Back in the day I used to fly Cathay Pacific first class so much that it almost became my second home. But lately I've been trying to avoid them a bit for a couple of reasons:
-- They don't have wifi, which is both a blessing and a curse (perhaps slightly more of a curse on 16+ hour flights)
-- I've flown them so often and wanted to try more airlines
My last Cathay Pacific first class flight was from New York to Vancouver last March, and prior to that I flew them from Chicago to Hong Kong the previous June.
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News and notes from around the interweb: 4 Ways to Earn Miles You Probably Don’t Know (from me, over at USA Today Travel A searchable list of hotel wifi speed and reliability. An increasingly important factor on which to base your lodging decisions. (HT: Rapid Travel Chai As I’ve written several times in recent months […]
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I hate New Year’s Eve. To me, it’s the non-holiday holiday. A night out where bars have an excuse to overcharge you, people get excited for a twenty second countdown, and you realize after the clock turns over that life is still the same. New Year’s Eve is just another night out for me. I typically spend the “holiday” with my friends in some foreign country and am home shortly after midnight. I don’t see what the fuss is about. […]
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Delta deserves a lot of credit for what a global network they have. One of their coolest flights which I wish other airlines would operate is their seasonal service between New York and Reykjavik, Iceland. I'm really surprised other airlines haven't picked it up, since seasonally Iceland is a super-popular destination, and it's no further from New York than a transcon.
At this point I think it's unlikely we'll see more immediate expansion from US airlines given that WOW Air is starting flights between the US and Iceland, and they have super cheap fares, which will surely drive the prices down.
Anyway, Delta will once again be resuming their seasonal Iceland service this year, which will operate between May 1 and September 27, 2015. Historically the flight has been operated by a Boeing 757-200, featuring Delta's old BusinessElite recliner seats.
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Yesterday joe said, Is domestic capacity ever going to increase, even a little? The economy is relatively strong, certainly compared to the past several years. More people are flying. But the number of seats in the air hasn’t kept pace. This means planes are full. That drives up the price of tickets And makes award […]
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