Fly Southwest to Hawaii while burning off some SPG points at the St Regis Princeville on Kauai? Coming soon! (Photo: Barkley Dean)
TravelSkills’ 10 most popular posts over the last week (descending order):
1 Still plenty of questions- Confirmed: Southwest to fly to Hawaii. Unconfirmed: Lower fares
2 Expired, but more on the way as winter approaches- Another big fare sale starts today
3 4,100 hotels- The best hotel loyalty plan you might not be using
4 Routes: American, United, JetBlue, Southwest, OneJet, Frontier
5 Airport news: Portland, Vancouver, LaGuardia, Miami, Nashville + Buh-bye Airberlin
6 This was fun! Come along for the ride- Trip Report: Tweeting my way to Paris on Lufthansa
Fresh oysters, charcuterie and Sancerre on the sidewalk Sundays at Le Baron Rouge near the Bastille in Paris (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
7 Good comments on both sides- Delta app eliminates flight check-in
8 American Express changes Centurion lounge access policy
9 Deal: $945 SFO/LAX-Auckland roundtrip on United, Air New Zealand
10 The end is near- A real tearjerker from United: Fond farewell to our 747
We’ll be hearing a lot more about this fine flying machine in coming weeks! (Image: YouTube/United)
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United packing more seats on its B777-200
Lufthansa taking over most of Air Berlin routes
United lets customers book Singapore Airlines award travel online
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 at SFO (Image: Singapore Air)
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Dubai airport will replace security checks with walk-through, face-scanning tunnel
A 747 pilot reminisces about his favorite aircraft
TSA expands rollout of new checkpoint procedure
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southwest won’t let us down. i see cheap/fair pricing to hawaii. then i see my fat buttocks visiting there. just thought i’d mention this to nobody in particular.
shout out to aircanada. did r/t toronto to tokyo in june. absolutely fabulous crew, beverages, pillows, blankies, head phone. did i mention the fabulous crew?? my son did AA out of dallas. same destination. zero amenities or kindness.
fly safe. watch out for those aborted landings. everybody will know if your a screamer.