Looks like Virgin America is a little scared of JetBlue’s new Mint First Class product. They’re currently running a promotion for 50% all seats in first class. Just enter code 50FIRST when booking your ticket and you’re good to go. Once aboard, check out the pretty awesome First Class menus. You’ve got until tomorrow night…
Chocolate Fried Chicken. It’s a thing now, people, and if you’re traveling to LA any time soon, you can get your hands on some by swinging down near the Staples Center where you’ll find ChocoChicken, the brand new chocolate fried chicken concept from the guy behind Umami Burger. The chocolate’s in the batter but it…
In perhaps the greatest new development of the already great Tom Bradley International Terminal makeover at LAX, oneworld (in this case Qantas, Cathay Pacific, and British Airways) has opened their brand new business class lounge at LAX and it’s a stunner. The space itself is great, but the food… ah, the food. Last time we…
Part of the life of the food writer is getting invited to really, really nice dinners. Honestly, besides the trips, it’s pretty much the best part of the job. Last Friday, I had the good fortune of being invited to an unbelievable meal at Mélisse in Santa Monica, CA where chef Josiah Citrin is carrying the…
Sunday marked an important date in JetBlue history: the inaugural flight featuring their brand new Mint product, aka JetBlue First Class. Like all things JetBlue, Mint isn’t your typical premium cabin. While other travel bloggers can fill you in about the flight experience itself, I’m here to tell you about the food and it’s unlike…
The Spring 2014 primary season is now over and if you’re like most Americans (or non-Americans), you followed our strong national tradition of not voting until you think it actually matters. Do you feel guilty about that? If so, I have the perfect solution: vote for the Passenger Choice Awards! It’s your chance to be…
Bill Cosby has been America’s favorite TV dad since 1984 and today, Father’s Day, he’s celebrating that fact with an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A over at Reddit. While most of the questions ask about his career or general advice, buried deep down on the page was this question: [–]Doctor-Propane 13 points an hour ago Hello…
Oh what a week it was back at the Fly&Dine Web Traffic Control Center. We started out the week asking for you to weigh in on what you’d like to see here on Fly&Dine with… Help Me Help You: A Call for Requests We then asked one of life’s greatest questions with… Would you go…
Back in November, the very first month of Fly&Dine’s existence, we covered the news that LA’s Original Farmers Market (the one at 3rd and Fairfax since 1934) would be opening a satellite location in Delta’s Terminal 5 at LAX. Now, seven months later, we’re happy to report that the brand new LAX location of The…
CLARIFICATION: Reader Matt points out that the 22″ x 14″ x 9″ size has always been standard on the Big Three. The difference now appears to be that previously you could have any bag whose dimensions added up to 45″ and now each dimension has to be under 22″, 14″, and 9″ respectively. On to…
No, Justin Bieber is not dead. Honestly, I don’t care one way or the other. I just needed something more attention-getting than “Hotel Restaurant News,” because that is not a sexy headline. No siree. Dead Bieber? Sexy headline. You’re with me on this, right? The truth is, I think hotel restaurant news IS exciting and…
File this under G for gross. Jyoti Natural Foods is a Pennsylvania-based producer of Ready To Eat (RTE) specialty meals for airlines and in a recent inspection, the FDA found so many violations of their Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations that they had to send an official warning letter. Apparently, leaky roofs and “filthy” movable…
It’s an interesting question. When faced with the choice of food and drink on-board or lower ticket prices, which would you choose? That’s a question that was posed by TripAdvisor to British travelers (as reported by The Mirror). 31% of all passengers said they’d skip the snacks during the flight in exchange for cheaper fares.…
I took last week off (with the exception of a photo of these delicious chicken wings) because I wanted to push pause as I figured out which direction I wanted to take Fly&Dine. If you haven’t already gathered, Fly&Dine is unique in the BoardingArea portfolio. We’re a hybrid food and frequent traveler blog and with…
