As I posted previously, I’m visiting a friend in Sydney this week and before heading out to her place in the suburbs, I booked a room on my first day here at the Sydney Harbour Marriott at Circular Quay. I’ll post a full review in the future, but I wanted to quickly share the helpful…
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United Swaps Out 747 for 777 on Australia Flights, Plus More Route Changes
United Airlines has made several adjustments to its international flying schedule beginning at the end of March 2014, including the re-introduction of 747 flights out of Chicago O’Hare and swapping out 747-400s for three-class 777-200s on Australia-bound flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco. The schedule changes are appearing online as of this morning. Highlighting…
Notable Airline, Hotel and Travel News: August 2, 2013
A sampling of industry news that caught my attention today: There’s word that JetBlue may reveal its new first class-style premium seat on Monday in San Diego at the Global Business Travel Association conference. The new product is expected to appear on select Airbus A321 transcon flights in 2014, including JFK to LAX. American Airlines…
Notable Airline, Hotel and Travel News: July 30, 2013
A sampling of industry news that caught my attention today: The Department of Transportation fined Southwest Airlines $200,000 for violating the price advertising rule by not allocating a sufficient number of seats at advertised prices. One example: zero seats were available on any day during a $66 fare promo period for flights between Dallas and…
Australia Trip Report: United, Virgin Australia, Hilton and Radisson Blu
At this time last year, I was in Australia for a couple of weeks and reviewed each portion of my trip here on Frequently Flying (or CNBC’s Road Warrior), including my United Airlines LAX-Sydney flight, a sponsored trip on Virgin Australia between Sydney and Perth, two Hiltons, and the Radisson Blu Sydney. Here’s a recap…
Flight Review: Virgin Australia Business Class Perth to Sydney
I flew to Perth on a Virgin Australia Airbus A330 sporting the old business class configuration, and I was excited to experience the new, more luxe layout on my return to Sydney. If you didn’t read my outbound review, you should know that Qantas and Virgin Australia have really upped their game on this premium…
Flight Review: Virgin Australia Business Class Sydney to Perth
As many of you know, I was in Australia for a couple of weeks last month and I gave you a sneak peek of my transcontinental Virgin Australia experience. Here, now, is a full review of my premium coast-to-coast flight from Sydney to Perth. In full disclosure, I flew compliments of Virgin Australia. The route…
A Tale of Obsessive Flight Tracking Leading to Proactive Rebooking
My return from Sydney on United Airlines last week was delayed by one day due to a combination of a mechanical problem and the crew exceeding their duty time. It wasn’t my flight, actually, but rather that of the inbound aircraft that would have been United 840 back to LAX on Friday, August 3. Being…
Virgin Australia’s Domestic Lounge at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
I had the privilege of flying Virgin Australia in business class from Sydney to Perth a couple of weeks ago and gave you a sneak peek here. Prior to the flight, I spent a few hours in their domestic lounge in Terminal 2 – a benefit for business class ticketholders similar to what we enjoy…
Video of my takeoff from Sydney today
It was a stunning day in Sydney today. I’m fighting jet lag, but did manage to upload the video of my takeoff from Sydney today onboard United Airlines flight 840 to Los Angeles (yes… yes… I know… my electronic device was on and it shouldn’t have been). I was supposed to be on yesterday’s flight,…