I recently flew American Airlines Economy Class round trip between Chicago and London. On the outbound flight, I had the unique experience of a daytime flight on an eastbound trans-Atlantic flight. Most flights from the US to Europe are red-eyes, leaving in the … [Read more...]
Review: American Airlines 787 Business Class, Beijing to Dallas
American Airlines 787-8 business class is a very comfortable way to fly long haul routes. The American Airlines 787 flies several long haul routes including flights to Asia, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe from Dallas, Los Angeles, and Chicago.I … [Read more...]
Best Economy Class Seats on the United Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Over the course of the last couple of years, I have had the opportunity to fly almost every aircraft type in United’s longhaul fleet. Unfortunately for me, the majority of those flights have been in economy class but fortunately for you, I have enough experience with … [Read more...]
Where Does the Boeing 787 or Airbus A380 Fly?
One of my favorite parts of collecting miles is redeeming them for flights on special aircraft. Although the Boeing 747 has lots of flaws, it's still the original "jumbo jet" and offers a unique travel experience in first class, whether you're in the more private upper … [Read more...]
First Time Flying First Class: Etihad First Class Review 787 IAD to AUH
On March 24th, my brother asked me a question I never thought I would hear; "Do you want to go with me to Egypt next week?" Due to his miracle working with the airline award tickets (hince his Award booking Service) and the fact that my boss is awesome meant that not … [Read more...]
American Airlines 787 Business Class Review Inaugural Return Flight
American Airlines 787 Dreamliner flew its first commercial route yesterday and I was on board going to and returning from Chicago. On the inaugural flight I enjoyed my economy class seat in 16H, but on the return flight I was able to upgrade to business class with help … [Read more...]
American Airlines 787 Inaugural Flight – Economy Class
America Airlines’ 787 Dreamliner took to the skies for its first commercial flight Thursday morning and needless to say there was a decent celebration to mark the first commercial operation that was several years in the making. I had arrived at Dallas Fort wWorth … [Read more...]
Review United Airlines 787 Business Class
Finally, the 787 is flying again and I was able to snag a seat aboard one of United’s first flights after the grounding! United started flying the 787 again on May 20th between IAH and ORD and will continue to roll out the plane on a number of routes before the June … [Read more...]
Winner of the Alaska Boeing 787 Dreamliner Contest
The entries are in! Out of 49 comments and 4 Twitter entries, for a total of 53, the winner was selected by an anonymous machine to be #40.Congratulations to Miriam, who wrote in to teach me that Alaska: ...used to have several flights from the U.S. to the Russian … [Read more...]
Alaska Airlines Boeing 787 Giveaway
Yes, you read that right! I have managed to tie together some of my Boeing and Alaska swag for yet another contest. One of my readers, @Kofucious, works at Boeing and recently gave me some awesome 787 swag to give away. Actually, not that recently. I got it in August … [Read more...]
