Back in late 2008, a former hotel chef named Roy Choi launched a taco truck that put a spin on traditional Mexican fillings with Korean flavors. Over five years later, the gourmet food truck craze has both exploded and subsided (at least in Los Angeles where it all began) and now, with the opening of…
It’s Sunday. Take a deep breath. Now go back to sleep. Zzzzzz. Zzzzzz. Zzzzzz. Wake up. It’s mid-afternoon. How’d you sleep so long? Here’s a cup of coffee. Here’s a recap of Fly&Dine this week. You’re all set. American Unveils New $2 BILLION Campaign JetBlue’s Mint Menus for December Airport Lounge Opening Alert: Cathay Pacific…
By now, you must have heard about the non-news news story about the (former) Korean Air executive who booted a cabin crew member when she wasn’t served nuts according to Korean Air’s nut-serving policy. After the incident gained international attention, the executive — who also happens to be the daughter of Korean Air’s chairman —…
I hope you’re ready for some noodles. Yesterday marked the opening of Cathay Pacific’s newest lounge, the first operated by a non-Japanese carrier at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND). The Hong Kong-based airline is located on Level 6 near Gate 114 with room for almost 200 people in the nearly 11,000 sq. ft. space. They’re going…
JetBlue has been incredible in changing up their Saxon+Parole-created Mint menus every month so frequent travelers aren’t stuck with the same options every time they fly. If you haven’t flown JetBlue’s Mint first class product yet, check out my review here (spoiler alert: it’s awesome). If you’re looking for the December menus, see below. The…
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…
