I awoke and headed out to LaGuardia airport at 5:00am via a New York yellow cab. My flight didn’t depart until 8:10am, but I wanted to get to the airport early and check out the American Express Centurion Club. My flight was departing out of Terminal C and the Centurion Club was located in Terminal B. I didn’t know how long it was going to take to get between terminals but I wanted give myself plenty of time.
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Certainly elite status with Delta is not what it used to be. This is also true with the other large American airlines including United, American and Southwest. Even so, there was still enough value in the program in order to retain my participation. Until recently that is. The changes in the comfort+ seating benefits tipped the scales and convinced me to make changes – eventually.
Continue reading “Delta, The Long Goodbye – Part 2”
“What’s the matter?” Susan asked. She could tell something was bothering me as I paced about the house. “I think I’m going to stop trying for elite status with Delta” I answered. “Really!?” Susan was surprised. “But Delta has all those great people on their planes and they always treat us so nice” she countered.
Susan was right. We were always treated nice by Delta, and they’ve been a good airline to have elite status with. But things have changed. Continue reading “Delta, The Long Goodbye – Part 1”
Spending New Year’s Eve and Day with a close friend in New York was a real treat. Shortly after arriving in the city Scott showed up at my hotel – he had wanted to check out the Park Hyatt. We made our way to the hotel bar and spent our $50 credit rather quickly. Having a proper warmer we made our way onto the streets.
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It’s being reported by several sources that as soon as Monday Alaska Airlines will announce a deal to acquire Virgin America. Many of us are scratching our heads and saying why? The two airlines don’t seem like soulmates, and the company cultures are very different. Since many of these questions will be answered, or at least addressed on Monday, let’s speculate why this merger could work. Continue reading “Strange Math – What Does AS+VX=”
I’m a full time professional and my work weeks can be fairly demanding. Meetings, deadlines, and impatience customers are all part of the deal. I feel fortunate to have my career, that I enjoy my work, and that business is good.
Yesterday I had just finished a conversation with a fellow associates and had about 5 minutes before my next meeting. I glanced at my phone while I waited for the Keurig to finish and saw this post from Zach Honig at The Points Guy. There was a deal going on with Delta for round trip business class tickets from San Francisco to South Africa for $2,200. Routings were apparently available with KLM trough Europe and on Delta’s Atlanta to Johannesburg route. Holly smokes! This sounded too good to be true. Continue reading “Missed A Good One”
When Scott invited me out for the soiree, the invite also included staying at his Park Avenue apartment with him and his family. It was a generous offer and one I gladly took. About week later he called and let me know that on the evening of December 31st his sister in-law was in town and would need the guest bed for that one night. I completely understood, but shoot, that evening was going to be expensive in New York.
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Our flight from SMF we arrived at gate 68 terminal 6. Our departure was gate 51B in terminal 5. Also we had arrived 30 minutes later than scheduled on the SMF leg, so there wasn’t time for a lounge visit and I needed to head directly to gate 51B. When making connections between terminal 5 and 6, travelers need to access an underground tunnel airside between the terminals.
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For those of you not living under a rock in the travel blogosphere, American Airlines has recently completed a massive devaluation of their airline miles. It occurred on March 22nd and some of the hits were pretty substantial. Continue reading “How We’re Using Our American Airline Miles”
Sacramento Parking Garage level 3
I arrived to the Sacramento Metro Field airport early on a chilly New Year’s Eve day and parked in the airports only parking garage.
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