Lion Air, in the wake of aircraft accident that killed 189 people, is dealing with another aircraft incident. According to the Straits Times, a Lion Air 737-900 (JT633) carrying 145 passengers was forced…
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Fare Deal: Roundtrip between Singapore and Seattle
Last week I posted about Singapore Airlines nonstop flight between Seattle and Singapore that is due to launch on September 3, 2019. This flight will mark the fourth nonstop flight between…
Lion Air Crash Update: Boeing Issues Operations Manual Bulletin
Last week, I wrote about the Lion Air flight 610 that crashed into the Java Sea nearly 15 minutes after takeoff. None of the 189 passengers and crewmembers survived the accident. Search and Recovery crews were…
My First Interaction with United Airlines Customer Care Department
If you have been following along on my latest trip report, you know that my travels to Costa Rica were last than ideal. It started with a missed flight in Oklahoma City, another one in Houston, and a…
Missed Flight on American Airlines from Miami
After stopping by Landry’s Seafood for a short time, we made our way to the gate for Miami. When we arrived boarding had already begun. This proved to be problematic because all of the overhead bin space in…
Singapore Airlines Will Begin Flying to Seattle in September 2019
Singapore Airlines has just announced a nonstop flight between Seattle and Singapore. This represents a significant shift for the airline as it usually competes with United Airlines at…
Hale Koa Hotel Welcome Email
As someone who travels a lot, I am no stranger to receiving welcome emails from hotels when I have a confirmed reservation. In recent weeks, I have received those emails from…
Update: Lion Air 737 Max Crash
Two days ago, I wrote about a Lion Air 737 Max 8 aircraft that crashed into the Java Sea less than 15 minutes after. In the days that followed, some human remains and pieces of the aircraft were…
Irregular Operations on United Airlines
The day started out bad but it soon got worse. Our connecting flight to Costa Rica was taxiing for departure as we were landing in Houston. This meant that we would have an extraordinary long layover in Houston…
Lion Air 737 Max Crash
A Lion Air 737 Max 8 crashed on takeoff from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The aircraft, one of the newest in the fleet with just over 800 hours, was carrying almost 200 passengers…
Missed United Airlines Flight from OKC
As I mentioned in the introduction, this trip was different because I was not traveling alone. Another abnormal thing was that instead of staying at a hotel near the airport, I decided to…
Cathay Pacific Data Breach Affects 9.4 Million Customers
Cathay Pacific, one of the largest airlines in the world, announced that it has discovered unauthorized access to some of its information system containing passenger data of up to 9.4 million people. While this is not…
10 Ways to Avoid Getting Sick While Traveling
I travel regularly and one thing that I do not like is getting sick on the trip. There are only a handful of times that I can remember being sick on a trip. Well, I recently returned from…
Lyft is Offering Discounted Rides to the Polls on November 6
A little more than a week ago I wrote about Uber offering free rides to vote on November 6th. Â Since the elections are three weeks away…
United Airlines Offers WiFi Subscriptions
As much as I fly United Airlines, I did not know that it offers WiFi subscriptions. I knew United Club and Economy Plus subscriptions, were offered but did not have a clue about WiFi until a few days ago when…