10 Reasons to Fly Hawaiian Airlines to Hawaii I’ve been lucky enough to visit Hawaii close to 20 times and I’ve flown all the major carriers to and from the mainland—including American, Delta, and United. When I flew… Johnny Jet , March 12, 2014
Travel Tip of the Day: When First Class is Cheaper than Coach When First Class is Cheaper than Coach Back in December, when my dad and I went to Las Vegas to play golf with a PGA Tour Pro for Expedia and… Johnny Jet , March 12, 2014
Travel Tip of the Day: Take United’s Carry-On Policy Seriously Take United’s Carry-On Policy Seriously As I wrote in a story last week, United Airlines this month updated their carry-on baggage policy—and their approach to enforcing it. The airline has… Johnny Jet , March 10, 2014
Malaysia Airlines MH370 Resource Page We are all deeply disturbed, saddened and puzzled about what happened to Malaysia Airlines MH370, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Below I have compiled a resource page to… Johnny Jet , March 9, 2014
Delta Publishes 2015 SkyMiles Award Chart Delta recently introduced a new mileage earning and redemption structure for SkyMiles members, which they said they weren’t going to release until the fall—and then released just a week later (they must’ve felt… Johnny Jet , March 6, 2014
Big Time Fallout from new Delta Frequent Flyer Announcement The big travel news this week is the fallout from Delta’s bombshell of an announcement last Wednesday that starting January 1, 2015, SkyMiles points will be earned based on the actual cost of… Johnny Jet , March 5, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Virgin Atlantic Safety Film We’ve written recently about other fun airline safety videos (including Air New Zealand’s and Delta’s) and now Virgin Atlantic has jumped into the game. With the Oscars this past Sunday, Virgin… Johnny Jet , March 4, 2014
United’s Strict New Approach to Baggage Rules More bad news for fliers: According to The Points Guy, on March 1 United Airlines implemented an update to their systemwide policy that cracks down on passengers’ carry-on baggage rights. The airline… Johnny Jet , March 4, 2014
Delta Rewrites Frequent Flyer Rules Delta Air Lines just announced that they are making updates to the SkyMiles program, changes that will start in 2015. “Changes” is the understatement of the year as Delta just put… Johnny Jet , February 26, 2014
KLM Airlines to allow social media payment options KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, known for its innovative uses of social media in simplifying travel for their customers, has just become the first airline in the world to allow their… Sophie Dodd , February 19, 2014
Historic Rostock and Warnemünde, Germany From the moment you step through the Duke of Mecklenburg’s old royal gate, you’re transported back almost 800 years, to a time when Rostock, Germany was the shipping capital of… Georgie Jet , February 19, 2014
Travel Website of the Week: Award Magic Award Magic could change everything if you use airline miles to book travel. Every savvy traveler knows that the best way to travel for free (or close to it)—especially in international business… Johnny Jet , February 18, 2014
Does United Airlines Give Out Too Much Information? Last night, my niece Amanda was flying from Newark to Geneva on United Airlines. She was running late getting to the airport so I visited United.com to see if the… Johnny Jet , February 15, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Air New Zealand Safety Video “Safety in Paradise” Air New Zealand has made a name for itself recently by delivering the most watched—and actually watchable—in-flight safety videos in the industry. I know, most passengers don’t watch safety videos… Johnny Jet , February 11, 2014
Sneak Peek: SilkAir’s New Boeing 737 Last week I flew to Seattle compliments of Singapore Airlines so I could witness a momentous occasion for both Boeing and Singapore Airlines’ regional carrier SilkAir. In 2012, SilkAir made… Johnny Jet , February 10, 2014