Front Desk: I have a room with a great view for you.
Me: What does that mean?
Front Desk: It's overlooking the mountains over there
Me: Oh, can I just have a room overlooking the airport?
Front Desk: *confused look*
Airplane flies overhead
Daughter: Dad?
Me: Yeah?
Daughter: Next time you go on a plane, can you get me a LOT of stroopwafels?
Good thing I have a flight coming up on
@united
soon...
Who's in? Let's move to Berlin and buy Tegel from
@berlinairport
since it's closing. Then pick up an A330-300 + E190 from
@AmericanAir
+ an MD-90 from
@Delta
since they're all being retired. We'll fly around on sub-$1 jet fuel. If PPP comes in, I can use the $ for that, right?
Just flew
@SpiritAirlines
back from Oakland to LAX and here's my horror story...
There isn't one. Seats were comfy, legroom is fine, people were friendly, and we landed a few minutes early. All that for just under $26.
Crew Dragon has separated from Falcon 9โs second stage and is on its way to the International Space Station with
@Astro_Behnken
and
@AstroDoug
! Autonomous docking at the
@Space_Station
will occur at ~10:30 a.m. EDT tomorrow, May 31
Oh hey
@AlaskaAir
, looks like
@united
is pleased to welcome you to the
@SanDiegoAirport
-
@Dulles_Airport
route by dropping a big ole' 777 as a 4th daily this summer. Starts June 2.
First time I've seen United fly a 777 to SAN!
Remember when
@united
added a 777 on Dulles - San Diego? Looks like
@AlaskaAir
has loaded a 777 of its own. Filed in
@cirium
data last night (so should show online/GDS sometime this weekend), Alaska changes the IAD-SAN flight number from 307 to 777.
Love it.
Oh hey
@AlaskaAir
, looks like
@united
is pleased to welcome you to the
@SanDiegoAirport
-
@Dulles_Airport
route by dropping a big ole' 777 as a 4th daily this summer. Starts June 2.
First time I've seen United fly a 777 to SAN!
An aerospace engineering company has designed a glass pod with a pair of seats inside that can be installed on existing aircraft, giving passengers a 360-degree view during flight.
Fun fact: Today's retirement of the MD-80 marks the end of the TWA fleet flying for
@AmericanAir
. BUT TWA fans can fly
@Delta
to get their fix. Delta still flies more than a dozen TWA 757s and a bunch of 717s that started life there as well.
Hot garbage, coming through... an indicator light went on that had nothing to do with MCAS, so they turned around and diverted to check it out, just as they are supposed to. This happens all the time. But then again, we knew this kind of silly MAX reporting was going to happen.
It's official,
@AlaskaAir
is pulling out of JFK-LAX. Minor increases in San Diego and Portland frequency, but not a full replacement on slots. Anyone working at
@united
tonight? Might want to give the Eskimo a ring...
I know everyone is desperately waiting for 2020 to end, but it just keeps getting worse so I'm not waiting... I'm going with the Jewish calendar. L'shana Tovah... may 5781 be a whole lot better than 5780.
Have to say, the view from the roof of the new
@flyLAXairport
lot has a better view of arrivals than I expected, in addition to that unique runway view. I see you,
@SingaporeAir
Dear Airlines,
STOP IT.
Every day we come in and find a list of awful schedule changes that not only make customers more anxious but often result in them canceling.
It's also driving us up the damn wall.
Sincerely,
Cranky (and the rest of the world)
WHAT A DAY! It was so good to just hang out, eat burgers and watch airplanes. Just like the old days (well, with masks, but still...)
Thanks to everyone who came. I've missed this.
#dorkfest
A striking contrast today
@AmericanAir
CEO Doug Parker on
@CNBC
: "seems to be a little bit an indication that maybe our country is ready to get moving again"
Paraphrasing
@united
CEO Scott Kirby: WE ARE SCREWED FOR A LONG TIME
I'm in the Scott camp on this one.
I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes.
@cirium
data shows that
@AmericanAir
has kicked Mesa to the curb. Last day is Apr 3 except for a couple random stragglers on DFW-ELP after that.
This leaves
@united
as Mesa's only regional partner.
YES. If you cannot avoid a fee, it should be included in the advertised/displayed price. Airlines have had to follow these rules for years. It's time for hotels to fix this garbage.
#BREAKING
: Today I am suing Marriott International for charging consumers deceptive โresort feesโ when booking hotel rooms.
Through these fees, Marriott hides the true price of rooms and misleads consumers to increase company profits:
I'm going to have to digest this
@Delta
@LATAMAirlinesUS
news before writing it up for Monday, but my initial impression - this is monumentally huge. It puts Delta at a whole different level while knocking American down a peg. This could reshape global alliances.
Dear Netherlands,
Thank you for reversing your quarantine requirement for US visitors two weeks after implementing it. That was just enough time to make sure we had rerouted or canceled every impacted client... now for no good reason.
Cranky
It appears that
@TurkishAirlines
is very unhappy with the low
@airfrance
fares in the Budapest - Seychelles market. See the highlighted fare basis at the bottom of the photo
Hoo boy, these Republic pilots sure earned their paychecks on this
@AmericanAir
Eagle emergency. Great job all the way around, including the tower. Listen to the audio:
Chipper
@SouthwestAir
gate agents this morning. Asking for the oldest coin in the gate area and giving the winner a $100 voucher. I have no coins but the winner was an impressive 1966
#OAKCCC
Was
#Dorkfest
not enough for you?
@flyLAXairport
is doing a planespotting event on top of the new garage before it opens. Friday, Oct 15 from 1130a to 130p, but you have to register and there are limited spots. If you're interested...
I have bad news.
You're going to have to listen to me blabber for awhile at
#dorkfest
tomorrow, because the airlines have given us a silly number of raffle prizes. Some incredible models and free tickets are just part of it!
Of all the 747 retirements, this is the most devastating to me. My first flight on
@British_Airways
in 1985 was on a 747 and I've had several fond memories since.
BREAKING: British Airways is retiring its Boeing 747-400 fleet with immediate effect, ending a half century of flying the jumbo jetliner, according to two sources familiar with the decision.
Well this day took a turn. Waiting to interview
@AmericanAir
CEO Doug Parker but he had a meeting with
@MagicJohnson
and now we're all walking around the ramp at
@flyLAXairport
together
Pro tip: Do not defraud
@AmericanAir
AAdvantage and then file a complaint with the DOT when you don't get your way. AA will gladly and publicly eviscerate you. The language in here is just so great. How could this not be dismissed?
For all those wondering if
@AmericanAir
would actually fly its aggressive June schedule, the first week of the schedule had a 99.72% completion factor. So, yep.
This is exciting. I have just booked my first flight ever on
@KLM
and I get to ride the queen of the skies. Sure, it's in economy comfort and not business, but I don't care. I'll take any opportunity to ride a 747, and a combi at that
What a day! Thanks to all who came out for
#CrankyDorkfest
today. It looked like another record crowd, though I haven't had time to look. Congrats to all the raffle winners.
I was so busy I barely even took a photo the whole day, but I did get this
@AlaskaAir
/Horizon retro
My kids are currently talking to
@JoeBiden
on his island on Animal Crossing and my daughter is now walking around saying "no malarkey." I have officially become old and out of touch, because I have no idea what's happening.
Client was on AA codeshare JFK-ARN op by Finnair. Time changed and codeshare doesn't exist anymore, but the flight is still there. This
@AmericanAir
sales agent said I should tell the client to fly JFK-LAX-ARN since that still has a codeshare. Cooler heads have now prevailed.
A lot of apologies from AA CEO Robert Isom this morning, but only concrete news so far is that the preferred agency program that would have punished travelers by not letting them earn miles everywhere they book is NOT happening
Yes,
@AmericanAir
is running a terrible operation, but on the bright side, people who are afraid they're going to miss a connection can count on it probably being delayed too...
I'm officially back from vacation now. What a great trip highlighted by a near empty Yosemite... something I'll never see again in my lifetime. A bit smoky, so the masks had to do double duty. But hey, at least I had this snazzy one.
If you had told me a year ago that
@AmericanAir
would put this out, I'd have checked for a concussion -- fees for long-haul are now gone from the Americas to anywhere
This is fun. I put the 1972
@ATLairport
on top of current day. You can see the old terminal on top. That big empty space in between the runways is where the current terminal sits.
To everyone who thinks I'm wrong about Air Wisconsin not being bad for United, you are too hung up on the airplane. The regional game is now all about pilots and United just lost some more from its already dwindling regional network. This is bad news.
Oh man, I really want to fly
@SpiritAirlines
for an upcoming trip. Half the price of others even with the big front seat... but if the arrival is delayed by more than 30 mins, I miss my event. What say you?
I missed my connecting flight so I have to stay overnight at O'Hare and let me tell you guys being practically alone in an airport is fucking AMMAAAZZZIIIIINNNNGGG.
This is freakin' brutal. I can only hope a photographer was there to capture to looks of pure rage, utter despair, and general disorientation that must have accompanied this arrival.
16 HOURS 5 MINUTES to go nowhere.
This poor
@FlyAirNZ
flight from Auckland to New York turned around 8 hours into the trip due to the JFK T1 closure and is just landing now. Gotta be up there as one of the worst diversions ever of all time.
Fun Fact:
@united
removed the shrink wrap from Polaris amenity kits and saved 16 tons of plastic - part of a larger eco-friendly push
#UnitedFlightPlan
Soon after
@AmericanAir
said that Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja was on a break, it changed its mind. Vasu is out, and the search begins to replace him. I have much to say about this... Thursday in my next post.
I can't imagine I'm alone in thinking that a world where the Aloft Louisville East is a category 6 hotel is not a world I want to participate in.
#Bonvoyed
I never remember the day airlines go out of business... except for today. Twenty nine years ago, Pan Am made its final flight. For some reason, that has stuck with me all these years.
American is officially giving up on having a sales org. Management is out and the parts that remain are being distributed out to other groups in the company.
This follows the elimination on Sep 1 of 24 hour sales support for travel sellers.
If you've ever been curious what it's like to ride Greyhound across the country, this thread will tell you everything you need to know.
It's also the best ad for airline travel that anyone could ask for.
IT BEGINS! I'm about to embark on a Greyhound trip across the US from Boston to Seattle.
3700+ miles. 16 states. 6 transfers. 70 hours - if we're lucky.
This is going to be interesting.
For those who won't have a chance to visit
@LGBAirport
anytime soon, here's a look at what's inside the newly-renovated 1941 era terminal building. Rental car counters will be moving in here soon to keep the building active.