Travel Video of the Week: Icelandair In-Flight Safety Video Ever since Air New Zealand started the trend of entertaining in-flight safety videos, other airlines have been trying to create their own videos that can keep the attention of passengers and go… Johnny Jet , June 10, 2014
United Airlines to Award Miles Based on Ticket Price Following a similar and unpopular move by Delta, United Airlines announced today that they’ll soon be changing their MileagePlus program so that flyers earn miles based on ticket price rather than distance flown. Beginning March 1, 2015, members will… Johnny Jet , June 10, 2014
5 ways to get hot and chill down at The Boulders, a Waldorf Astoria Resort in Carefree, Arizona “Ummm, are those desert boars a part of our villa?” I half-heartedly joked with the transportation gentlemen as he pulled up to our Pueblo Villa at The Boulders, a Waldorf… Carrie Cecil , June 4, 2014
Win 120,000 Hawaiian Miles plus a two-night stay at The Modern Honolulu! UPDATE: Congratulations to our winner, reader Susan Bissette! I’ve written before about how much I like Hawaiian Airlines. Well, here’s another reason to like them: This month, they’re teaming up with The… Johnny Jet , June 4, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: British Airways’ “Go further to get closer” I really love this British Airways video, and I’m not surprised that it went viral. It’s not even five-minutes long, but it gives you a little insight into what it’s like to… Johnny Jet , June 3, 2014
American Airlines Eliminates Hold Option for Tickets on Seven Days or Less I was just asked to participate in a conference in San Francisco later this week and when I went to purchase my tickets on AA.com, I discovered something very interesting… Johnny Jet , June 2, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Little Britain Travel Agent Spoof Whenever I fly British Airways (like I did last week) I almost always watch their in-flight entertainment, which includes reruns of a hilarious English show called Come Fly With Me…. Johnny Jet , May 20, 2014
Win Two Cathay Pacific Tickets to Hong Kong from LoungeBuddy Last year I made LoungeBuddy “Travel App of the Week” as it tells you everything you need to know about all the lounges in a particular airport—from locating the lounge in… Johnny Jet , May 1, 2014
Booking Mileage Ticket Tricks to Europe I fly over 100,000 miles a year but I don’t play the mileage game (paying more and/or making a stop just to fly one particular airline) anymore since I learned… Johnny Jet , April 23, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Southwest Flight Attendant Safety Briefing One of the joys of flying Southwest Airlines is that they have some really funny flight attendants—and this three-minute viral video captured by a co-worker shows you exactly what I’m… Johnny Jet , April 22, 2014
Make-A-Wish come true by donating your airline miles Causes don’t get much better than this. Make-A-Wish—which famously grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses—is right now in the midst of its “Wishes in Flight” campaign, and it’s calling… Ian Livingston , April 17, 2014
5 Reasons to Fly Qantas Airways If you ask any of my friends which airline gets me the most excited when we go plane-spotting near LAX (psst, In-N-Out Burger has the best views), they would no doubt say… Johnny Jet , April 16, 2014
SWISS Becomes the World’s First Certified “Allergy-Friendly” Airline Great news for allergy sufferers since SWISS (Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.) became the world’s first certified “allergy-friendly” airline today. SWISS teamed up with ECARF (European Center for Allergy Research… Johnny Jet , April 16, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Emirates’ “All-Time Greats” Just last week Emirates Airlines finally started using their Twitter handle, and one of the things they’ve been tweeting so far is their new commercial, which stars two all-time great soccer players—Cristiano… Johnny Jet , April 8, 2014
Incredible footage of Air New Zealand contest winners’ two-week mission in Antarctica Late last year, the increasingly innovative airline Air New Zealand commenced a competition that would afford one lucky (dedicated, crazy, brave, whatever you want to call it) environmentalist the opportunity… Sophie Dodd , March 27, 2014