Never, Ever Place a Live Animal in the Overhead Bin On Monday, a United passenger on a Houston-to-New York LGA flight named Maggie Gremminger (who goes by @MaggieGrem on Twitter) sent five tweets upon landing that went like this… I… Johnny Jet , March 14, 2018
(Expired) My United MileagePlus® Explorer Card Helped Me Save 7,500 United Airlines Miles This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet Editorial , March 12, 2018
What Is Basic Economy and Is It Worth It? This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet Editorial , February 5, 2018
Know Your Airline Policies When Your Flight Gets Delayed or Canceled From ever-shrinking seats to congested airports and flight delays, air travel today seems to come with unlimited potential for stress. However, in the case of delays, being an informed consumer… Caitlin Martin Marker , November 15, 2017
Video: United’s 747 Farewell Flight Last week I wrote about my experience on United’s last-ever 747 flight (here’s that story again in case you missed it). A few days after that posted, United released a… Johnny Jet , November 14, 2017
Video: A Fond Farewell to United’s Boeing 747 If you haven’t noticed by now, most airlines are retiring their old gas-guzzlers and replacing them with more technologically advanced aircraft that use a lot less gas. Sadly, that means… Johnny Jet , October 31, 2017
Beware of Gate Check Fees When You Fly Basic Economy As you likely know by now, all three major U.S. airlines have introduced Basic Economy (here’s my story on American’s product) fares for flyers. The idea is that a seat in… Johnny Jet , September 18, 2017
United Bringing Non-Stop Service Between Houston and Sydney On January 18, 2018, the city of Houston is set to receive non-stop service via United Airlines to Sydney, Australia. It will be the only non-stop service between the two… Team Johnny Jet , September 7, 2017
Tips for Getting a Global Entry Appointment This Summer I’ve written before about how helpful Global Entry can be. If you’re a frequent or even semi-frequent traveler, applying for Global Entry ($100 for five years) will put you on… Johnny Jet , June 19, 2017
Video: Why Airlines Sell More Seats Than They Have I’ve featured Wendover Productions videos (like this one) in the past because they are often travel-related. Well, Wendover smartly put another together video—”Why Airlines Sell More Seats Than They Have,” above—when… Johnny Jet , April 18, 2017
How to Not Get Dragged Off a United Plane You may have heard about the disturbing incident last night in which a passenger was violently dragged off a United Express flight (flight 3411 operated by Republic Airways). My buddy Gary Leff wrote… Johnny Jet , April 10, 2017
How to Get Directly Through to an Airline’s Customer Service Center One of my friends recently contacted me and asked if I had any secret numbers to get through to United Airlines customer service. He said he was trying to rebook… Johnny Jet , March 1, 2017
15 Scenes from Newcastle, the Lake District and the English North After an encouraging first run, direct routes between Newark (EWR) and Newcastle, England (NCL) will reopen lines to the bucolic north of England next summer. Once again, one of Europe’s more underrated… Ian Livingston , October 16, 2015
In Flight on United’s New Route: Newark to Newcastle (and the Lake District) As has been written on this site, United Airlines is now operating direct flights from Newark (EWR) to Newcastle, England (NCL)—and will continue them through September 7, at least. Initially,… Ian Livingston , August 7, 2015
