Apparently today’s the day to announce big news if you’re a major airline in the United States. Delta’s doing their thing with rebranding seat products while American just shared the news that they’re investing TWO BILLION DOLLARS to make your flying experience better. They’re calling it “Going For Great,” and it’s a big campaign focused…
Wow. I didn’t expect to receive so much vitriol for my post about my recent Southwest snafu, but this is the internet and whenever you take one position on something, somebody else is happy to tell you how wrong/dumb/whiny you are. That wasn’t all that happened this week on Fly&Dine, though. Read through all of…
As far as I’m concerned, Southwest owes me for an hour of my time. You: “What?!? That guy is so entitled! What a jerk!” Before you react like that, listen to my story. It was Tuesday. My girlfriend was coming back to town via Southwest. As a good dude should, I offered to pick her…
I spent a fair amount of my youth wishing I had some way to find a Golden Ticket in a Wonka bar. Considering that there was no such thing as a Wonka bar at the time, the odds were fairly dismal. I did, however, LOVE Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and still to this…
First and foremost, let me apologize. Unlike a regular restaurant review, I’m not able to return to the restaurant several times to try the entire menu and create a response based on the culmination of several experiences. I ate at AeroNuova once and paid for it out-of-pocket. I did so anonymously and present to you…
I’ve got a problem. After two years of qualifying for Platinum status on American, I now find myself at 24,996 miles for the year — exactly four miles away from achieving Gold status for 2015. While I was able to arrange for most of my international flights in previous years to be American Airlines or…
It’s the holidays and that means family time and presents and mirth (and myrrh), but it also means that things get a lot harder than normal. Parking spaces at the mall, putting together dinner, traffic — it’s all more difficult during the holiday season. As a result, I’m always on the lookout for things that…
A good Sunday to you, Fly&Diners. I’ve been holding back on posting since Wednesday because I think we could all use a break during the holidays. Now that we’re flying back to our regularly scheduled lives, it seemed appropriate to crank up the Fly&Dine machine again and get back into the gravy-covered swing of things.…
The media is saturated with tips and tricks for surviving the super stressful beast that is holiday travel. I think they largely miss the point. I have one simple tip that will make your Thanksgiving traveling easier this year and if you can manage to stick to it, you’ll be a lot happier by the…
I was going to put up a post about the new FDA regulations requiring calorie counts on most menus in the next year and how that will affect airlines, but I’m already bored just thinking about it. Instead, I came up with snarky new slogans for airlines. You guys like snark, right? Delta Airlines “It’s…
Back in May, I wrote about Bon Appetit’s Andrew Knowlton who suggested becoming an in-flight mixologist and crafting your own cocktails on your next flight. A mere five months later and Knowlton’s ideas have turned into a commercial project (although he doesn’t appear to be involved or get any credit) which allows you to buy…
Is your turkey sitting in the fridge, ready to become a Thanksgiving memory when you inevitably overcook it/undercook it/cook the greatest bird of all time? Good. Now forget about it and catch up on some really fun Fly&Dine stories from the past week. We’ve got a genius airport hack to give you more power than…
LAX is undergoing a massive transformation and I’m really happy about all most of the changes. The Tom Bradley International Terminal is an oasis in international travel, American’s Terminal 4 has really improved the pre-flight dining experience, and other terminals have gotten major facelifts as well. That’s why it’s so disappointing to hear what the…
Paying for food with miles? No, this isn’t some weird mile geek’s dream of the future. It’s about to become a reality at United’s Terminal C at Newark Liberty (EWR). Along with a whole slew of new restaurants, OTG and United are installing 6,000 iPads throughout the terminal that will become ordering terminals. Flyers can…
