The Great Lakes are Not So Great

At least according to Air Canada Jazz. Eh? The airline decided to save fuel by getting rid of the LIFE VESTS. As anyone flying from Toronto knows, planes fly over the Great Lakes. Eh? But they are not so “Great” and all routes are less than 50 miles from shore, so life vests are a [...]

ElAl and American Airlines codeshare – LY (El Al) and AA

Almost as long awaited as peace in the middle east, the ElAl / AA codeshare seems to be picking up some steam. ElAl announced that it starts Sept 2. AA has not mentioned it on its website and the other flyer forums have not really got excited yet. There will be a more detailed post [...]

How Olmert, Peres and Bibi get El Al Platinum Status

From Yesterdays Yediot, here is how Israel’s leaders are doing with their ElAl miles (as of 2005): President Shimon Peres – 6250 (thats only 73/year) Olmert – (the envelope, please….) – 4788 points Bibi – 660 points (don’t you get points for marrying a stewardess?) Shaul Mofaz – 0 points Zohar Zisapel – 1618 points [...]

Car Rental Refueling Charges

Avis and Hertz are making almost as much from oil as Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi. The major car rental companies now have a policy where they automatically tack on a gas fee for rentals under 75 or 100 miles. This happens in the parking lot during the 1 minute express [...]

AA AAdvantage Frequent Flyer awards changes

No need to Panic about AA award changes. Lots of people have asked me about the new AA award structure scheduled to take effect Oct 1, so I decided its worth a post or just look at the changes on AA.com. Red is bad. Compared to other frequent flyer changes in the industry, this one [...]

ElAl is selling legroom (for an arm and a leg)

Here are the good seats on ElAl to New York and back – but it’s going to cost you. These are the seats with more legroom – the bulkhead seats and the exit row seats on ElAL: 777-200 45BC, 45HJ, 21AC, 21HK, 22DFG, 46DFG 747-400 21BC, 21HJ, 34BC, 34HJ, 35A, 35K, 45BC, 45HJ, 25DEFG, 36DEFG, [...]

ElAl – GOOD Karma, Delta, etc – BAD Karma

ElAl flew into the Georgian war zone to bring Israeli’s home. There are probably not many airlines that hear of a war and fly in. In sharp contrast is the US Airline industry’s support of the US Soldiers being sent to Iraq. It turns out that those big green bags that soldiers like to bring [...]

Water at security – no need to bust the wallet or the bladder

Pretty simple, when traveling with kids – before security – POUR OUT the water from the bottle. Pass through then fill up at the nearby water cooler. You just saved $3.50. Per kid! Repeat at each airport for additional savings.

SFO Secrets

First secret is the best website for the frequent flyer community is flyertalk.com. They have 10 million posts and I have taken it upon myself to scan them 24/7 and provide tips for our modest community. Todays post is based on an interesting thread over there – Best Kept Secrets at Airports SFO secrets: 1. [...]