Travel Photo of the Day: United Plane Tips With Half of USC Football Team On It I don’t think I’ve ever seen a plane tip like this before. Have you? A former pro golfer and now a golf commentator, Dave Stockton Jr (@DSJR1) posted the photo… Johnny Jet , September 19, 2021
United Airlines Adding Supersonic Jets When I read United Airlines’ press release this morning, I had to double check the date just to make sure it wasn’t April 1. The news? United Airlines just ordered… Johnny Jet , June 3, 2021
Avoid SFO Between These Times I received an email yesterday from United Airlines stating that they’re offering a travel waiver for SFO runway construction. Their waiver applies to tickets issued April 24 – May 21…. Johnny Jet , April 25, 2021
United Adds Three New Routes to Countries Reopening to Vaccinated Travelers One of the biggest trends in the travel industry to emerge from the pandemic is that airlines are significantly switching up their usual flight routes and schedules. Most of the… Johnny Jet , April 19, 2021
Is United Airlines Out of Their Minds? UPDATE: It was a glitch! Thank goodness. From United “We had a temporary issue impacting prices shown on the baggage calculator. This didn’t impact the actual price customers were charged,… Johnny Jet , April 8, 2021
How to Request or Match Elite Status on US Airlines Happy Friday! We used to send out a reader tip every Friday but since not many people are traveling right now, we haven’t received a whole lot of tips from… Johnny Jet , December 17, 2020
A Passenger On My Flight Refused To Wear a Mask Image courtesy of United Airlines I feel for flight attendants for so many reasons right now, not the least of which is for having to deal with passengers who refuse… Terry Ward , December 11, 2020
United Airlines Is Returning to JFK In 2016, United Airlines decided to move their New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) flights to somewhat nearby Newark (EWR). I was bummed because I used to fly… Johnny Jet , November 12, 2020
Airlines That Are Offering COVID-19 Testing I believe that one of the only ways the travel industry will get back (or at least close) to pre-pandemic levels is if everyone wears a mask and if widespread,… Johnny Jet , October 12, 2020
American and Delta Follow United in Eliminating Change Fees But This is Why American’s Policy Is Better My head is spinning over here but in a good way! Yesterday, I wrote about the incredible, huge travel news that United Airlines was dropping those pesky and ridiculous $200… Johnny Jet , September 1, 2020
United, Delta and American Permanently Getting Rid of Change Fees United Airlines Permanently Getting Rid of Change Fees First, United announced yesterday that they’re permanently getting rid of change fees for standard and premium tickets (not Basic Economy). They also… Johnny Jet , August 31, 2020
United Airlines Permanently Getting Rid of Change Fees When I saw United’s tweet announcing that they’re eliminating changes fees, I had to doublecheck that today wasn’t April 1st (who knows what day it is, anyway?) I mean, what?!… Johnny Jet , August 30, 2020
One Reason You Might Want to Fly United During COVID Last month, I did a conference call with Boeing executives and airline reporters about the Boeing Confident Travel Initiative. One of my big takeaways was that airplanes that are equipped… Johnny Jet , July 22, 2020
Airline and Hotel Reward Programs That Have Extended Elite Status I recently wrote a post for CNN.com entitled: What coronavirus means for elite airplane passengers. I know there are a lot more important things in the world but when frequent… Johnny Jet , April 13, 2020
My Trip to Chicago for United Media Day 2019 Greetings! Last week, I flew from Los Angeles to Chicago for the night, as a guest of United for the airline’s Media Day. It was my first time flying United… Johnny Jet , October 31, 2019
