Airlines

The final stop of our tour of Southeast Asia was Siem Reap, Cambodia. I found award space on Singapore Airlines business class to the US but couldn’t add the first…

Aviation geeks are a special breed. I always knew they were out there and that they could be geeky; I mean, for 30ish years we’ve had a friend who could…

For most people, if you’re not sitting in first or business class, seats in the exit rows can be some of the most desirable ones on the plane. You don’t…

When put “in charge” of a few hundred passengers, flight attendants wind up getting a lot of questions. And because their “audience” is different from flight to flight, they tend…

When you check in for a flight, either by printing a boarding pass on your computer or by using a mobile device, you’re provided with a boarding group. This lets…

When flying internationally, you’ll often get a different experience on the flight that leaves from the country where the airline is based. An airline has better control of the product…

Happy June, y’all! June is a big month in the U.S. calendar. You’ve got D Day, Flag Day, Father’s Day, Juneteenth, and Summer Solstice. It’s also, of course, LGBTQ Pride…

After the pandemic had been around for a while and people were juuuuust starting to fly again, most passengers, understandably, didn’t want to sit directly next to someone they didn’t…

Back in March, we flew on a United 757-200 with Polaris first-class seats on a flight from Newark to Orlando. Two days before the flight, United sent an email saying…

Exit rows have always been “special” to flyers. After all, you get extra legroom!  Of course, you have to make yourself available to help in the event of an emergency…