Hey FT peeps. I used to be here a lot. I'm an AA Exec Plat. It's just demoralizing. The other day I was flying ORD-SFO on an evening flight. Sitting at the gate waiting to board we were treated to the following announcements: * Plane is full please check your bags (fine, that happens everywhere) * There is no food on this flight of any sort... Read More

i have not flown UA very often and am thus not familiar with them. i have a round trip from YVR to PHX in United First (revenue P fare, no awards or upgrades) coming up. i have no UA or *A status. as i understand it, business class domestic in the US does not entitle one to lounge entry but travel to/from Canada does. The UA website explicitly sta... Read More

ok so close to 4 years on Southwest and I try AA 2501 on Friday. As usual a non rev has boarded early and taken bin space. Now a paying customer has to put bags 10 rows back ? And of course the non rev has seat 26K ie isle with no seats in front of home. Note on my last Southwest flight the nonrev gave ip a seat and move into a jump seat. LUV... Read More

Sooooooo yeah. I fly all across the world regularly, including Asia a lot. I try to take a vacation once every other month and consider myself an expert traveler. I typically go to the same places and many of my friends and family always tease me about this so I decided I was going to go to Vietnam in January 2020 for a 2-week holiday!... Read More

I've tried many search terms and Google as well but can't find an exact answer to my question. Merge if necessary, please and thank you. I am landing in IAH final destination 4 hours before my colleague. She is arriving Air France in terminal D (will have cleared customs in ATL). I know there is no United club in terminal D but with so much ti... Read More

QF8 DFW-SYD diverted to NAN and now diverting again to AKL. Must be a fun trip home for pax and crew. Read More

For many years Hyatt has been behind SPG and Hilton showing actual room types when upgraded by the property. It appears this has finally been resolved! Booked the PH SYD on points and upgraded to a Harbour View at T-48 hours

Hi all I’m flying BA0248 with other half tomorrow from GIG to LHR. WT+ showing no seat availability about 5 hours from OLCI. Anyone able to shed any light or upgrade likelihood to CW? Or worse...downgrade to Economy? many thanks in advance! Read More

Departing KUL to YYZ via HKG. All booked with AC. Status: A100K KUL to HKG is on Malaysian Airlines HKG to YYZ is AC How does this work for checking in? Can I tag my bags all the way to YYZ? Not in J so want to make sure my free baggage allowance is allowed on MH. Can I check in online or I need to do this at the counter @ KUL? Which app? MH or A... Read More

Looking to book an award (Polaris) and my choices are: (1) IAD-BRU-FRA on a 772 (1:50 connection time) (2) IAD-ZRH-FRA on a 763 High-J (1:35 connection time) Departure / arrival times are roughly the same. For both, the TATL legs are UA metal, and LH A320 for the quick intra-Europe hop. I'm used to the 772, so know what to expect there.... Read More

We've been hearing from top Hyatt folks for the past couple months that we could expect an announcement about Park Hyatt coming to London in the near future. And while there isn't an official announcement out just yet, it does look like the cat is out of the bag. Whatever the opening date is, just add a couple years ;) Read More

This is the year I'm intentionally working toward MVPG on AS, and cheap Saver fare quick turnaround flights, when prices and my schedule align, are part of the plan. If you do something similar, how low does the cents per mile cost of a flight have to go before you consider it a good deal? 2 cents? 5 cents? Or if you go with Main cabin fares... Read More

So this is a strange one. I booked a BOS-SFO flight. As a 75k I selected 8D as a premium seat. 2 days before flight I get an email confirmation letter that only has one change. My seat has been moved from 8D (middle was empty) to row 11 (a full row), which is not a premium seat. Many other completely open rows still available too. Called AS and... Read More

From a secondary East Coast airport (GSO), any advice on booking 11 flights to DUB on AA or partners, with reasonable prices, and getting full EQMs? As in, no Basic Economy netting me .5 AA miles or BA Low Economy @ 50% Avios. But still getting the prices as low as possible. It'd be a lot cheaper on UA+EL, but that's no way to live. :-) I lo... Read More

My other half has had a flight held by his corporate TA all week and they say they ticketed it today. I won’t bore you with the why, but we need to double check it has actually been ticketed. The BA app is useless for this I think? Where can I go to get the ticket number and details with a PNR? Thanks! Read More

For your seat testing pleasure.... in DFW only.... Dear American Airlines Flyer, We have an exciting opportunity for our DFW residents! American Airlines is conducting 1-hour seat testing sessions next week with a 15,000 AAdvantage mile incentive for your qualified participation. Beginning Tuesday, January 28th a... Read More

Last week I was looking to book two award tickets for my in-laws to fly with us to Las Vegas in mid-October (they will usually travel with us to watch the kids, and I will be there for work so I may not be around too much anyway). Because of our schedules, only one set of outbound/return flights seemed to fit the bill (PHL-LAS). The cost for each a... Read More

Hi there, So I just did a RT ZRH-BOS-ZRH in Business class over the holidays. As an infrequent LX flyer I have to say I was incredibly underwhelmed (read= disappointed) in both directions. I am really questioning myself as to how I used to consider them my favorite carrier 6-7 years ago.... --On the outbound ZRH-BOS it was an A340. Busines... Read More

Whilst on a lengthy hold to BAEC this afternoon, I was advised to download the new BA Reward Finder App. I have looked in the obvious places on FT and not found any information. Is it any good or should I stick with the online BA.Com? Read More

I've come across two properties now, Suncadia in central WA and Wild Dunes Resort in South Carolina, that have this disclaimer when trying to book "This location does not participate in World of Hyatt". I know there are other properties that do not provide Globalist benefits, but do these two properties not even earn points or night credits? Read More

Flew into ACE from LGW last week on BA and there were no passport checks on the way in. { This has only ever happened to us once before a few years ago going into Spain. } At the time I figured maybe short staffed, and London not the highest risk place for illegal immigrants. Flying out today, no passport checks by Spanish border police on th... Read More

Just got my usual yearly replacement for the Citi AA Exec card. since the numbers wear off so quickly. However, this one has the contactless symbol on the back (and is significantly heavier compared to my current card). Hadn't seen anything posted here about this, but looks like they are finally catching up to the modern world. Read More

Looks like DL has put out its first travel waiver related to the coronavirus allowing rebooking of flights touching PEK/PVG that are scheduled through 1/31. Have a trip to AP at the end of February so personally will continue to monitor closely and I'm sure many others on this board have travel to China in the next few weeks Read More

So this is what I saw on the board at CDG 2F New destinations? ;-) (I know not) Three flights to Greenland? What is this? Cargo? Read More

I had a BA Amex premium for a number of years, earnt the 241s and a significant amount of Avios until our corporate fianaciers clamped down on non corporate AMEX use at which point I ditched it a couple of years back. Fast forward to now and, thanks to a couple of particularly sticky situation where slow payments of expenses back to AMEX had le... Read More