It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it’s a South African Airways Airbus A330-200 on tow at London Heathrow Airport in the morning sun. More airplane art next week! Read more

The Elite Eight have been set and the Quarter Finals are set to begin. Over the next few days you’ll have the following matches to vote on: 1. Tokyo Narita(NRT) vs. Bangkok(BKK) 2. Amsterdam(AMS) vs. Denver(DEN) 3. Singapore(SIN) vs. Munich(MUC) 4. Hong Kong(HK) vs.... Read more

I hope you’re having a good weekend. Just a reminder that I’m giving away 1,000 Free AAdvantage Miles and a bag of Marcus Sameuelsson Spiced Nut mix. To win , just go here to the original post and share the aircraft type of your first flight in the comments section. Read more

In March, I posted about a new resource that provides in-depth detail about the approximate 700 aircraft in the United Airlines fleet. Everything from exterior items, such as tail numbers and livery information, to interior items, including cabin configuration, economy plus... Read more

American to Miami in First, then Business Class to Sao Paulo Gol Smiles VIP Lounge and Domestic Service to Foz de Iguassu Sheraton Iguazú Falls Resort & Spa The Wonder of the Falls Gol Domestic Back to Sao Paulo and the Admiral’s Club Sao Paolo American’s... Read more

I like blogging and sharing experiences. Hopefully, readers will learn something as helpful as the information that I’ve received from other blogs. Readers don’t always agree with me, and they aren’t shy about letting me know when they do. That said, they are... Read more

The New York Subway has myriad ways to confuse riders. One easy trip-up is the the cluster of similar lines that run on the same tracks in central locations then branch out farther in the boroughs, like the A/C/E at Port Authority Bus Terminal and the 1/2/3 at Times Square.... Read more

So if you’ve been reading this blog the past week you are probably well aware that I am really excited for the recently announced Club Carlson Big Night Giveaway promotion. After the registration began on May 15th there was some confusion on whether or not existing... Read more

“Do you mind if I sit in the aisle, cause I’m going to be pissing like a racehorse all night? I just finished a bottle of vitamin water.” Well, I guess that’s one way to try and get out of a middle seat. The question is, is it the best or worst reason... Read more

Summertime brings on the travel sweepstakes with a purpose. There is one in this list of 10 that I would want to win so bad I can not stand it and entered as soon as I saw it! Do you know which one it is? United has one for the Olympics + 17 runners up [...] Read more

It’s funny how the upgrade “game” works out sometimes. On Thursday night I flew from Dallas to Seattle, an upgrade I figured would be near impossible to clear since Thursday night upgrades are among the toughest. At the same time tonight I was flying from... Read more

I have entered the Qatar Airways Reflections contest with five photos and need your vote to help me win. You will have to register with Qatar but you can do that using your Facebook id or an email address. I would really appreciate it. Thank you! Here are four of my... Read more

I love looking at maps. Especially maps with aircraft routes. I love trying to trace the lines between cities to figure out from which cities do the flights to a given city originate. I found this beautiful world map showing the current United airlines international routes. It... Read more

Being reported from Mumbai, Lufthansa CEO Christop Franz has met with the Chairman of India’s Jet Airways ahead of Jet’s initiation of service to Frankfurt and Munich which will begin with the winter timetable later this fall. The visit was portrayed as a formality... Read more

In one of those rare moments where an airline exec says what they really mean to say, I present the following: United Continental Holdings, Inc. at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference John Rainey, CFO of United Airlines, said (at 11:49 in the webcast)... Read more

My parents (Little C’s grandparents) are about to embark on a two week road trip adventure through Yosemite, Sequoia National Forest, the Pacific Coast, and Las Vegas.  It was another one of their “Bucket List” trips.  Planning for this trip started at least... Read more

It’s time for something different at GhettoIFE – a poll! Earlier this week I wrote about Virgin Atlantic introducing full Mobile Communications on-board their new 3-class Airbus A330′s, and the comments were not that favourable. Full in this case is defined as... Read more

Reader Joe C. sends me to a Flyertalk thread where someone listened to United CFO John Rainey’s talk at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference on Thursday, and reported back that Rainey referred to some members of the United MileagePlus program... Read more