voluntary furloughs of six to 21 months starting Oct. 31 and hasn't announced layoffs. "As we reduce the ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/27/united-to-lay-off-1550-flight-attendants/ All Installments: Introduction Lufthansa First to Europe, part one Lufthansa First to Europe including the First Class Terminal, part two InterContinental Malta Six days in Malta Lufthansa Business MLA-FRA InterContinental Frankfurt and a fun evening Lufthansa First to the US with some twists and turns   We decided to take the hotel car to the airport, which was 21 Euro, ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/26/trip-report-lufthansa-business-mla-fra/ Per View from the Wing: Frugal Travel Guy points to a British Midland bonus for Hertz rentals. Hertz rentals booked here using Promotional Coupon 123631 from 20 August through 30 September 2008 earn 3400 bmi miles rather than the standard 1700 (which is easily the best standard offer to start with). That's a ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/26/3400-bmi-miles-for-each-hertz-rental/ All Installments: Introduction Lufthansa First to Europe, part one Lufthansa First to Europe including the First Class Terminal, part two InterContinental Malta Six days in Malta Lufthansa Business MLA-FRA InterContinental Frankfurt and a fun evening Lufthansa First to the US with some twists and turns   As I mentioned in an earlier installment, my feelings on Malta are mixed. While it's ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/26/trip-report-six-days-in-malta/ Here's an experience a friend/reader emailed to me last week, and it was so refreshing to read on so many levels. While it might be long, trust me, it's worth every word and says so much about what's possible with a positive attitude. Ben, I never expected this to get this long, but I suppose this ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/25/story-from-a-reader/ As I posted about a couple of days ago, Priority Club decided to pull 80,000 points from my account for a stay that was already paid for. Well, as expected they returned my call today and apparently the IC Paris says that the stay was never paid for. They say that ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/25/priority-club-update/ OK, so maybe the actual customer service (or at least customer interaction) isn't bad yet, but I'm angry. Back in June I had a fantastic stay at the InterContinental LeGrand Paris on points, which someone else booked for me with their points, adding my name to the reservation and noting ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/23/awful-priority-club-customer-service/ Since I'm moving nearly three hours from the nearest UA station tomorrow (going back to school), I figured it was time to do some airport ticketing. I have a bunch of vouchers sitting around and had some travel to plan, so spent last night putting a few tickets on hold, ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/23/airport-ticketing-fun/ All Installments: Introduction Lufthansa First to Europe, part one Lufthansa First to Europe including the First Class Terminal, part two InterContinental Malta Six days in Malta Lufthansa Business MLA-FRA InterContinental Frankfurt and a fun evening Lufthansa First to the US with some twists and turns    After a 25 minute cab ride from the airport, we made it to the ... http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/08/22/trip-report-intercontinental-malta/