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Sea Orchestra

More new commercials from my favorite airline!

Auckland, NZ

The Labor Day holiday found me down under, in the lovely country of New Zealand. Highlights of the trip: I enjoyed the city of Auckland, drove south to snowboard on a volcano called Mt. Ruapehu, and visited friends. As usual, the locals were fantastic! I’d love to go back for an extended [...]

Let apg & VA fly

Despite my enduring United fanboy status and an overloaded webserver on the first day, I have managed to acquire a seat on what appears to be Virgin America’s inaugural flight from SFO-JFK.  In coach.  *sniff* Unfortunately, I cannot attend SFO-LAX later that afternoon. 

Welcome to the new Delta!

Yes, I’m a UA fanboy, so I’m biased. However, you still picked a livery that’s even more boring than United:

Second, a valuation of up to $12 billion? wow. I guess the Kate Spade uniforms are being counted as assets? Good luck folks! The media is certainly optimistic.
In other news…
United is [...]

No Travel in April?

Silly me. I’m not going to Washington DC as planned due to a local conference, but I am going to Disneyland next weekend.
I also booked Orlando (June) and Kansas City (May). Other things on my mind: New York (June), Buenos Aires (Sept, had to refund ticket), Sydney (Oct), Auckland (?), and Seattle [...]

Topic B Weekend on Fox News Channel

Here’s a YouTube version of my interview on Topic B Weekend with Trace Gallagher on Fox News Channel.

So far, I’ve flown roughly 66,500 miles since the beginning of January (paid + award/voucher). Normally I fly anywhere between 100,000 to 110,000 in a year. Business travelers scoff at this, but it’s all personal (sans [...]

Latest YouTube video for Beijing

Here’s the YouTube version of my latest video from the Beijing Inaugural flights. Enjoy!

More Coverage

The Washington Post has run an update in Saturday’s edition on the front page of the Business section. Registration required.
This morning at 10:30am I was interviewed by local news radio station KCBS. Hopefully I can get permission to post a sound clip on that.
Tomorrow, I will be on Topic B Weekend with Trace [...]

Wow, it’s THAT interesting?

I’ve never gotten 20+ emails and texts when I’ve turned my cellphone on after a flight. Well, at least not from anything but the work server monitoring system. As UA898 taxiied down the Dulles runway, I chuckled as I read through a couple. There was one other thing on [...]

Washington Post

Inaugural Flights Draw Airline ‘Geeks’
After 3 hours in Beijing, it’s time to fly again…
I’ll have to read this on the plane.
(edit… This story appeared on the front page of the Washington Post print edition)