United Polaris Archives

San Jose International welcomes a new Aeromexico nonstop from Guadalajara, with a wet water cannon salute. SJC-GDL also served by Alaska and Volaris. Nonstop August fares around $300 roundtrip! (Photo: SJC)

TravelSkills’ 10 most popular posts over the last week (descending order):

1 Overnight sleep pods for $115 between L.A.-San Francisco

2 Even more super-low fares, new routes to Europe

3 Planespotting: Boeing 767, 777 & Airbus A330 differences

4 Routes: More United Polaris from SFO + Etihad, ANA, Asiana, SAA, El Al (Including news about delayed opening of Polaris Lounge at SFO.)

5 Best Western adds iconic Las Vegas hotel

Chris lucked out with a brand new Lincoln Continental from National’s Emerald Aisle in ATL

6 New Hertz program takes a page from National

7 Bummer: Alaska, American dial back partnership

8 Alaska’s Horizon Air faces ‘crisis’

9 United messing with MileagePlus awards

10 When travel breaks your heart

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Last week new video footage of the Asiana 214 crash at SFO in July 2013 emerged. It’s tough to watch, especially at about 2:14 when the camera zooms in and you see passengers begin to escape after what feels like a very long delay. Dazed and confused, many of them remain close to the plane despite the risk of explosion. Look closely and you’ll see many who escaped with their lives and their rollaboard suitcases. It’s very sad that three passengers died, and miraculous that many more did not perish.