Airports Archives - Page 13 of 17

We Were a Security Breach on LAN Flight 2442 (and no one blinked!)

August 22, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 1 Comment

There was a major security breach on LAN Flight 2442 on August 20, 2015 from Iguacu, Brazil (IGU) to Lima, Peru (LIM). How do I know that? Because, I am fairly certain that I was squarely in the middle of the breach. The entire process was a comedy of errors, though neither Dave nor I … Read More

Breaking News – Massive Delays at NY Airports

August 15, 2015 By Will Run For Miles Leave a Comment

What is going on? I was just caught up in the craziness of July 8th when United Airlines had a system outage. Today is a travel day, and suddenly Breaking News alerts pop up on my iPhone. Wow, this is a cruel joke… This is what it says on my Twitter feed. My flight … Read More

Last Minute Details – Iguazu Falls and Lima

August 14, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 9 Comments

Within a few days, I’ll be on my way to Iguazu Falls (Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil) and Lima, Peru. The basics are in place, but I feel like there’s so much that’s still up in the air (pun unintentional). Flights are on LAN. JFK-LIM-IGU-LIM- JFK. It was a mistake fare of less than $400 per … Read More

Orbitz Glitch: Your Flight to AVP is Delayed 45 Minutes!

July 24, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 2 Comments

Did you receive notification from Orbitz saying your flight to Scranton is delayed?

United Airlines Issuing Compensation- but how Much?

July 17, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 2 Comments

As I wrote about in the post entitled The Day United Airlines Flights Were Grounded, I was scheduled to travel to Florida on United Airlines on July 8th. United’s systems were down for many hours that day, so it was a fiasco of a day. I did eventually make it to my destination on a … Read More

The day United Airlines Flights were Grounded

July 12, 2015 By Will Run For Miles Leave a Comment

Yes, I know you will say there were many such days, and I won’t disagree, but I’m referring to the one day this year I was to fly on United Airlines. July 8th. Well I never did fly on United that day, but it worked out ok in the end. I was going to … Read More

China Southern Airlines: Free Silk Flowers in NYC and Free Hotel Nights in Guangzhou!

June 23, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 1 Comment

To celebrate its launch of daily direct flights from JFK to Guangzhou, China, China Southern Airline will be giving away Red Silk Cotton Tree flowers in New York City on Thursday! Additionally, if transiting in Guangzhou, the airline may treat you to a free hotel night!

My little Fokker to Luxembourg

June 8, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 1 Comment

As discussed in this post, I used Delta SkyMiles to fly business class from New York to Luxembourg for the ING Night Marathon. The first leg of the trip was EWR-AMS on Delta One. The second leg of the trip was on a KLM CityHopper from AMS to Luxembourg. The plane was a Fokker 70. … Read More

My Flight on Delta One from Newark to Amsterdam

May 31, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 3 Comments

This week I flew Delta Business (renamed Delta One) Class to Amsterdam, connecting to a 40 minute flight to Luxembourg in a KLM “Fokker” Cityhopper. I used 62,500 SkyMiles for this one way trip ( I’ll be returning home on Air Berlin out of Düsseldorf.) The Business Class area was only about half full. … Read More

PLEASE HELP – Should I Upgrade Etihad Flight?

May 14, 2015 By Will Run For Miles 7 Comments

HELP!! I am contemplating using the 25% Thank You Point bonus on transfers to Etihad miles to upgrade an upcoming flight, but am torn on whether it’s worth it.